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

The countdown to the 2026 season is on, and there's no better place to watch all the action than on ROCKIES.TV.

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. -- 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.

Spring Training games are slated to start Friday, meaning MLB’s biggest stars will be back in action. But with so many great talents in the game today, who will be every team’s top player in 2026? To determine that, it’s time to examine the projections from FanGraphs Depth Charts (a

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Back around this time two years ago, we made bold predictions about who would be the No. 1 prospect for each organization today. Now it’s time to review our prognosticating skills. A couple of disclaimers: A baker’s dozen of our current No. 1 prospects had yet to enter pro ball,

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

Farm systems are huge. In addition to Rookie-level leagues at complexes in the Dominican Republic and the grounds where big league Spring Training camps are held, there are four under-the-lights, ticket-selling affiliates for every single Major League Baseball organization, amounting to 120 Minor League Baseball teams. Many of these teams

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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. – 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

Full-squad workouts in Spring Training have begun, and there will be several players looking to prove themselves after injuries, underperformance or other factors put them in a more precarious position than they'd like to be entering the 2026 season.

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. – 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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

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

Crossing over from basketball to baseball can be quite difficult -- just look at Michael Jordan and his .556 OPS at Double-A. Over the years, 12 athletes have played in both Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association, including four who did so in overlapping seasons. The most recent