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Juan Nicasio, Here is the Door.

The Colorado Rockies have absolutely no choice but to cut ties with Juan Nicasio. He has one option available, but at this point why even use it? What potential has he shown lately that would make anyone…Read More

MLB Introduces Padded Ball Cap

August 5, 2011. It was a beautiful Friday night at Coors Field and the Rockies were hosting the Nationals. Juan Nicasio was on the mound when in the second inning Ian Desmond stepped to the plate. What…Read More

Evaluating The Talent: Juan Nicasio

Quick (and I do mean quick…you have to promise you won’t take time to think about it): in how many games has Juan Nicasio appeared for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox? Quick (not as quick as…Read More

Let’s Talk Damage Control

The Rockies spent most of the first month of the season straddling the .500 mark. Some victories looked great and some losses looked horrible. We were left waiting to see which is the “real”…Read More

2012 Rockies Position Preview: Starting Rotation, Part 2

This is part 2 of the starting pitching preview. Click here for part 1, which previewed the 5th starter spot. The ambitions for the Rockies offense this year are high. Lack of situational hitting be darned,…Read More

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This is Not a Joke

That is what I had to tell myself when I saw Denver Post beat writer Troy Renck’s tweet in which…Read More

Tuesday’s First Pitch

Hope everyone had a happy Memorial Day. A huge thanks goes out from all of us at Roxpile to our soldiers,…Read More

Rockies Transactions

Woah. Busy day for the Rox and their minor league teams. With the official placement of Jorge De La Rosa…Read More

Rockies Farm Report — April 26th

Any current report over the Rockies’ minor league system has to include Tyler Matzek.  Matzek…Read More

Jason Hammel is more “grounded” this season.

Jason Hammel is a grinder. All year long he has been lacking his best stuff, but he has kept the Rockies…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…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.…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…Read More

Rox Pile’s February Rewind

For Rox Pile, it was a flippin’ fantastic February. We broke traffic records, introduced new columns,…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…Read More

Juan Nicasio — Rockies’ Prospect Spotlight

The California League is a High A minor league association with ten teams. Shockingly, all ten squads…Read More

BA and BP Rank the Rockies’ Farm System

Earlier this week, Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus each released Rockies’ Top Ten Prospect…Read More