Despite a night that featured some quality pitching from both teams, the Colorado Rockies dropped their 90th game of the season as they couldn’t recover from a third-inning grand slam.
The Colorado Rockies dropped the opening game of their weekend road series to the Atlanta Braves 6-4 on Friday night after rallying late but it was not enough.
Get your Friday reds on – it’s nearly time for the Braves-Rockies series opener. Dubie gets to be the featured photo on this today because of the time he left eyeblack on the wall at Coors the last time we faced the Rockies.
How many of the lefty mashers with the most home runs in a single season for each MLB franchise can you name in five minutes?
When the Rockies signed Tomoyuki Sugano (菅野 智之), it came a surprise to many Colorado Rockies fans. The 36-year-old veteran was signed to bring leadership to a young pitching staff, which he has done quite well.
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.
The Colorado Rockies were riding high going into the start of their homestand after winning back-to-back series against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Francisco Giants.
When the Rockies signed Tomoyuki Sugano to a one-year, $5 million deal in the offseason, it wasn't big news around the league. It has turned into one of the best signings in all of baseball.
Tomoyuki Sugano pitched strongly into the seventh inning, Kyle Karros had two hits in his return and the Colorado Rockies beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 in Denver on Friday night.
The Colorado Rockies started their weekend off on the right foot by defeating one of the National League's best in the Milwaukee Brewers. A huge reason why the Rockies were able to defeat a good Brewers team on the road, was because of starter Tomoyuki Sugano.
Tomoyuki Sugano pitched effectively into the sixth inning to pace the visiting Colorado Rockies to a 5-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.
Tomoyuki Sugano has officially resumed his role on the mound for the Colorado Rockies. The veteran right-hander made his return from the injured list to start against the Cincinnati Reds.
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.
The Rockies tweaked their pitching staff before tonight’s game against the Giants. Right-hander Jordan Romano had his contract selected, and lefty Sean Sullivan was recalled.
Colorado Rockies right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano was scratched from Saturday's start against the visiting San Francisco Giants due to back spasms. Rookie left-hander Sean Sullivan (0-2, 8.64 ERA) will start Saturday's game in Denver in place of Sugano (8-4, 4.80).
The Colorado Rockies are in a familiar spot as the 2026 calendar is ready to flip to June.
It's a different month, but the Baltimore Orioles are experiencing the same problems.
The Rockies have had a savvy, if unflashy, offseason and continued that with their latest signing.
Tomoyuki Sugano is not ready to close the book on his major league career.
Free agent Tomoyuki Sugano is not planning to return to Nippon Professional Baseball, per a report from Yahoo Japan (hat tip here for the translation).
With the 2025 season coming to a close, the Baltimore Orioles will have a lot of work to do during the winter. Most of that work will go towards improving the team's pitching, in both the rotation and bullpen.
Sugano will be a free agent this winter after the expiration of the one-year, $13M contract he signed with the Baltimore Orioles last offseason.
Ahead of the 2025 MLB season, in an effort to improve their starting rotation, the Baltimore Orioles signed international free agent Tomoyuki Sugano to a one-year, $13 million deal.
When the Baltimore Orioles signed Tomoyuki Sugano out of Japan this past offseason, there was always an element of risk that came with the addition. Sugano was 35 years old, had never pitched in Major League Baseball before and didn't have an overwhelming fastball, making it hard for him to just come in and overpower hitters.
Not much has gone right for the Baltimore Orioles during the 2025 MLB regular season when it comes to the additions that were made this past winter. Several players signed in free agency have provided the team very little positive production, especially on the mound.
With a 16-33 record entering Saturday, the Orioles find themselves squarely in the AL East basement.
Tomoyuki Sugano has been working hard to make a name for himself in the United States. Transferring from Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan to the MLB can be a massive hurdle.
Stats and rankings taken prior to first pitch on April 28. While baseball fans from around the world waited to see which MLB team would land 23-year-old phenom Roki Sasaki, the Baltimore Orioles landed a different starter from NPB, Tomoyuki Sugano. The 2025 season is Sugano’s 13th season pitching in the highest levels of professional baseball.
Tomoyuki Sugano didn’t just earn his first Major League win on Saturday — he made a statement that’ll fire up the entire Orioles fanbase. After holding the Kansas City Royals to just one run over 5 1/3 innings, the 35-year-old rookie had this to say via interpreter Yuto Sakurai: “I’m not here to win one game in the major leagues.
Japanese star Tomoyuki Sugano will make his MLB debut on Sunday afternoon as the visiting Baltimore Orioles aim to win the four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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