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Hunter Goodman Makes Rockies History With Monster 2-Homer Night

It has been quite an offensive breakout year for the Colorado Rockies' catcher Hunter Goodman. Goodman showed everyone last season that there was a lot of pop in his bat, but was it a fluke that he hit 31 home runs?

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This Week in Purple: Dawn of the Final Day

This afternoon, the Colorado Rockies will play their 162nd and final game of the 2026 Major League Baseball season. For some fans, the final pitch can’t come soon enough.

MLB News / Purple Row / September 26

Behind a full team effort, the Rockies rack up milestones and beat the White Sox 9-6

The Colorado Rockies came together to work through the weekend on a high note. After a bleak August and September, the fight that this team flashed throughout the season was on display again tonight.

Hunter Goodman News / Field Level Media / September 26

Hunter Goodman hits 2 HRs as Rockies expel White Sox from AL Central race

Hunter Goodman went deep twice to surpass 40 home runs and the visiting Colorado Rockies eliminated the Chicago White Sox from the American League Central Division race with a 9-6 win on Saturday night.

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The 'Multiple 30/30 MLB seasons' quiz

How many of the 19 players to join the 30/30 club multiple times in their MLB careers can you name in five minutes?

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Colorado Rockies News / Colorado Rockies on SI / September 26

Rockies Have Major Rotation Questions to Answer Before 2027

The Colorado Rockies have plenty of problems to address as they head into the offseason. The first problem is just finding a way to win. They are now four seasons into a streak that no one wants - a 100+ loss season.

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The most surprising player from every MLB team for the 2026 season

The 2026 season has been headlined by young players emerging, but some wily veterans have also had their day. As we head toward the end of the regular season, these 30 players stand out as the biggest surprises on their teams.

Colorado Rockies News / Purple Row / September 26

Roster churn helped raise the floor in 2026

The 2026 Colorado Rockies have had a better year than the 2025 Colorado Rockies. That is not exactly a difficult bar to clear after 43-119, but the improvement has been real and the floor of the roster is considerably higher.

Colorado Rockies News / Colorado Rockies on SI / September 26

What the Rockies Got Right This Season Despite Losing 100 Games

We won’t lie here. There’s no way to sugarcoat the Colorado Rockies or the fact that they have somehow managed to record yet another 100-loss season. When the Rockies took the loss on Tuesday to the Arizona Diamondbacks, it guaranteed the franchise would once again reach triple-digit losses.

Tomoyuki Sugano News / Colorado Rockies on SI / September 25

Grading Rockies’ Tomoyuki Sugano’s 2026 Season

If only the Colorado Rockies had veteran pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano during his prime years. After 12 seasons as the ace of Japan’s Yomiuri Giants, Sugano could not bring the same consistency and dominance to Coors Field.

Colorado Rockies News / Purple Row / September 25

The puzzling paradox of the Rockies and ABS

As 2026 comes to a close, so does the first season of ABS in MLB. Using the incredibly detailed breakdown on Baseball Savant’s ABS Challenge Dashboard, a paradoxical truth seems undeniable: The Rockies are one of the best teams at ABS challenges, while also simultaneously being one of the worst.

Colorado Rockies News / Just Baseball / September 25

Why another 100-loss season isn’t deterring fans of the Colorado Rockies

DENVER – There’s nothing positive about losing 100 games four years in a row. For a franchise that once prided itself on having never reached that salacious

MLB News / Purple Row / September 25

Scaling the Rocks: Can Rockies play spoiler? Or at least learn from White Sox?

Good morning, Purple Row! The Rockies are officially done with their home schedule for 2026. The final homestand didn’t end so well as Colorado went 1-8 over their final nine games at Coors Field.

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The most disappointing player from every MLB team for the 2026 season

The 2026 season hasn't gone as planned for many MLB players. These 30 players stand out as the biggest disappointments for their respective teams.

MLB News / Purple Row / September 24

Rockies bid farewell to Coors Field with 12-8 loss to the Diamondbacks

What began as a blowout deficit ended in a close loss as the Colorado Rockies’ last chance at some “LoDo Magic” fell short in a 12-8 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Colorado Rockies News / Colorado Rockies on SI / September 24

Rockies Announce Starting Lineup for Final Home Game of 2026

For the last time, and possibly as a sigh of relief, the Colorado Rockies will trot out onto Coors Field Thursday afternoon. Another difficult season has finally reached the final home game as the Rockies will take on the Arizona Diamondbacks for the last time in the three-game series.

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Colorado Rockies News / Purple Row / September 24

The most difficult outfield catches of the 2026 Rockies season

Baseball highlight’s are most commonly filled with a mixture of home runs and defensive plays in which the fielder must do something particularly spectacular in order to make up for a mistake earlier in the play.

MLB News / Yardbarker / September 24

Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll creates exclusive group with MLB legend

In leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday and keeping their postseason hopes alive for one more day, Corbin

Ben Rice slugs way into New York Yankees history

Aaron Judge delivers surprise update before Yankees' playoff run

White Sox blow chance to clinch wild card, playoff spot with loss to Royals

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani to return to lineup vs. Padres

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Colorado Rockies News / MLB Trade Rumors / September 23

Rockies Outright Vimael Machín

The Rockies have sent infielder Vimael Machín outright to the Arizona Complex League, per his transactions tracker at MLB.com. He has the right to elect free agency but the log doesn’t indicate whether he will do so or not.

Colorado Rockies News / Athlon Sports / September 23

Rockies Suffer Another 100-Loss Season

The Colorado Rockies‘ tough times have continued in 2026. Tuesday’s 7-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks marked Colorado’s 100th loss of the season and its fourth straight year with triple-digit losses.

MLB News / Field Level Media / September 23

With backs against playoff wall, D-backs need win against Rockies

Arizona understands that the odds of catching one of three teams sitting in National League wild-card positions are long, but the Diamondbacks aren't giving up hope.

Colorado Rockies News / EssentiallySports / September 23

Rockies Matched 61-Year-Old MLB History With 100-Loss Streak in 4 Consecutive Seasons

The Colorado Rockies ended Tuesday on the wrong side of MLB history. They became the first team in 61 years to lose 100 games for the fourth consecutive season.

Kyle Freeland News / Field Level Media / September 21

D-backs face Kyle Freeland, Rockies with postseason on the line

The Colorado Rockies didn't end the postseason hopes of the Seattle Mariners over the weekend, but they could help eliminate the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks when the teams open a three-game series Tuesday night in Denver.

Ezequiel Tovar News / Just Baseball / September 20

The Rockies Have an Ezequiel Tovar Problem on Their Hands

The 2026 campaign hasn’t been a pretty one for the Colorado Rockies, who are (un)comfortably stuck in a multi-year rebuild. It’s true that as a whole,

Jose Quintana News / MLB Trade Rumors / September 19

Rockies Reinstate Jose Quintana, Designate Vimael Machín For Assignment

The Rockies announced that they have reinstated left-hander Jose Quintana from the 60-day injured list and designated infielder Vimael Machín for assignment.

MLB News / Yardbarker / September 11

Anthony Volpe makes big admission after return to Yankees, win over Rockies

For the first time since Aug. 1, New York Yankees infielder Anthony Volpe took swings in an MLB contest during Thursday's home game against the Colorado Rockies.

Anthony Volpe makes history in return for Yankees' rout

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