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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Right-handed relief pitcher Jaden Hill heeded the advice of his new Rockies pitching coaches -- use the slider against left-handed batters. After sticking with the pitch through some sideways results earlier this spring, the instruction paid off in Sunday afternoon’s 4-4 tie with the Guardians at Salt

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle worried about his left wrist on Saturday night about as much as he frets about the center-field wall -- which is not at all.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Rockies want to make sure that young players receive starting jobs and roster spots because they’re the right ones for the job, not merely the only option. Some competitions are ongoing. But before getting to that, one player is well on the way to stamping his

MESA, Ariz. -- New Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta made several offseason acquisitions to “raise the floor” of the talent level of available players.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The best way to stop Rockies utility candidate Ryan Ritter -- who received Major League time as a rookie last year and is looking for further big-club employment -- from producing this spring is to hope manager Warren Schaeffer gives him a day off.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman went back to work and immediately put his back to work with a first-inning RBI double in his first at-bat of the spring during Thursday afternoon’s 10-8 loss to the Brewers. Freeman underwent an anti-inflammatory injection during the offseason for a low

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies second-year right-hander Chase Dollander will spend part of Thursday evening studying the lineup that he expects the Athletics to use in Friday’s Cactus League matchup. Then Dollander speaks to Dollander. “I try to find a quiet place in my house, or when I’m doing my recovery

Rockies and Diamondbacks prospects walk the path to the Majors together. They share Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, meaning from the moment they turn pro, they are more likely to oppose each other in games on the backfields. They oppose each other at most Minor League stops and even

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies No. 1 prospect Ethan Holliday hadn’t played in a game since September and was last on the field under game conditions in instructional ball last October. But on Wednesday, less than a year after graduation from Stillwater High School in Oklahoma, Holliday, 19, was on the

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Rockies intentionally accelerated the learning curve for No. 16 prospect and 2022 first-round MLB Draft pick Gabriel Hughes by having him pitch Wednesday against Team USA in an exhibition.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The first weeks of Rockies camp have seen several tight competitions emerge. This early snapshot has a rookie and a second-year player in the lineup. But with the new front office vowing to make sure players develop properly before truly trusting them as starters, performance will have

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – With his back spasms healed and a prevention program in place, Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland will make his 2026 Spring Training debut on Wednesday against Team USA ahead of the World Baseball Classic.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- What determines whether Rockies trade acquisition TJ Rumfield and No. 70 MLB Pipeline prospect Charlie Condon are ready for Major League debuts? Theoretically, there is a place on the Rockies’ Opening Day roster for right- and left-handed-hitting first basemen. But one of many reasons the Rockies’ fortunes

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Team Israel’s need for a shortstop in the World Baseball Classic could have the domino effect of increasing the Major League appeal of Rockies No. 3 prospect Cole Carrigg. The switch-hitting Carrigg, an athletic second-round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft out of San Diego State, spent

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar packed for Sunday’s trip to Miami to join Team Venezuela for the World Baseball Classic, having put behind him a Saturday that defined the worst of Spring Training – a hot and drawn-out 16-3 loss to the Royals. Tovar stayed around for three

DENVER – For Denny Dressman, it started three years ago as a gift from his wife, Melanie. But for the longtime author of 16 books, fate would have this trip from suburban Denver to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City lead to something lasting. Anthony High has earned

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Rockies lefty pitching prospect Griffin Herring welcomed a friendly face. Obtained from the Yankees for former All-Star third baseman Ryan McMahon at last year’s Trade Deadline, Herring, 22, made his first appearance in a Major League Spring Training game Friday, when he yielded an unearned run in

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Scottsdale Stadium has been good to MLB Pipeline No. 70 prospect Charlie Condon, who homered the opposite way to right field in the Rockies’ 11-3 victory over the Giants on Thursday afternoon. Given the ball flight of the shot off Reiver Sanmartin, who will represent Colombia in

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MESA, Ariz. -- Mickey Moniak rattled off his veteran mentors -- Bryce Harper, J.T. Realmuto, Jay Bruce, Kyle Schwarber and Andrew McCutchen when he broke in with the Phillies, high school idol Mike Trout with the Angels. But he was signed by the Rockies just before last season, and had

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies No. 2/MLB Pipeline No. 70 prospect Charlie Condon, having already impressed internally with his willingness to develop multipositional skills, properly introduced himself on Tuesday. Condon launched his first home run of his first Major League camp -- a 449-foot homer at 108.2 mph just left of

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Second baseman Adael Amador began this Spring Training totally blended in with the hopefuls in the Rockies’ clubhouse. Or maybe he was just forgotten. Two camps ago, when Amador was the Rockies’ MLB Pipeline No. 1 prospect, visitors to Rockies camp were eager for his story --

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The rocketed walk-off home run by Rockies’ No. 11 prospect Zac Veen – 113 mph, 468 Statcast-projected feet of left-on-left lightning off Shane Murphy for a 5-4 victory -- went down as the second-most powerful act on Monday afternoon. After breaking from the celebration near the plate,

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