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Rockies Are Reportedly Open To Trading 2 Players
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The Colorado Rockies finished another disappointing season in 2024 as they finished with a record of 61 wins and 101 losses.
After missing the playoffs for the sixth straight season, the Rockies will need to make some changes to return to being competitive in 2025.
The Rockies took last place in the National League West for the third straight year, and they have never won the division since joining the MLB in 1993.
As the offseason gets underway, the Rockies revealed that they are willing to trade two players on their team.
According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Rockies are open to trading Brendan Rodgers and Justin Lawrence.
Rodgers came into the league in 2019 and has played all six seasons of his MLB career with the Rockies.
In 2024, Rodgers played 135 games and batted .267 with 13 home runs, 54 RBIs, and a .721 OPS.
The middle infielder can play both second base and shortstop, and he could be an intriguing player that sparks some team’s interest in the offseason.
Lawrence came into the league in 2021 and has also played all four seasons of his MLB career with the Rockies.
In 2024, Lawrence appeared in 56 games and had a 6.49 ERA with 45 strikeouts in 59.2 innings pitched.
The Rockies are willing to part ways with players who have been with their organization for years in an attempt to return to being a competitive baseball team.
With zero World Series titles and only one Pennant through 32 seasons as an MLB organization, the Rockies appear like they need to make some major changes.
It will be interesting to see how aggressive the team is this offseason.
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MLB Draft Pick Signs Biggest Bonus In History
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To say there are high expectations by the Colorado Rockies for rookie Charlie Condon is an understatement.
The slugger was chosen in the draft’s first round on Sunday after starring at third base for the University of Georgia, though he is expected to be an outfielder at the big league level.
The 21-year-old Condon hit an incredible 37 home runs with the Bulldogs this year, the most since the NCAA mandated the composition of bats in 2011.
ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported that the Rockies signed Condon to a deal featuring a stunning $9.25 million signing bonus.
The third overall selection in the MLB draft matched the earlier record – also set this year – of $9.25 million paid to number two pick Chase Burns.
The two figures represent the largest draft bonuses in the history of the sport.
Many had Condon listed as the top prospect entered MLB this year, and the thought of him slugging in Colorado should excite fans in the Mile High City.
The twin bonuses awarded to Condon and Burns exceed what was received by last year’s number one overall pick, Paul Skenes.
The Pittsburgh Pirates rookie started for the National League in the All-Star Game this week.
Condon was a lightly recruited baseball player out of high school and redshirted his first year in Athens.
But he grew into a powerful slugger who won the Golden Spikes Award as the best collegiate baseball player in 2024 and had a fortunate birthday arrive.
Due to being 21 by draft day, Condon was eligible to be selected in the process, and the Rockies jumped at the chance to gain a powerful bat in their lineup.
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Rockies Unveil New Unique Ballpark Food
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(Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) More than any other sport, part of the baseball experience is sampling the wide array of food at major league ballparks. After all, who hasn’t enjoyed a mouth-watering hot dog and ice-cold soda while taking in their favorite team under the hot summer sun? Of course, there is always a push to try something different, to present new fare to the paying public that will have them buzzing to their friends about what they enjoyed at the stadium. And ...
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MLB Team Won On Saturday After Pitch Clock Violation
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Baseball forever holds the top spot for being the weirdest sport, as even though the game is over 150 years old and each of the 30 MLB teams plays 162 games a year, you can still tune in to a random contest and see something you have never seen before.
That’s exactly what happened at the end of last night’s Colorado Rockies vs. Washington Nationals game, as a spirited 8-7 Rockies win ended in a unique fashion.
Kyle Finnegan came in for the save with a 7-6 lead for the Nationals and had a complete meltdown, and he quickly found himself in a tie game with the bases loaded and nobody out with a 3-2 count to Ryan McMahon.
The game ended when Finnegan committed a pitch clock violation that allowed McMahon to walk and force in the winning run.
Finnegan got the pitch off just after the umpire called for the violation, and the pitch wound up being high and inside anyway, so this likely would have been a walk-off free pass even without the violation, but it’s still an insane way to lose a game.
This was the first time this had ever happened, and Finnegan now has the unfortunate distinction of leading the league with nine pitch clock violations this year, an astounding number considering he is a closer and has pitched just 31.1 innings.
Finnegan blew his third save of the season and raised his ERA to 2.30 in the process, and the violation was the icing on the cake for a truly horrific outing that saw him give up four hits, a walk, and two runs while failing to record an out.
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The Rockies Are Dealing With A Shocking Scandal
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The Colorado Rockies have been the worst team in the National League (together with the Miami Marlins) with a 4-15 record.
This was to be expected, of course: they are one of the most dysfunctional franchises in the league, their pitching is atrocious, and their offense is not good.
What we did not expect was for them to make the news for breaching a common rule during a flight.
“The Colorado Rockies are under investigation by the FAA and United Airlines after a video showed hitting coach Hensley Meulens in the cockpit of the team’s charter mid-flight,” Front Office Sports tweeted.
For everybody’s safety during a flight (whether it is a charter or a commercial flight), passengers can’t enter the cockpit.
Passengers may ask permission to enter the cockpit after the plane has landed and parked in position, but definitely not during the flight and that’s why the FAA and United Airlines are investigating the incident.
Not only did the Rockies do something wrong, but the person in question recorded it on video and posted it on social media.
The Rockies just can’t catch a break: it’s not like they need the off-the-field drama with the kind of season they are having.
It’s always important to stay safe during flights, no matter the distance covered, the airline, the type of aircraft, or other circumstances: rules exist for a reason, and they try to protect the pilot and people on the plane.
The organization and fans will be very attentive to the results of the investigation.
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Analyst Praises Rockies For Recent Extension
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The Colorado Rockies are one of the most dysfunctional franchises in MLB.
For every right decision they make, they make two wrong ones and it has been that way for years.
On Sunday, however, they made a potentially impactful present-time and long-term move.
They announced a seven-year extension with young shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, worth $63.5 million.
It also has a $20.5 million club option for an eighth season.
This is the kind of move a team like the Rockies should be making.
They should be developing their young stars and extending them to team friendly, long-term contracts.
Denver Post’s columnist Troy Renck, who covered the Rockies in the past, praised the deal for team and player.
“#Rockies secure young shortstop for several years to come. Creates cost certainty and provides young player with security. Hope is he outperforms the deal, which is highly likely if continues on current trajectory,” he tweeted.
Getting cost certainty is important, and when that cost is accessible for a player projected to be a solid regular, then even better.
Salaries in MLB are slowly getting inflated with each passing year, and the Rockies will have an infielder starter making less than $10 million on average for the foreseeable future.
Tovar still isn’t an offensive star: he hit .253/.287/.408 with 15 home runs and 11 stolen bases last year.
His minor league numbers suggest there is more offensive upside to be reached, and he is already a stellar defensive player.
The floor here is that of a league-average starter at shortstop.
The ceiling, however, is much higher if he can ever improve his hitting skills to match his excellent defense.
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Fans React To Shocking Kris Bryant Quotes
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Colorado Rockies infielder Kris Bryant made a business decision a couple of years ago.
He prioritized money when signing his free-agent contract after the 2021-22 lockout in MLB.
Once the lockout was lifted, he agreed on a seven-year, $182 million deal with the Rockies, who weren’t even close to being a playoff team then and are even further away now.
In a recent interview with The Athletic, he said he probably should have done more research about the Rockies’ prospects before signing.
He is now likely to spend the end of his career in the mediocrity that the Rockies represent.
Fans, of course, had a lot to say about Bryant low-key throwing teammates and the organization under the bus.
Lots of comments indicated that Bryant should definitely have known that the Rockies, who haven’t had a winning season since 2018, were and are a mess.
Others, however, stated the obvious: that he prioritized money.
There shouldn’t be a problem with that, but it’s the managing of the situation that seemed odd: saying that it was his best offer and he liked the place would have probably sufficed.
One has to think that Rockies fans didn’t like seeing their star player saying those things out loud.
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Kris Bryant Shares Shocking Reflection About Joining Rockies
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In the post-lockout days of 2021-22, free agents still available started flying off the board.
In one of the most shocking deals we have seen in recent memory, the Colorado Rockies signed former NL Rookie of the Year and MVP (and World Series winner) Kris Bryant to a seven-year, $182 million deal.
It was shocking to see a team in shambles like the Rockies thinking one player could possibly fix their mess, and also shocking to see Bryant agreeing to spend the next seven years of his career playing for a non-contender.
Now, however, the player appears to be having some second thoughts.
That’s at least what he implied in a recent chat with The Athletic, as discussed by the folks at Chris Rose Sports.
“Kris Bryant admitted he should have done more research on the prospects before signing with Colorado,” they tweeted, with a video of an interesting discussion.
Rose questions whether Bryant, who had a .680 OPS with the Rox last year and has played a grand total of 122 games in his two years with the team, has much left in the tank.
But that’s not the center of the discussion: it’s how Bryant threw the organization and its prospects under the bus.
“It’s like ‘Oh shoot, I need to get there,'” the player said, per The Athletic. “There were other teams interested, but I didn’t want to wait around. … It was a completely different situation for a lot of free agents at the time. I guess I didn’t do as much research into the prospects as I could.”
That last line, that he didn’t do much research into the prospects as he could, is a clear jab at the young players and the team’s player development skills.
He might be right (he probably is), but it’s surprising to see a player talking so candidly about his teammates.
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Analysts Break Down A Rising Rockies Star
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The Colorado Rockies are not in good shape.
They are, by far, the worst team in the NL West division and one of the worst in the league.
However, they do have quality players, and the best of them all might very well be Nolan Jones.
The former Cleveland Guardian had a breakthrough season with Colorado in 2023, and the folks at MLB Network analyzed his performance.
The conclusion is that everything he did was legit.
“There was one bright spot for them last year,” they said, clearly referring to Jones.
“This guy is one of the more intriguing young players in the game,” they also stated.
Jones ranked third among MLB players at 25 years old or younger in OPS+ (adjusted for park factor) with a 138 mark.
That was enough to rank 14th among all players with at least 100 games played.
He had a higher OPS+ than Corbin Carroll, for example.
His home and road marks were actually very much alike: he had a .530 slugging percentage in Coors Field and a .554 mark as the Rockies played in other cities; and 10 home runs in each situation.
Jones was also much better against breaking balls (.590 slugging percentage) than against fastballs (.505 slugging percentage).
All things considered, he is not your prototypical Rockies slugger who benefitted from playing his home games in the thin air of the mountains.
He was equally good at home or away, against righties or lefties, and against fastballs or breaking stuff.
He was consistent, as his .931 OPS, 20 home runs, and 20 steals in just 106 games prove.
The sky is the limit for Jones.
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Rockies Fans Will Be Alarmed With A 2024 Projection
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The Colorado Rockies are expected to be one of the worst teams in baseball in 2024.
Not only do they not have a good roster, but they play in an extremely tough park for pitchers.
Colorado is the best hitter park in baseball due to the altitude in Colorado.
That is also why many of their pitchers struggle to have good numbers.
According to Codify, the Rockies have a projected WAR of 5.9 for their starting pitchers in 2024.
That is projected to be the worst in baseball.
Looking at the Rockies pitching staff, there are not many household names.
Some of the names at the top of the Rockies rotation are Kyle Freeland, Cal Quantrill, and Austin Gomber.
Last season, the Rockies did not have a pitcher who started 10 or more games with an ERA under 5.00.
No matter how talented the pitcher is, the ball does not spin the same in Colorado.
One thing the Rockies need to buy into is their hitters.
The Rockies have had success in the past when they were able to outscore teams.
But, their offense does not project to be very good.
They overpaid for an aging Kris Bryant, and now they are stuck with him.
There is no question the Rockies will be one of the worst teams in baseball in 2024.
But, they can at least lay the groundwork to be successful in the future.
It will be interesting to see what moves the Rockies make this season in regards to their prospects.
Developing their young players will be the only way they are successful in the future.
That should be their goal for the 2024 season.
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