The Rockies Insider with Patrick Lyons

Welcome to the 2025 MLB Season! Opening Day kicks off with everyone in action… except the Colorado Rockies and Tampa Bay Rays. Who were the newest names that made the Opening Day roster around the game and which familiar faces are starting the year on the IL? Plus, Kris Bryant reaches a milestone and Drew Romo missing from the Triple-A roster. 🎥WATCH LIVE 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@TheRockiesIns...

It's been a strange few days for the Colorado Rockies as they prepare for Opening Day 2025. Just when it seemed fans could sit back for a few days before the start of the season, Colorado is involved in two new transactions. Where is Greg Jones, a trade acquisition one year ago, headed? And how did Joe Rock, the 2nd Rd Pick from 2021, fare during his season with the Tampa Bay Rays? The Rockies...

The Colorado Rockies will play 162 MLB games during the 2025 season. Beyond that, it’s anyone’s guess what happens with the likes of Kris Bryant, Brenton Doyle, Ezequiel Tovar, Kyle Freeland and Germán Márquez. Will Bud Black’s team lose 100 games again? Is there a Platinum Glove winner on this roster? Will any of their prospects make a push for the National League Rookie of the Year Award? Patric...

Dick Monfort, CEO and primary owner of the Colorado Rockies, had some thoughts for Mark Kiszla of the Denver Gazette. Does MLB really need a salary cap? Do the Los Angeles Dodgers have an unfair advantage? Does any of that matter with six Wild Cards? Plus, extension seasons heats up with four clubs locking up their top players for multiple seasons. Who are the last Rockies to get notable extension...

The Colorado Rockies made their final round of moves to cement their Opening Day roster for the 2025 MLB season. Zac Veen, the Cactus League leader in stolen bases and the team’s Spring Training MVP, was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque even in the wake of the Nolan Jones trade back to the Cleveland Guardians. What was the reason Bud Black gave for this decision? Who are the 26 players for Colorad...

Less than a week before Opening Day 2025 and the Colorado Rockies are making significant changes to their roster. OF Nolan Jones has been trade back to the Cleveland Guardians, the team that drafted him out of high school in 2016 MLB Draft. In return, the Colorado Rockies receive IF/OF Tyler Freeman. What were the origins of this trade? Why does it make sense for both sides? And does this mean Zac...

When Paul Skenes won the 2024 NL Rookie of the Year Award he received a special bonus, while the Pittsburgh Pirates did not. One year earlier, Corbin Carroll earned the Arizona Diamondbacks a supplemental first-round pick and Gunnar Henderson did the same for the Baltimore Orioles. How can the Colorado Rockies cash in? Injury updates on Kris Bryant, Nolan Jones, Thairo Estrada and Nick Martini, pl...

The Athletic's Hope-O-Meter may not be a regulated measuring device for fan bases of Major League Baseball's 30 teams, but it's the best system we've had since 2022. After consecutive 100-loss seasons, is it possible Colorado Rockies fans are more optimistic than the last three years combined? Which fan bases have gripes that sound a lot like those in Denver? And how can the Rockie...

Kyle Freeland will be on the mound March 28 as the Opening Day starter for the Colorado Rockies. Across the diamond from him will be the Tampa Bay Rays' Shane McClanahan, close friend of Chase Dollander. How can 24 hours of Spring Training 2025 do wonders for telling us whether or not Dollander makes the roster? And could Bradley Blalock skip Dollander in line for the fifth and final place in...

There looks to be about 19 rosters spots locked up for the Colorado Rockies' Opening Day roster. Who's guaranteed to be lining up on the third base line in Tampa on March 28? And what spots are players still fighting? There's a growing reality that Colorado could go with four starters to start the season. Should they change course, both Chase Dollander and Bradley Blalock will battle f...

Spring Breakout 2025 was a resounding success for the prospects of the Colorado Rockies during a 3-1 win over the best minor leaguers for the Chicago White Sox. Gabriel Hughes started and looked ready for a big season. Adael Amador provided the offense and Brody Brecht made his (somewhat) offical pro debut. Who else shined bright? Bud Black named his Opening Day starter and broke a tie between Kyl...

One of the best new baseball novels for 2025 is Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America by Will Bardenwerper. This conversation with Will was hosted by Patrick Lyons was recorded for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of SABR. In 2021, Major League Baseball (MLB) made the decision to stop affiliating with 43 different Minor League Baseball (MiLB) teams and, with that, 43 diffe...

Chase Dollander was outstanding in his fourth start of Spring Training with the Colorado Rockies on Thursday. The 23-year-old twirling four scoreless inning allowing only four baserunners, none of whom reached second base. Is that enough to put him back into the Opening Day conversation? Or was the die already cast after a 12.15 ERA over his first three starts? Zac Veen continues to make noise. Fi...

Shohei Ohtani is expected to return to the mound in 2025 for the Los Angeles Dodgers after having elbow surgery to repair his UCL in September 2023 with the Los Angeles Angels. What's his current timeline? Could we see him in the Tokyo Series next week? And what did CU Buffaloes WR/CB Travis Hunter say about Ohtani? Could his head coach Deion Sanders gotten away with such a comment? 🎥WATCH LI...

Colorado has been fortunate so far through the first month of Spring Training. Besides the loss of Jeff Criswell to Tommy John surgery, they've had better luck than the Yankees (Gerrit Cole and Luis Gil), Orioles (Grayson Rodriguez and Andrew Kittredge) and Mets (Sean Manaea and Frankie Montas). Will they be able to count on the same five starters throughout the entire 162-game schedule? Patri...

Long-time Colorado Rockies fans, Twitch streamer and baseball content creator Trumanation (aka T.J. Solverud) discusses his exciting trip to Arizona last month visiting all 10 ballparks in the Cactus League. Which is his favorite Spring Training facility? Plus, the excitement around Chase Dollander, MLB The Show 25 and the latest on the Rockies rotation. 🎥WATCH LIVE 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@Th...

While we didn't get the Chase Dollander vs. Jacob deGrom we were hoping for on Friday, Rockies fans still got to see the club's top pitching prospect in action for his third Spring Training start on Saturday. Did the 23-year-old help or hurt his case to make the starting rotation? And do the on-field results even matter to the coaching staff? Plus, Bradley Blalock emerges as a strong candi...

Spring Breakout 2025 rosters have been unveiled and the Colorado Rockies have a lot of their best prospects lined up for March 16. Why aren’t the likes of Zac Veen, Yanquiel Fernández, Seth Halvorsen and Sean Sullivan included in this showcase against the Chicago White Sox? And which sleeper could be on top 100 lists by midseason? Dodgers and Diamondbacks have two notable injuries while a trio of...

Rumors have emerged about a potential Ryan McMahon trade to the Milwaukee Brewers? Would the Colorado Rockies dare trade another All-Star third baseman to the NL Central? And how far have conversations gone between POBO Matt Arnold and GM Bill Schmidt? Plus, Ezequiel Tovar exits early after getting hit by a pitch, six more players optioned to minor league camp and three winners of some prestigious...

Spring Training is heating up in Arizona for the Colorado Rockies and so are the position battles for a place on the Opening Day roster. Have Chase Dollander, Jordan Beck and Hunter Goodman made a strong case already? Who else is making noise and who’s struggling down in the Cactus League? Patrick Lyons (@PatrickDLyons) is joined by his co-host Noah Spirek (@NoahSpirek) from Blake Street Banter to...

In a span of about 48 hours, Colorado lost three pitchers from the 40-man rotation: Austin Gomber, Jeff Criswell and Justin Lawrence. One landed on another team, one may end up fine after some rest and the final will miss all of 2025 following Tommy John surgery. How does this news impact the starting rotation and bullpen depth for Opening Day? Plus, what five players were reassigned to minor leag...

Chase Dollander made his second Cactus League start of Spring Training 2025. The results against the Diamondbacks may sound like one thing, but there's a reason why it isn't exactly that. Where does Dollander stand in his fight to earn a place in the starting rotation? The Colorado Rockies also made a move on Saturday to waive reliever Justin Lawrence. What changed to make the team move on...

The Colorado Rockies top pitching prospect, Chase Dollander, was electric during his first live batting practice against big league bats. His first assignment: Ryan McMahon, Kris Bryant and Ezequiel Tovar. Hear directly from Dollander following his first performance and learn what Ryan McMahon and Kris Bryant thought of the 23-year-old prospect. 🎥WATCH LIVE 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@TheRockiesI...

Bud Black's Opening Day roster took more of a shape on Wednesday with the signing of 10-year veteran reliever Scott Alexander. Who is this 35-year-old southpaw and why could his addition help add 4-5 wins in 2025? Plus, who gets the ball for the first Spring Training game on Friday and where did Brendan Rodgers end up on a minor league deal? 🎥WATCH LIVE 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@TheRockiesI...

Pitchers, catcher and position players were ready at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, Arizona for the Colorado Rockies' first full-team workout. Noah Spirek joins the show to discuss what position battles are the most interesting this spring. Could we see three catchers for the Rockies on Opening Day? Will Kris Bryant really be used in right field only on the road? And who's going to be th...