Despite their lack of free-agent activity, it seems the club is mostly content to carry the roster as it stands into Spring Training. General manager Bill Schmidt told Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post this afternoon the group was mostly set. Schmidt added the club would continue to explore potential pitching acquisitions and ways to bolster the depth more broadly, but it seems any further moves will be fairly minor.
New year, same old team? The Colorado Rockies have done little to change up their roster this offseason but that doesn’t mean that everything will look the same. Thanks to some natural turnover and graduating young players, the club should expect to see quite a few plate appearances from players who received little to none a year ago.
The Rockies have acquired right-hander Connor Seabold from the Red Sox.
Former Chicago Cubs third baseman and current Colorado Rockies outfielder Kris Bryant expects to be 100% healthy and ready for the start of spring training.
Strike One: For 33 years he had the textbook definition of a “thankless job.” But Bert Borgmann didn’t leave college sports for a job with the Colorado High School Activities Association seeking accolades or attention.
Despite being limited to 42 games due to a lower back strain and left foot plantar fasciitis, Rockies’ outfielder Kris Bryant has proclaimed himself 100% ready for baseball, reports Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post.
Earlier in the offseason, it was reported that Rockies infielder Brendan Rodgers was a name discussed in trade talks with the Marlins centering around Miami’s cadre of controllable starting pitchers.
Austin Gomber, 29, was a Cardinals draftee but he came over to the Rockies prior to the 2021 season as part of the Nolan Arenado trade.
The Rockies have brought in a pair of left-handers — Ty Blach and Josh Rogers — on minor league contracts, reports Thomas Harding of MLB.com (Twitter link).
Injury-plagued Colorado Rockies right-hander Scott Oberg announced his retirement on social media Tuesday, while also revealing a move into a part-time role as a special assistant in the club's baseball operations department.
The Rockies have agreed to a minor league contract with free-agent lefty Fernando Abad, tweets Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Abad, a client of the MAS+ Agency, will be invited to Major League Spring Training.
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Todd Helton may be one of the more underrated players in the history of Major League Baseball. The slugging first baseman played his entire career with the Colorado Rockies and had nothing short of a legendary career.
It’s been a quiet offseason for the Rockies, whose free-agent additions to this point consist of right-handers Pierce Johnson (one year, $5M) and Jose Urena (one year, $3.5M). They how pivot to find left-handed hitting for their outfield.
On September 9, 2022, Colorado Rockies infielder C.J. Cron made sure to write his name in the season history books. That day, he hit a drive to left field, deep into the night, for the longest home run of the 2022 campaign.
The Rockies signed reliever Matt Carasiti to a minor league contract last month, according to an announcement from the Atlantic League’s Long Island Ducks.
The Marlins boosted their offense yesterday, adding Jean Segura on a two-year, $17M deal to play third base. Yet it appears they are still looking for
The Blue Jays are signing reliever Julian Fernández to a minor league contract, reports Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet (Twitter link). He’ll add some hard-throwing bullpen depth to the upper minors.
Narducci spent 37 years covering all sports for The Philadelphia Inquirer before recently retiring in July. Once again, Narducci reached out to see if we would be interested in publishing his Hall of Fame ballot.
The Rockies have signed righty Phillips Valdez to a minor league contract, according to Chris Hilburn-Trenkle of Baseball America. He’d reached minor league free agency at the end of the season after being outrighted off the Mariners 40-man roster in October.
The Colorado Rockies might be breaking your heart but they are, at least, using their brains. They’ve not done much this offseason, adding only a handful
The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired outfielder/first baseman Connor Joe from the Colorado Rockies on Sunday for minor league right-hander Nick Garcia. Joe batted .238 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs in 111 games last season.
The move represents something of a homecoming for Joe, who was drafted 39th overall by the Pirates back in the 2014 draft.
The Colorado Rockies signed right-hander Pierce Johnson to a one-year contract on Tuesday. Multiple reports said the deal for the Denver native is for $5 million plus performance bonuses.
Team USA has gained yet another starting pitcher. Colorado Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland announced this afternoon that he will be participating in the World Baseball Classic in the spring of 2023.
Prior to Tuesday evening's 6 p.m. ET deadline to protect eligible players from the Rule 5 Draft, the Colorado Rockies added some minor league players to their 40-man roster.
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