PITTSBURGH -- On Friday afternoon, hours before a victory over the Pirates sparked hopes -- which were dashed the next two days -- Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt gave reasons his struggling club hasn’t met its expectations, or even the low public forecasts. “We’re not performing -- we’re not hitting,

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PITTSBURGH -- Brendan Rodgers softly recited his batting box-witness scouting report of Pirates right-hander Jared Jones -- a stellar young pitcher whom the struggling Rockies never really figured out in their 1-0 loss at PNC Park on Saturday afternoon. Jones, MLB Pipeline's No. 56 overall prospect, dominated his seventh Major

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PITTSBURGH -- Ryan McMahon didn’t immediately look beyond the right-field bleachers at PNC Park on Friday night. He didn’t have to. His sixth-inning leadoff home run in the Rockies’ 3-2 victory over the Pirates bounced into the Allegheny River, he was sure. Instead, he looked toward his happy dugout to

This story was excerpted from Thomas Harding’s Rockies Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox Double-A Hartford left-handed starting pitcher Carson Palmquist learned to compete before he learned to succeed -- and that’s the proper order. Palmquist, 23, the

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MIAMI -- The mood in the Rockies’ clubhouse on Thursday afternoon was somber. Colorado had just dropped its fifth straight game – a 5-4 walk-off loss in 10 innings. It was the second such setback in three games against the Marlins at loanDepot park. So, there was a team meeting

MIAMI -- Prior to the series opener on Tuesday, manager Bud Black was asked what it would take for the Rockies to finally hold a lead the entirety of a game. His response was simple: It will take at least two-thirds of the lineup to be really clicking on all

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DENVER -- Rockies No. 4 prospect Jordan Beck, a power-hitting outfielder who is ranked No. 73 overall by MLB Pipeline, flew to Miami on Monday to join the team for its series against the Marlins starting on Tuesday. The club officially called up Beck Tuesday afternoon, placing Nolan Jones on

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MEXICO CITY -- If a pitcher has a long track record or is at the beginning of what looks to be a big season, Rockies left-hander Austin Gomber will end up facing him. More often than not, Gomber will pitch well. But on Sunday afternoon against the Astros’ Framber Valdez,

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MEXICO CITY -- The Rockies are the designated home team for the Mexico City Series games against the Astros on Saturday and Sunday. But as expected, Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú was overwhelmingly Astros blue. Well, Charlie Blackmon and the injured Kris Bryant showed up on the back of a couple

MEXICO CITY -- Playing for a team that can’t afford any misstep, the Rockies’ Brenton Doyle knows in his heart -- and the side of his right foot -- that he didn’t make one on Saturday afternoon. But a fifth-inning call contradicted what Doyle knew to be correct during the

MEXICO CITY -- Just hours after landing in Mexico City and with a busy schedule ahead of them -- MLB’s Play Ball event and the first game of the Mexico City Series are scheduled for Saturday at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú -- the Rockies’ Elias Díaz and Nolan Jones, along