Last Chance for Colorado Baseball!
Alright Rockies fans, come get your Rockies baseball while you can! This past weekend kicked off the last home stand of the 2015 season. The recently completed series with the Padres recapped below...
View ArticleSeries Recap 9/21 – 9/24: There’s a lot of Baseball Fans in Colorado
Coors Field was full of energy Wednesday night in the ninth inning. Colorado is full of baseball fans, however they all seem to be rooting for the opponent. A “Lets Go Bucs” chant erupted with...
View ArticleStar Pitcher: A New Hope
Do you remember how excited Rockies fans were about Tyler Matzek around this time last year? A much-hyped prospect, Matzek had flopped in the minors, recovered (but only sort of), and finally...
View ArticleRevisting ZiPS Projections, Part II: Starting Pitching
Last week we took a trip in the WABAC Machine to see how well Rockies hitters fared in comparison to their preseason ZiPS projection and found, hey, they actually did pretty okay! So how did this team...
View ArticleRethinking Rockies Outfielder Positioning
One of the things I’ve done for fun the last few years is attend the SABR Analytics conference that takes place in Arizona during Spring Training. Though this year’s conference was sponsored by the...
View ArticleRockies Pitching with Steve Foster
If you listen to Colorado Rockies pitching coach Steve Foster you might assume his office is full of motivational posters. That’s just the way he is wired as a coach. The way he approaches...
View ArticleWhy These Rockies Might Be Different
A version of this story appeared in the ESPN SweetSpot Blog. Coming off a five game winning streak along with a sweep of the New York Mets at home, there was a lot of excitement going into this recent...
View ArticleThe Rockies are Closer to Competitive Than We Thought
It is nearing the end of May, and there are still many double takes coming from baseball fans taking a glance at the National League West scorecard so far. Roughly a month and a half into the season,...
View ArticleNot His Lucky Day: The Jon Gray Problem
2012 was a rough year for the Colorado Rockies: between the NL lowest 5.22 ERA, an ultimately poor defense, and position players beset by injury, the Rockies struggled to get by with a 64-98 season....
View Article40-Man Ladder: To Trade or Not to Trade
Every once in a while a baseball team finds itself at a crossroads. I like to think of these crossroads as occurring on a hilltop clearing overlooking a dark and misty forest. While each team is on...
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