Renee Dechert

9 hours ago | purplerow.com | Renee Dechert

If there’s a thing you can expect the Colorado Rockies to do in the offseason, it’s to amass a collection of lottery-ticket relievers who will (hopefully) contribute to the Rockies before being moved at the trade deadline. It’s a strategy the organization has had some success with, and this year’s class includes, among others, Scott Alexander and Diego Castillo. Jimmy Herget — of Pitching Ninja’s “Human Glitch” fame — falls into this category as well.

2 days ago | rockiespitch.com | Renee Dechert

I was in Denver last week for the Colorado Rockies series with the Detroit Tigers. On Thursday, the day of the traditional doubleheader, manager Bud Black did not have his usual pre-game media availability. This in itself was not unusual. When the Rockies have an early-afternoon game, Black is generally not available unless something significant is happening.

2 days ago | sbnation.com | Renee Dechert

Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Even though it was raining on Tuesday afternoon, the Colorado Rockies had not yet postponed their evening game with the Detroit Tigers, so I headed to Coors Field at the usual time. I had not been in the press box long when one of the Rockies public relations staff told me of the schedule change — no game that night but a traditional doubleheader on Thursday. He said, though, that I could keep working.

3 days ago | purplerow.com | Renee Dechert

Yesterday following the Colorado Rockies 9-3 defeat of the San Diego Padres, the organization announced they had terminated the contracts of manager Bud Black and bench coach Mike Redmond. (Read more about the moves here.) Third base coach Warren Schaeffer will act as interim manager. In the Rockies clubhouse, emotions were high given that for much of the team, Bud Black was the only manager they had known as Major League Baseball players.

6 days ago | purplerow.com | Skyler Timmins |Renee Dechert

It was an ugly start to the afternoon for the Colorado Rockies as they dropped the first game of the doubleheader as Kyle Freeland struggled on the hill, the defense lapsed, and the offense stalled out. Freeland’s startFreeland (0-5, 6.41 ERA) entered the game on the heels of a strong outing in San Francisco. It was known he would give up contact, but he’s been able to tightrope walk his way out of situations.