Colorado Rockies News

Jason Hunt takes a look at Eddie Butler, a pitching prospect in the Colorado Rockies' organization who was recently promoted to High-A Modesto.

All three Rockies affiliates in action won on Wednesday. Home runs were plentiful as Parker, McBride and many others went deep.

The challenge for Rockies left-handed reliever Rex Brothers on Wednesday was to treat the first closing opportunity of his career like any other game.

Inspired by Bill Simmons and Kevin Wildes' Half-Baked Ideas, these Purple-Hazed Ideas may be flawed, which should be pointed out, but they serve as a fun way to discuss some outside-the-box ways to make the fan and overall sports experience more engaging.

MLB Team Report - Colorado Rockies - INSIDE PITCH It has been a struggle for Todd Helton in what is expected to be his final season.

In this Feb. 20, 2013 photo is San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt posing on picture day at spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz.

With their demotion of Josh Rutledge on Wednesday, the Rockies have now made a few significant changes as we approach the 1/3 mark of the season.

Rockies take the series and move into a three way tie for the division lead with a strong performance from Jorge De La Rosa.

Left-hander Jeff Francis felt good Wednesday after a 25-pitch bullpen Tuesday. Actually, Rockies head athletic trainer Keith Dugger said he had wanted to limit Francis to a "touch-and-feel" 'pen session, but the fact that he was able to throw 25 pitches was positive.

Carlos Gonzalez drove in two runs on a homer and a triple to lead the way as the Colorado Rockies capped a successful homestand with a 4-1 decision over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field.

Roy Oswalt has joined the Tulsa Drillers, and is expected to make his first start in Tulsa on Friday, May 24 against the Midland RockHounds.

School: School of Street Smarts When you started with Bonneville Phoenix: 6 years ago Favorite sports memory: Bucky Dent's home run over the Green Monster in the one-game playoff vs the Red Sox in 1978 Favorite all-time athlete: Tommy John Favorite sports movies: Hoosiers and Field of Dreams Arizona Diamondbacks' Paul Goldschmidt follows through on ... (more)

Josh Rutledge has managed to work his way into 43 of Colorado's 46 games so far this season, but if DJ LeMahieu continues to play the way he's been playing, it's going to be hard to justify that trend continuing.

Right-handed-hitting Jordan Pacheco, who had one of the three hits and the lone RBI the Rockies managed against lefty Patrick Corbin in Monday night's 5-1 loss to the D-backs, started against righty Ian Kennedy on Tuesday.

Pedro Astacio, one of the most accomplished pitchers in Rockies history and now a part-time pitching instructor and advisor, will represent the Rockies at the MLB First-Year Player Draft on June 6 at the MLB Network studios in Secaucus, N.J. Astacio, who went 53-48 and set a Rockies record with 14 complete games for the club from 1997-2001, served ... (more)

Patrick Corbin recorded yet another quality start and this time went the distance for the first time in his brief career as the Arizona Diamondbacks shut down the Colorado Rockies, 5-1, in an NL West battle at Coors Field.

Wilin Rosario drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Colorado Rockies past the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-4, in the middle test of a three-game set at Coors Field.

Angelys Nina is hitting .322 after a 3-for-3 effort in a Tulsa win over Jon Keck and NW Arkansas.

There's not much depth to this one. The Rockies were completely shut down by Patrick Corbin who pitched a three hit, one run, complete game effort.

Tyler Chatwood's replacement was unable to keep Jurickson Profar down on Saturday as he homered twice.