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4 years

MLB made it official today, they removed THC, CBD and cannabis from the league's banned substances list. Players won't be tested for it. It's now on the level of alcohol...

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Larry Walker, soon-to-be baseball Hall of Famer, will be listed as the Avalanche's official emergency goaltender Sunday in Denver when they host Vegas. Growing up in B.C., he dreamed of playing in net in the NHL.

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Asked about the Rockies being the only team to not make a deadline trade, Bill Schmidt said: "We were also the only club to sign a player to an extension at the deadline; 29 other clubs didn't sign anybody to an extension." Well, no, that's not true. But honest mistake.

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2 years

Before Jon Gray left Denver, he befriended a family of neighborhood squirrels. He fed them almonds and they would sit on his shoulder and hang out. With the Rangers in town, Gray said he walked to his old house to see if the squirrels remembered him. But he couldn't find them.

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2 years

Scott Boras, when asked to elaborate on the other teams interested in Kris Bryant, said: "When I go to a wedding, I don't talk about the bridesmaids."

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3 years

Ubaldo Jiménez earned a degree in business today from Florida Tech. Right on. From his insta:

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4 years

What Ian Desmond shared tonight about his decision to opt out of this MLB season is a powerful explanation of everything happening right now and how he's trying to cope:

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3 years

Jon Gray, asked if Coors Field should be Atlanta's replacement as host of the All Star Game, said: "Well, the Home Run Derby would be legendary."

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2 years

Kris Bryant's deal is now the second-richest in Rockies history, behind only Nolan Arenado and ahead of Troy Tulowitzki. And none of the $182 million will be deferred. Straight, no chaser...

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2 years

Can confirm others, the Rockies will sign veteran glove José Iglesias to play shortstop this season. A one-year deal. He was with the Angels and Red Sox last year. The door is shut on the Trevor Story era.

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5 years

Daniel Murphy 2-$24M with Rox. DJ LeMahieu 2-$24M with Yanks. Did the Rockies offer LeMahieu the same deal? Did he turn them down? Did he want to leave? Do the Rox think Murphy is better?

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"In 40-plus years, I don't think I've ever seen a game where every fastball was over 95 miles an hour," Rockies manager Bud Black said of Jacob deGrom and three Mets relievers Tuesday. "That was, to say the least, impressive arm strength."

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6 years

Rockies return Sunday to open-air Coors Field, likely to rain and wind and cold, for a must-win game against the Brewers. "I hope it snows," Carlos Gonzalez said. "These guys aren't used to that shit. They're spoiled here."

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2 years

The Braves extended Austin Riley. The Padres extended Joe Musgrove. I'm more curious why that would be a superlative anyway...

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7 years

Chad Bettis (cancer) will rejoin the Rockies when they return to Denver on Tuesday. Not a visit. For actual baseball work. Start rehab.

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3 years

The Nolan Arenado trade is official. Rockies send him and about $50 million to St. Louis for LHP Austin Gomber, SS Mateo Gil, RHP Tony Locey, UTIL Elehuris Montero and RHP Jake Sommers.

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3 years

Trevor Story was scratched from the Rockies lineup tonight in San Diego.

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3 years

Rockies investigated. Here it is. Be cool please.

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2 years

Cardinals 13, Rockies 0. Rox haven't won a game at St. Louis in four years. They are 2-20 there since 2016.

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2 years

Rockies remain interested in Kris Bryant, sources have indicated to @Ken_Rosenthal and me, and it seems they are not being shy about it...

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3 years

What kind of team signs Nolan Arenado, starts a cold war with him, then pays $51 million to trade him? A team with some deep problems. How it all went wrong for the Rockies. With @Ken_Rosenthal :

How it all went wrong for the Colorado Rockies

Where do owner Dick Monfort and GM Jeff Bridich take the franchise now after the departure of Nolan Arenado?

www.nytimes.com

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6 years

Kyle Freeland will finish this season with the lowest ERA in Rockies history, at 2.85...

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5 years

Rockies final attendance at Coors Field this season will go as 2,993,244. That's 36,954 per game. That's the fifth-highest attendance in MLB, behind only the Dodgers, Cardinals, Yankees and Cubs...

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4 years

Trevor Story said the Rockies missed an opportunity to sit along with Matt Kemp on Wednesday. "We had a chance to stand up with our guy last night and we didn't do it," he said.

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4 years

Chad Bettis, longtime Rockies pitcher now with the Yankees, said he will retire from baseball. "Today I am walking away from the game with my head held high, knowing that I pushed my body as far as it could go physically," he said.

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4 years

MLB commish Rob Manfred today spoke with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis about resuming games at Coors Field. Polis told him the league's protocols are agreeable and the state is ready for baseball to start.

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5 years

Said Nolan Arenado: "We can't worry about the Dodgers. They're probably never gonna lose again. We just have to deal with that. We just have to do our jobs."

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The Dodgers beat and swept the Phillies. These guys are a 41-19, on a 111-win pace. Their plus-94 run differential is 46 runs better than any other NL team.

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2 years

Rockies traded Raimel Tapia to Toronto for veteran center fielder Randal Grichuk, a source confirmed. @Feinsand was on it. And the Tapia Era ends in Colorado before it ever really started.

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2 years

Rockies cut Yency Almonte last fall. Then he got a phone call from Jake McGee, who recommended the Dodgers. "They know their stuff. They’re gonna teach you a lot of new things that you probably didn’t get in Colorado." And they did...

Dodgers getting the best out of Yency Almonte; what did the Rockies miss?

One of the Dodgers' big changes with Almonte was ditching his four-seam fastball: “My spin rate sucks."

www.nytimes.com

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4 years

Daniel Bard went three up-down tonight at Coors Field. Murphy easy grounder, Story K, McMahon fly out. Bard looks goood. Rockies are very pleased. Seems to be pitching his way to opening day.

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3 years

Trevor Story said he will hit in the Home Run Derby.

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6 years

Nolan Arenado on facing infielder-turned-pitcher Daniel Descalso: "I was more nervous for that at-bat than I have been for any at-bat in a long time. He was smiling at me. I was tripping out."

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3 years

Rockies in 2021... Walk-off wins: 10 Road wins: 9

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3 years

Trevor Story just stole second base. He is now just the seventh player all-time with 150 home runs and 100 steals over his first six seasons. The others: Willie Mays, Bobby Bonds, Darryl Strawberry, Andruw Jones, Ryan Braun and Mike Trout...

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5 years

No real reaction today, just another moment of silence at Coors Field, this time for the mass murders in Dayton. One fan yelled: "We don't need a moment of silence. We need it to stop."

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5 years

There was a large and audible gasp at Coors Field from fans, apparently unaware, when a moment of silence was announced for the El Paso mass murder victims...

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6 years

Craziest part of the Vontae Davis story is that it takes a lot of effort to get dressed for a football game. There's a lot of tape and glue and paint and strings and stuff. I'd think you'd want to finish the game just for the hassle...

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3 years

Dick Monfort was dead-set against trading Nolan Arenado to the Dodgers. So, mission accomplished I suppose, he really stuck it to Andrew Friedman...

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5 years

Rockies' key offseason additions: 1. Daniel Murphy 2. Mark Reynolds 3. A Chick-fil-a stand at Salt River

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4 years

Oh hell yes! Gabe Kapler is challenging a play at first with the Giants up 18-2 in the seventh. #baseball !!

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5 years

Dodgers have hit 21 home runs this season. Whoa. The Rockies have scored 18 runs this season overall. Wow.

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3 years

Rockies will get third baseman Mateo Gil, a third-round pick from 2018, as part of the Nolan Arenado trade with the Cardinals, sources tell @Ken_Rosenthal and me...

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3 years

Coors Field gave Nolan Arenado a long and loud standing ovation before his first at-bat, Rockies fans and Cardinals fans, baseball fans, all of them.

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4 years

Nolan Arenado on Tuesday won an eighth consecutive Gold Glove award as the National League's best fielding third baseman. He has won every year he's been in the majors with the Rockies, a truly generational defender at the hot corner.

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3 years

Joshua Fuentes, who scored the Rockies' winning run Sunday, on Nolan Arenado's return to Denver: "I wanted to beat him so bad."

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5 years

Since people keep asking, here's the bottom line: Rockies chose Daniel Murphy over DJ LeMahieu because they calculated an offensive upgrade. It has been an astonishing mistake...

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6 years

"I'm not surprised," Adam Ottavino said of not making the NL all-star roster. "It's because I'm on the Rockies. Pitchers don't get any credit playing for the Rockies."

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2 years

This is the Rockies new alt uni. It's meant to look like Colorado's license plate.

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7 years

Charlie Blackmon singled to right field, locking up the National League batting title. The Rockies have won 11 in their 25 year history.

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8 years

"If I'm playing with Chris Sale, I want him to pitch," Carlos Gonzalez said. "If he wants to play with no shirt, we play with no shirt."

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4 years

I asked Charlie Blackmon today if, after missing half of camp, he was surprised at all by his strong start (.390/.908). He deadpanned: "Ummm... I mean, a lit... I mean... I think I'm a good baseball player. So I don't want to be surprised that good baseball players play good."

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4 years

It is strange to have the public relations department of a Major League Baseball team ask me if I've had diarrhea in the last 24 hours.

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2 years

Wild. Here's how Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting helped cripple the 141-year-old Aspen Times in the name of helping Russian oligarch Vladislav Doronin:

End Times in Aspen

How a Soviet-born developer and a West Virginia billionaire destroyed a 141-year-old Colorado newspaper

www.theatlantic.com

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3 years

Bud Black said his Rockies are now fully vaccinated. It's why they're able to go mask-less in the dugout.

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3 years

Hey if you're at Coors Field right now and see this, heads up: The Rockies secured some vaccinations from the CDPHE and are giving out shots at the picnic area beyond center field. You can run over there and get your shot on the spot real quick...

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3 years

The Home Run Derby balls have arrived at Coors Field...

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4 years

Daneil Bard will be on the Rockies' opening day roster, GM Jeff Bridich said. His comeback is complete...

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5 years

Nolan Arenado tonight surpassed 2,000 total bases in his career. He did it quicker than any third baseman since at least 1920, in his 966th game...

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3 years

Trevor Story, frustrated and confused, pulled himself from the lineup after Friday's trade deadline. And the Rockies have another isolated star:

Trevor Story, another isolated star, can't understand the Rockies

Story thought the same way the rest of baseball did, that as a two-time All-Star with an expiring contract, he would surely be traded.

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3 years

Trevor Story will remain in the game is back out at shortstop in the fourth inning. Shohei Ohtani found him between innings and apologized...

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3 years

Trevor Story was hit in the hand or wrist by a pitch from Shohei Ohtani. He's in a lot of pain.

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2 years

Daniel Bard's extension with the Rockies, according to two sources, will be for two years. He was perhaps the best reliever target on the trade market...

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4 years

The West is on fire. Smoke is raining on baseball games. And MLB has another big problem. "I'm a healthy 22-year-old. I shouldn't be gasping for air," A's pitcher Jesús Luzardo said. "I'll leave it at that."

‘Never seen it this bad’: Poor air quality could put some MLB players at risk

MLB has guidelines for inclement weather when deciding whether to delay or postpone games, but no defined rules for smoke or pollution.

www.nytimes.com

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3 years

The inevitable came to pass. Nolan Arenado is just one more star streaking out of Colorado. Here's how it all fell to the Cardinals:

Nolan Arenado, burned out in Colorado, heads to the Cardinals

On Friday night, the Rockies agreed to trade Arenado to the Cardinals in a blockbuster deal heavy on money and light on consolation.

theathletic.com

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3 years

Jeff Bridich has removed himself as general manager of the Rockies. The club is now looking for a new GM. But Greg Feasel, their chief operating officer, will become the new club president.

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Wanna kill some time? Let’s play a game. Here are some quotes from Rockies owner Dick Montfort over the past 13 years. Guess the year in which he said these things...

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4 years

Garrett Hampson tonight became the first player in Rockies history to triple and double in the same inning. Huh.

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4 years

Charlie Blackmon hit a walk-off grand slam at Coors Field, his second grand slam this season, to give the Rockies an 8-4 win over the Angels. Whoa.

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5 months

Had a Hall of Fame ballot this year for the first time. It’s a heavy honor to vote. Difficult but worth the worry. Some explanation below…

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3 years

ESPN will air the Rockies' Opening Day game against the World Series champion Dodgers at Coors Field on April 1 at 2 p.m. MT. That's the plan anyway. This is not a joke.

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4 years

Nolan Arenado won his fourth straight Platinum Glove award as the NL's best fielder at any position. The award is determined by fan votes, with each Gold Glove winner eligible. And fans were right choosing Arenado. By Defensive Runs Saved, he was the game's best fielder in 2020.

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2 years

Carlos González and Todd Helton have arrived at Rockies minor league camp...

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4 years

Loud shouts of "fuck yeah!" echoed off the empty seats at Coors Field as Daniel Murphy's pinch-hit two-run homer left the yard. Rox up 4-3 on the Giants in the seventh. The player noise from both dugouts is one of the best parts of this whole shebang.

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3 years

Oh, hi.

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3 years

A year or so from now, the Rockies will sport a roster made up entirely of utility infielders. And they will ask one of them to be a lefty reliever. And the plan will be complete.

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4 years

That really is Ubaldo Jimenez...

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5 years

Rockies are serious about upgrading at first base. They made a sincere trade offer to Arizona for Paul Goldschmidt before his trade to St. Louis, Jeff Bridich said. He was not, however, surprised by the Cardinals as Goldschmidt’s end spot.

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3 years

The Rockies are not in a rebuild, general manager Jeff Bridich insists.

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2 years

As they sit, Arenado will be the Rockies' second highest-paid player next season...

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2 years

Chad Kuhl pitched a complete game at Coors Field on just three hits and the Rockies topped the Dodgers, 4-0. No Colorado starter had finished even the eighth inning this season.

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3 years

Here's a stupid quirk: Rockies won't make up their rained-out game in Atlanta. They'll play just 161 games. If the season ended today, the Royals have the same number of wins, but one more loss. So they would pick ninth in the draft, the Rockies 10th.

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3 years

MLB's GM meetings going on here in California this week. The most common question about the Rockies, from the outside looking in: "wtf?"

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4 years

Rockies today designated veteran close Wade Davis for assignment.

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Nolan Arenado on Ian Desmond and his decision to not play this season for the Rockies: "Our team is very supportive of him, always have been. This won’t change a thing. I respect Ian and I always have, always will."

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3 years

Germán Márquez was named to the NL All-Star team, just the eighth Rockies pitcher to make it in 29 years and the sixth starter...

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11 months

Hey y’all, long day, but I’m not at The Athletic anymore. It was always fun to talk shop with you and anybody and everybody. Bud Black is right: the best part is the never-ending chinwag. See you soon…

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7 years

The Nationals have scored 45 runs THIS SERIES. The Royals have scored 54 runs THIS SEASON.

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4 years

Raimel Tapia was asked today what his goal is this season: "To win the MVP," he said.

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3 years

Rockies say that Friday's field cat got loose again last night and is somewhere in or near Coors Field. If you see the cat, don't be a jerk, please...

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5 years

Is Memorial Day an appropriate time to start looking at the NL standings? "Shit, I look at the standings every day," Bud Black said. "The standings always give you a pretty good read of where you are in the standings."

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Daniel Bard ran from the outfield into the Rockies clubhouse moments ago. Two minutes later he sprinted back out, smiled, and said: "Just went to the bathroom, guys."

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When I become king, we'll design a Rockies uniform based on the "street sweeping, this side, tow away zone" signs in Denver. And we'll wear them the day before every third Thursday of the month and you'll remember to move your car and dodge the ticket. And we will all be happy.

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Tyler Matzek in the World Series: 5.1 innings, 5 hits, 1 run, 7 Ks. His postseason in total: 1.72 ERA and a 0.89 WHIP. Just wow.

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6 years

"My heart can’t handle that," Charlie Blackmon said. "We need to win some games by a lot."

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4 years

Larry Walker will be the first Rockies player in baseball's Hall of Fame, joining the Nuggets' Dan Issel (1993), Broncos' John Elway (2004) and Avs' Patrick Roy (2006) as other Denver first-timers.

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Rockies win. Nolan Arenado homered, German Márquez was acey, Yency Almonte earned a save. They are 8-2 for just the second time in club history.

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3 years

"I saw the video," Ryan McMahon said. "Hey mom, I'm really sorry."

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2 years

Jerry Schemmel has returned to the Rockies radio booth with Jack Corrigan. He'll be on all season.

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2 years

Kris Bryant will wear Rockies purple. What led to the signing? What position will he play? Are they done shopping? Here it is:

Kris Bryant, Rockies in agreement on a seven-year, $182 million contract: Sources

The Colorado Rockies have finalized a seven-year, $182 million contract with Kris Bryant, multiple sources confirmed to The Athletic. Bryant, 30, started his career as well as anyone theoretically...

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Trevor Story hit a 475-foot homer off Patrick Corbin in the fifth. Then he heard a standing ovation in what is likely his final home series at Coors Field.

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"I haven't thought about firing Jeff, no," Rockies owner Dick Monfort said of his general manager. "I have thought about firing myself."

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