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Rocky Mountains at center of '21 ASG logo

DENVER -- MLB and the Rockies revealed the logo for the 2021 All-Star Game in a pregame presentation on Friday, and Rockies players wore a purple star that celebrates Colorado’s iconic landscape on their jersey sleeve and on cap patches for Friday night’s game against the Phillies at Coors Field. → Read More

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Rockies, Nolan Arenado head to arbitration

DENVER -- Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado is assured of setting a record for an annual salary via the arbitration process. The only question is how high the bar will be set. Arenado was the only one of the Rockies' eight arbitration-eligible players this winter to not reach an agreement before Friday's exchange of figures. Arenado is requesting $30 million while the club is offering $24… → Read More

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Lineups, matchups, FAQs for Rockies-Brewers

The Brewers will be well-rested. The Rockies will be battle-tested. Those teams will meet in a best-of-five National League Division Series after knocking off the Cubs at Wrigley Field on consecutive days in back-to-back thrillers. The Brewers beat Chicago in Monday's NL Central tiebreaker to earn the league's top seed, home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs and a couple of welcome days… → Read More

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German Marquez, Rockies take NL West lead

DENVER -- Right-hander German Marquez put his name in the MLB and Rockies record books, but more importantly, he put Colorado atop the National League West on Wednesday night at Coors Field. Marquez tied a modern Major League record (since 1900) by fanning the first eight Phillies he faced, broke the club's single-season strikeout record and matched the team's consecutive strikeout mark in the… → Read More

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Rockies' McMahon has inside track at first

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies No. 3 prospect (according to MLB Pipeline) Ryan McMahon has a chance to show he can handle the Rockies' first-base job. After hitting .355 with 20 home runs and 88 RBIs combined at Double-A Hartford and Triple-A Albuquerque -- plus a small, but instructive big league debut -- McMahon sits atop the Rockies' depth chart at first base. But his Spring Training will be… → Read More

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Rockies' Nolan Arenado looks forward, not back

DENVER -- Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado skipped the team plane last fall and spent several depressive days in Phoenix after the Rockies' 11-8 loss to the D-backs in the 2017 National League Wild Card Game, filling his time with diversions, while longing for a baseball game that was not to come. "I kind of hid a little bit," Arenado said to local media at Coors Field on Saturday, the final… → Read More

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Wade Davis signs 3-year deal with Rockies

DENVER -- The Rockies' bullpen buildup hit a new level on Friday, when closer Wade Davis agreed to come aboard on a three-year, $52 million contract. The deal breaks down in salaries of $16 million in 2018, $18 million in '19 and $17 million in '20, with a $1 million buyout on a $15 million vesting player option, according to a Major League Baseball source. The Rockies re-signed lefty setup man… → Read More

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Rockies' Ryan McMahon could play first base

DENVER -- Rockies prospect Ryan McMahon knows that what happens during the Hot Stove days of the offseason will at some point have direct bearing on 2018, which is when he's expected to receive his best chance yet to establish himself in a Major League lineup. So close, but so far away in his mind. → Read More

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Rockies clinch NL Wild Card Game berth

DENVER -- Rockies right fielder Carlos Gonzalez participated in two wild celebrations Saturday at Coors Field -- one after the Brewers' loss gave them the second National League Wild Card before they took the field and a wilder one after the oh-by-the-way 5-3 loss to the Dodgers -- but he'll cherish the quiet time in between. • Dress for October: Get Rockies postseason gear → Read More

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Rockies' Trevor Story hits three-run homer

DENVER -- No matter how many pitches it took, Rockies shortstop Trevor Story didn't let another potential big inning go to waste. It took nine pitches from Marlins righty Jose Urena before Story lashed a three-run home run into the home bullpen in right-center, which got the Rockies on their way to a 6-0 victory over the Marlins on Tuesday night at Coors Field. → Read More

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Royals' Eric Hosmer hits walk-off HR vs. Rox

KANSAS CITY -- The August woes continued for Rockies closer Greg Holland, even at his former home. Eric Hosmer mashed a three-run, walk-off home run off Holland with two outs in the ninth as the Royals rallied for a pulsating 6-4 win on Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. → Read More

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Chad Bettis returns as Rockies shut out Braves

DENVER -- Rockies right-hander Chad Bettis wasn't defeated by testicular cancer, and he wouldn't let the Braves beat him Monday night. He threw seven scoreless innings in his first Major League outing since being diagnosed in November, and the Rockies came through when Charlie Blackmon tripled and scored in the eighth inning for a 3-0 victory at Coors Field. Bettis, who underwent surgery Nov. 29… → Read More

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Chad Bettis to return to Majors vs. Braves

MIAMI -- Rockies pitcher Chad Bettis won't feel alone on the mound tonight, when he faces the Braves at Coors Field in his return to the Majors after fighting testicular cancer. “Not a day goes by that I don't think about the many people who were positively affecting me the whole time,“ Bettis said Sunday. “I know that I will be carrying it forward, more than just on a pitch-by-pitch basis. I… → Read More

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Arenado's walk-off walk leads Rox past Mets

DENVER -- Thursday brought the same old thrilling result for the Rockies. Nolan Arenado drew a walk-off walk in the bottom of the ninth for a 5-4 victory over the Mets on Thursday afternoon at Coors Field. The Rockies took two of three from the Mets to win the series. The other win, of course, came on Arenado's walk-off single Tuesday night. Thursday's was Arenado's 16th game-winning RBI this… → Read More

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Rockies defeat Giants with RBI singles

DENVER -- Rockies rookie lefty Kyle Freeland teased the Giants with generosity, but he took away as soon as he gave. He forced 11 ground-ball outs and struck out just three -- all at important times -- and gave up one run in six innings of a 5-1 victory at Coors Field on Saturday afternoon. The offense supporting Freeland (8-4) scored all its runs with two outs as the National League… → Read More

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Jeff Hoffman leads Rockies in win over Cubs

CHICAGO -- Remember the callup/spot-starter label Rockies rookie right-hander Jeff Hoffman had a couple weeks ago? Well, Hoffman, the crown jewel of the Troy Tulowitzki trade with the Blue Jays in 2015, is showing he's worthy of a full-time position. On a day with the wind blowing out at Wrigley, Hoffman struck out eight and held the Cubs to one run and four hits as the Rockies won their seventh… → Read More

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Red-hot Rox hold off Cubs for 6th straight win

CHICAGO -- Rockies center fielder Charlie Blackmon didn't have the friendliest of welcomes lined up for Cubs rookie Seth Frankoff. Rather, he introduced himself to the right-hander with a go-ahead two-run homer to right to lift the Rockies to a 5-3 win over the Cubs on Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field and move them 17 games above .500. Blackmon, whose fifth-inning homer gave Colorado a 4-2… → Read More

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Rockies' Kyle Freeland backed by HRs in win

MINNEAPOLIS -- Charlie Blackmon and Gerardo Parra both homered, while Ian Desmond came through with a go-ahead RBI single off Phil Hughes as part of a four-run sixth to lift the Rockies to a 7-3 win over the Twins in the Interleague series opener on Tuesday night at Target Field. Desmond snapped a 3-3 tie with a single off Hughes in the sixth, before Colorado tacked on three more insurance runs,… → Read More

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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw defeats Rockies

DENVER -- Chase Utley tripled in two runs, Corey Seager lashed a two-run double and Joc Pederson added an RBI double in a five-run second inning as the Dodgers won for the 11th time in 14 games, topping the Rockies, 6-2, at Coors Field on Friday night. The runs were enough for Dodgers lefty ace Clayton Kershaw (6-2), who limited the Rockies to two runs and seven hits in seven innings. Kershaw… → Read More

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Rockies' Ian Desmond hits two home runs

SAN DIEGO -- No wonder Ian Desmond was so eager to jump into action with the Rockies. In his third game in purple and black after missing the first 25 games with a fractured left hand, Desmond homered twice -- and had a single in between -- in an 11-3 win against the Padres on Wednesday night. → Read More