The Rockies are hiring, with openings for a Baseball Analytics Fellow and Affiliate Technology & Data Fellows in Spokane and Fresno. The affiliate role is about 75% video capture and tech operations. Not exactly glamorous, but it's the data pipeline. 📹
Clint Hurdle is leaving the Rockies, effective Saturday. The 2002-09 manager who led the club to the 2007 World Series was most recently special assistant to the GM. He says he isn't retiring, just "recalculating." A 20+ year run ends. 👋
Clint Hurdle is leaving the Rockies after 20+ years, with his last day set for Oct. 31. The 2007 Rocktober manager says he's "recalculating," not retiring, and the club says the two "mutually parted ways." 🎬
Banana Ball is the offseason fix: two former Rockies, Charlie Culberson (Bananas) and Brendan Hardy (Firefighters), were picked in the 2027 draft. The World Tour hits Coors Field May 29-30, with a ticket lottery open until midnight Oct. 31. 🍌
Former Rockie Antonio Senzatela is now a World Series champion with the Brewers, months after winning the World Baseball Classic with Venezuela. The Rockies he signed at 16 can only watch. 🏆 Colorado, meanwhile, opens the 2027 season at 300-to-1 odds.
Former Rockies pitcher Antonio Senzatela is now a World Series winner with Milwaukee, a stunning rebound after a 4-15, 6.65 ERA season in Colorado in 2025. An offseason pitch-mix overhaul helped fuel it. 🔄
Purple Row's offseason prompt: what did you get wrong in 2026? The Rockies were less bad than in 2025, but still pretty bad. The writer's miss: Michael Lorenzen as a rotation upgrade, before he was DFA'd. Hindsight, meet Coors. 🏔️
Zach Agnos was more useful than good for the 2026 Rockies: 91 innings, 3 starts, 2 saves and a 5.93 ERA (0.1 rWAR). A 1.98 ERA in July-August and a promising splitter, slider and sweeper hint at more, though he'll likely stay a multi-inning reliever. 🔧
A lockout looks all but certain when the CBA expires Dec. 1, leaving a busy November window for transactions. Rockies owner Dick Monfort sits on the owners' negotiating committee, and Paul DePodesta wants the team ready to act aggressively. Charlie Condon, off the 40-man roster, stays unaffected. 🔒
Rockies No. 5 prospect Cristian Arguelles, 19, grew up idolizing Carlos González and is modeling his game on CarGo, with a high average and a mix of speed and power. Young CarGo comparisons are following. 🌄
Sammy Peralta's 2026 Rockies stint was brief: two appearances, a 10.13 ERA in 2 2/3 innings, and 84 days of Albuquerque shuttling. He was designated for assignment June 21, then signed with the Angels. A layover, not a destination. ✈️
Rockies' 40-man primer: Freeland, Quintana, Romano and Sugano head to free agency, six players come off the 60-day IL, and Kris Bryant's roster spot looks shaky. Two spots must open now, more before the Nov. 17 Rule 5 and Nov. 20 non-tender deadlines. 🧹
Rockies offseason map: free agency opens five days after the World Series, the Rule 5 protection deadline hits Nov. 17, and non-tenders are due Nov. 20. Then the CBA expires Dec. 1 and a lockout is expected, which could scrap the Winter Meetings. 🗓️
Rockies No. 5 prospect Cristian Arguelles, 19, idolized CarGo growing up in Venezuela, and his lefty swing now draws comparisons. He hit .402 to win Arizona Complex League MVP, then .246 in 35 games at Single-A Fresno. ⚾
Owen Cuffe, hired in January as the ACL Rockies' pitching and rehab coach, was promoted to Assistant Director of Pitching, reportedly working under Matt Daniels. With Alon Leichman out, the new coaching staff is taking shape. 🔧
Ranking the Rockies 2026, No. 34: Vimael Machín. The 33-year-old infielder hit .500 in six at-bats over three games as late-season depth, after a .805 OPS at Triple-A Albuquerque. Great average, tiny sample. 📉
Rockies prospect Jack O'Dowd is the Arizona Fall League Hitter of the Week. He led the league with three homers and a 1.770 OPS in Week 3, and has a league-best five homers and 1.206 OPS over 10 games for Salt River. 💥
Rockies could face a compressed offseason: free agency opens shortly after the World Series, but the CBA expires December 1 and a lockout looms. Owners' proposed $171.2M salary floor sits well above Colorado's estimated $120M 2026 cash payroll. 🔒
Rockies catching prospect Jack O'Dowd is mashing in the Arizona Fall League: .350/.381/.825, five homers and 12 RBIs through 10 games for Salt River. He's reached safely in nine of them and posted the league's first multi-homer game. 🔥
Rockies catching depth looks sneaky good beyond Hunter Goodman's 41 homers. Prospects Bryant Betancourt, Cole Messina, Daniel Jackson, Jack Natili and Jack O'Dowd offer arms and pop, though none is a lock to catch every day in the majors. 🧤
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