Evan Lang

Colorado

Writer at Purple Row

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Weekly Pebble Report: Ch-Ch-Changes (May 6th-May 12th)

1 day ago | purplerow.com | Evan Lang

The Colorado Rockies saw a tremendous organizational shakeup to start the week. Longtime manager Bud Black was relieved of duty alongside his right-hand man in bench coach Mike Redmond. This shakeup comes as the Rockies are on a historically bad skid to start their 2025 campaign.
Rockies select contract of LHP Ryan Rolison, make other roster moves

4 days ago | purplerow.com | Evan Lang

The Colorado Rockies announced an assortment of roster moves on Sunday morning prior to their Mother’s Day game against the San Diego Padres. The Rockies announced today that they have recalled RHP Anthony Molina from Triple-A Albuquerque and have selected the contract of LHP Ryan Rolison (#50).
Colorado Rockies Minor League game thread: May 6th, 2025

1 week ago | purplerow.com | Evan Lang

It’s a rainy and gloomy Tuesday afternoon in the Mile High City, and the Colorado Rockies’ expected game against the Detroit Tigers has been postponed due to weather. The game will me made up as part of a traditional doubleheader on Thursday, May 8th. Tonight’s game has been postponed. It will be made up on Thursday 5/8 as part of a traditional doubleheader. Game 1 will start at 1:10pm and Game 2 will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of Game 1.
Weekly Pebble Report: April Players of the Month and ACL Begins! (April 28th - May 5th)

1 week ago | purplerow.com | Evan Lang

Now entering the month of may, there’s even more baseball and prospect news to discuss. The Arizona Complex League has begun, we’ve got our first organizational Players of the Month, and it’s time once again for your Weekly Pebble Report!Organizational Players of the Month: April 2025He’s on Hughes control: Although he’s been on a short leash while he fully recovers from Tommy John surgery, top pitching prospect Gabriel Hughes (no.
Colorado Rockies news: The Rockies are repeating mistakes of the past with Adael Amador

1 week ago | purplerow.com | Evan Lang

This situation should sound familiar. The Colorado Rockies part ways with their established second baseman, knowing that a highly-touted and heavily-valued second-base prospect is waiting in the wings. However, the organization gets cold feet about handing the young man the starting job right out of the gate. Despite his prospect pedigree, they decide he just isn’t ready. The Rockies then sign one—or maybe more—veteran stopgaps to take the reins until the prospect is ready and eventually called up.
Weekly Pebble Report: Y’all got any more of those big league debuts? (April 21st - April 27th)

2 weeks ago | purplerow.com | Evan Lang

Things may be well... pretty darn bad for the Colorado Rockies as they are off to a historically bad start to 2025. The silver lining is that minor league baseball continues to be fun—especially if you’re the Hartford Yard Goats—and there are plenty of prospects making their big league debuts. The Call-UpsJuance again, with feeling: Right-handed reliever Juan Mejia (no.
Braves 6, Rockies 3: Exactly one inning of fun.

2 weeks ago | purplerow.com | Evan Lang

The Colorado Rockies had their historically bad start to the season continue with a loss to the Atlanta Braves in the first of three. Their 4-24 record makes them one of just six teams to achieve a record that bad—or worse—through the first 28 games of the season dating back to the 1894 Washington Senators. With seemingly no end in sight, how much worse will it get?
Colorado Rockies game no. 28 thread: Bryce Elder vs Ryan Feltner

2 weeks ago | purplerow.com | Evan Lang

The Atlanta Braves had a rough start to their 2025 season. They lost their first seven games—all against National League West opponents—and are still struggling to right the ship. Unfortunately, a three game set against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field might be just what the doctor ordered. The Rockies are the only team in baseball without at least five wins, without a series win, and without even a win against a left-handed pitcher.
Monday Rockpile: Tested depth exposes more of the Rockies’ flaws

2 weeks ago | purplerow.com | Evan Lang

Despite non-tendering second baseman Brendan Rodgers over the off-season, the Colorado Rockies entered spring training in 2025 with what seemed like a surplus of infield goods. Now one month into the regular season and with a miserable 4-23 record, the Rockies’ depth is being stretched to its limits. Thairo Estrada was signed to play second base over the off-season as a stop-gap with the departure of Rodgers.
Rockies acquire INF Alan Trejo

2 weeks ago | purplerow.com | Evan Lang

With their infield depth quickly going from overstocked to tenuous, the Colorado Rockies have found themselves reuniting with a familiar—and defensively versatile—face. On Saturday evening, the Rockies have acquired utility infielder Alan Trejo from the Texas Rangers for cash considerations. Trejo, now 28, was drafted by the Rockies in 2017 and made his professional debut with the team in 2021.