SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies infield-outfield prospect Braylen Wimmer appreciated the conversation he had with doctors during a 3 1/2-hour surgery in November to remove a golf ball-sized tumor on the left side of his brain. “It was a lot of baseball, and we were talking about Christmas -- just about

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies senior player development director Chris Forbes has spent more than half of his 53 years fighting cancer with a head-on spirit, meticulous study and -- a quip that mixes realism with optimism. “I guess we’re trying to throw cancer first-pitch breaking balls – which is not

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The new Rockies Spring Training practice schedule has a team segment called T.T.G. (Talking The Game), but that period during Tuesday’s first full-squad workout had way more action. Coaches hit grounders to shortstops and third basemen, only each time the ball was hit three baserunners practice reading

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The Rockies’ Minor League managers and coaching staff were released to the public this week. There was a reason the hiring process extended into the start of Major League workouts.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Rockies’ Kris Bryant can walk but cannot run, which means he is nowhere near playing. Bryant’s injury, diagnosed as chronic lumbar degenerative disk disease, is one of several ailments that have limited him to 170 games, or barely more than one season, in the first four

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Righty Tomoyuki Sugano’s one throwing session before taking off to represent Japan at the World Baseball Classic was a facsimile of what the Rockies want to see when the season starts. Sugano’s four-seam fastball topped out at 91 mph (he averaged 92.7 mph last season with the

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- It didn’t take long for shortstop Ezequiel Tovar to move on from a season to forget -- for himself and for a Rockies team that had the Majors’ worst record at 43-119. “Right from the last game,” Tovar said in Spanish, with Edwin Perez interpreting. “You’ve got

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Each report of a Rockies veteran starting pitching addition has made the road that much tougher for Colorado’s 2025 rookies – who had many (maybe too many) starts last season – to make an early impact in ‘26. Their challenge? They had to look at the breaking

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman put Arlington High School in suburban Memphis, Tenn., on the map by making his first All-Star Game. Last Sunday, Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III put Arlington at the center of the successful-athlete-producing universe by earning Super Bowl LX MVP honors in Seattle’s

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The final months of Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle’s 2025 and his early days of this year have brought increasing joy. The first months of unimaginable heartbreak and on-field struggles that paled in comparison faded away. Doyle posted a .287 batting average and .779 OPS after the

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Left-handed pitcher Jose Quintana loves talking, listening and demonstrating. So he fits right in with the idea factory that has sprung up in Rockies camp. In his first two days since reporting for Spring Training, Quintana -- the latest addition to the Rockies’ starting rotation -- has

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Zac Veen’s first Major League extra-base hit – an RBI double off the base of the right-field wall at Coors Field last April 10 – was a hopeful event.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano admitted struggling at times last season, when he joined the Majors after a lengthy and star-studded career in Japan. But his decision to sign with the Rockies shows that he clearly doesn’t mind challenges. Sugano, 36, joined the Orioles a year ago after a

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Suddenly, the Rockies have a chance to field an experienced starting rotation. The one-year deal that veteran left-hander Jose Quintana signed on Thursday -- with FanSided’s Robert Murray reporting it at $6 million -- will give the Rockies’ 40-man Major League roster six pitchers who were beyond

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After spending the last four years having to look past pain and struggles to find the bright side, Rockies right-handed pitcher Antonio Senzatela could be truly looking at a new dawn. In 2022 when he sustained a ligament tear in his left knee, which begat throwing motion

DENVER -- The Rockies on Tuesday addressed the need for experience in the starting rotation by reaching a one-year agreement with right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano, who pitched last season with the Orioles after 12 seasons as the ace of Japan’s Yomiuri Giants. They also addressed a nagging question by placing veteran

DENVER – The new front office hired to rebuild from seven straight losing seasons – culminating in last year’s 43-119 mark – has made “raising the floor” a mantra. Colorado’s roster still looks a long way from that of a contending team. But if the additions are successful, the Rockies

DENVER -- Chase Dollander’s rookie year with the Rockies was a study in how even the slightest misdirection can make it hard for a pitcher -- even one talented enough to embody the franchise’s future on the mound -- to find the right path. Dollander wasn’t totally lost. Called up

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GREELEY, Colo. – New Rockies president Walker Monfort has seen this fan response his entire life. Rockies Fest on Jan. 24 drew some 5,000 fans who came into Coors Field on a windy, sub-20-degree day. Then on Saturday, a strong crowd showed up in Greeley, a little more than an

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DENVER -- The Rockies’ Tyler Freeman believes hatred of losing is an important step toward winning. Freeman batted .281 in 110 games while mostly playing right field, designated hitter and second base after arriving in a late Spring Training trade with the Guardians for outfielder Nolan Jones in 2025. The

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DENVER – Longtime baseball executive Chad MacDonald has joined the Rockies as special assistant, player personnel. MacDonald’s highlights included working with the Diamondbacks (2006-10) when new Rockies general manager Josh Byrnes was GM with that team. MacDonald was director of international scouting his final two years with Arizona. He was