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Top 10 Rockies Offensive Performances of 2011

The Rockies have always been an offensively proficient team. The overlap of Larry Walker and Todd Helton makes that an indisputable statement, even while more mediocre players have occasionally filled…Read More

Rockies Farm Report — April 26th

Any current report over the Rockies’ minor league system has to include Tyler Matzek.  Matzek has been a disaster so far this season.  In four starts he has thrown just 12.1 total innings.  His…Read More

RoxPile’s Top 20 Rockies’ Prospects: #10 – 6

When I set out to rank the Rockies’ prospects, my goal was to come up with a list that was my own.  There are multiple websites and publications that have released Rockies’ prospect rankings,…Read More

RoxPile Farm Report (4/6 — 4/12)

From now until the season ends, Rox Pile will be running a weekly Farm Report.  I’d like for this to be posted every Wednesday afternoon, but I’m not making any promises. Last week, the affiliates…Read More

Rox Pile’s Top 20 Prospects: #15 – 11

When I set out to rank the Rockies’ prospects, my goal was to come up with a list that was my own. There are multiple websites and publications that have released Rockies’ prospect rankings,…Read More

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Rox Pile’s Top 20 Rockies’ Prospects: #20 – 16

When I set out to rank the Rockies’ prospects, my goal was to come up with a list that was my own.…Read More

Morning Dump — Saturday, March 19th

Yesterday, Jim Tracy named Ubaldo as the Opening Day starter. It was the most unsurprising announcement…Read More

Morning Dump — Thursday, March 10th

Because I’m headed to Scottsdale today (hells yeah), we are taking a quick dump this morning. …Read More

Trio of Prospects Having Impressive Springs

Jordan Pacheco hit a three run bomb yesterday and set the beat writers’ twitter feeds on fire.…Read More

Morning Dump — Sunday, March 6th

I’ve been more impressed with Seth Smith than any other player in Spring Training. I love the…Read More

MLB.com’s Top 10 Rockies’ Prospects — Same Old Thing

As the season approaches, I plan to increase my minor league focus. Up to this point, I’ve only done prospect spotlights, but my rankings will come out before Opening Day. I’ll be in Scottsdale…Read More

Morning Dump — Wednesday, March 2nd

Aaron Cook still hasn’t made it to the mound this spring and it sounds like he is no closer now than he was a week ago. Obviously, I have no idea what’s wrong with his shoulder, but Cook…Read More

Morning Dump — Sunday, February 27th

Forgive me for my tardiness this morning. Yesterday, I watched every pitch of a ten inning Cactus League game and I think it may have given me a hang-over. I wrote quite a bit about the game already,…Read More

Rockies open Cactus League play, and one thing’s clear: they will win the World Series

If there is anything to be taken away from today’s Spring Training opener, it’s that there is absolutely nothing to be taken away from today’s Spring Training opener. Ubaldo spent two innings throwing…Read More

Morning Dump — Saturday, February 26th

There is a dearth of reading material this morning, but that’s okay. There will be Rockies baseball on television today. Ubaldo is getting the start, meaning we will get to see an inning and a…Read More

Three Rox Make Baseball America’s Top 100

Today, Baseball America released their Top 100 Prospects list. Three Rockies made the cut, but none were in the top 30. Nolan Arenado was ranked 80th, while Wilin Rosario was 49th and Tyler Matzek was…Read More

Morning Dump — Monday, February 21st

Every morning I scan Google Reader for the day’s most interesting Rockies headline. There was no contest this morning: Clipped from: www.denverpost.com (share this clip) So many layers here,…Read More

Jefe and the Rockies’ Outfield

Jefe, aka Marc Gustafson, Senior Director, Player Development: We have many beautiful outfielders in the organization, each of them filled with little surprises. El Guapo, aka Dan O’Dowd, GM: Many…Read More

Morning Dump — Thursday, February 17th

Yesterday, ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick released a piece on the Giants. For obvious reasons, everyone is happy and team chemistry is at an all-time high. Crasnick referred to their camp as Camp Feel Good.…Read More

Christian Friedrich — Rockies’ Prospect Spotlight

Last week, the Rockies announced their minor league non-roster Spring Training invitees. While most of their top prospects aren’t quite ready for Big League spring training, some promising talents will…Read More

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