Colorado Rockies News

The opener between the Colorado Rockies and St. Louis was postponed by rain Monday in the third inning with the Cardinals leading 5-1 on a home run by Albert Pujols. The game was rescheduled for Tuesday night, which had been an off-day for the teams.

Molson Coors Brewing Co., the No. 3 beer producer in the United States, will continue to be a fixture at Coors Field in Denver for at least the next decade. The brewery said Monday it has signed a 10-year sponsorship agreement with the Colorado Rockies. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. The deal, which includes licensing, advertising [...]

The Colorado Rockies set their opening day roster Sunday by signing left-handed reliever Micah Bowie and outfielder Scott Podsednik to major league contracts and placing right-handed pitcher Jason Hirsh on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained right shoulder. Hirsh, expected to be the Rockies’ No.

When the National League’s last two World Series teams play on opening day, all eyes will be on two of the league’s best hitters: St. Louis’ Albert Pujols and Colorado’s Matt Holliday. Cardinals opening-day starter Adam Wainwright knows firsthand how good both are; Holliday has torn up Cardinals pitching.

Baseball is a new age of parity with as many as 25 teams having a shot at the playoffs. Richard Justice predicts the 2008 season.

Cory Sullivan, the Colorado Rockies’ best defensive outfielder, was optioned to Triple-A Colorado Springs on Saturday after he was beaten out for the fifth outfielder job by free agent Scott Podsednik. Right-handed pitcher Ryan Speier and catcher Edwin Bellorin also were optioned to Colorado Springs, and the team said right-handers Jose Capellan and John Towers [...]

Will the Red Sox repeat as champions? Will Johan Santana pitch the Mets to glory, or will the Cubs win it all for the first time in 100 years?

Troy Tulowitzki, Garrett Atkins and Chris Iannetta hit home runs and the Colorado Rockies beat a Los Angeles Angels split squad 6-2 on Thursday. The Rockies had 11 hits, including Tulowitzki’s sixth homer of the spring. Iannetta hit his fourth and Atkins his first. Right-hander Kip Wells, demoted to the bullpen last week, got the [...]

When Rockies third baseman Garrett Atkins’ usually reliable swing deserted him early last season, his teammates didn’t fret. They knew it would return. “Not one person panicked,” outfielder Ryan Spilborghs said. “We’ve been around Garrett too long and know what he’s capable of doing. He’s just too good of a hitter.” Although Atkins’ final regular [...]

On a day the Colorado Rockies set their rotation, ace Jeff Francis didn’t hold anything back. Francis, the opening day starters, pitched five innings, allowed two earned runs and five hits with two walks while striking out five against the division-rival Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. The D-backs scored nine runs after Francis left the game [...]