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Kyle Freeland Throws Seven Shutout Innings
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland was masterful against the Padres on Tuesday as he took a shutout through seven innings en route to his first win of the season. He struck out eight and walked two in what was easily his best performance of 2018. Freeland still isn't dependable enough to be a regular... Read More
Justin Grimm To The Disabled List
Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Justin Grimm (back) was placed on the disabled list on Tuesday. Manager Ned Yost told reporters that Grimm has been dealing with back troubles for a while, and it had messed up his mechanics. Grimm has been hit hard for multiple outings in a row, so the trip to the DL... Read More
Ian Kennedy In Boot For Contusion
Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Ian Kennedy will wear a walking boot for the next 24 to 48 hours after suffering a right foot contusion from a line drive on Tuesday night. Kennedy left the game after getting struck in the foot, but X-rays were negative. He is questionable to make his next start on... Read More
Trevor Story Carries Big Weekend Into Monday
Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story is on a roll, and he didn't want to let it fall apart on a Monday. Story homered in the first inning against the Padres to help complete a weekend cycle that saw him knock five hits over three days, including two singles, a double, a triple, and a homer.... Read More
Scott Oberg Pummeled By Padres
Colorado Rockies middle reliever Scott Oberg isn't a heavily owned member of the fantasy universe, but if he was slotted in anyone's roster Monday night, he likely isn't still on it now. Oberg entered the game in the seventh inning with two on and one out, which isn't ideal, but it is part of the... Read More
Chad Bettis Rocky Against Padres
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Chad Bettis had a rough start to his night on Monday by giving up four earned runs in the first inning. However, his offense picked him up by getting them right back and Bettis settled into a groove for the next four innings of his outing. Bettis would be lifted after... Read More
Brett Oberholtzer Signed By Rockies
The Colorado Rockies have signed free-agent relief pitcher Brett Oberholtzer to a minor league deal, according to Chris Cotillo. Oberholtzer hasn't pitched in the majors since 2016, and he hasn't finished a season with an ERA under 4.00 since 2013. It's unclear if Oberholtzer will be able to find his way back to the big... Read More
Chris Rusin To The Disabled List
Colorado Rockies middle reliever Chris Rusin is headed to the 10-day disabled list with a rib strain. Rusin told reporters he felt the pain in his final pitch on Sunday, but he doesn't think it's very serious. Its location is concerning, however, because it's close to where he suffered an oblique strain last year. Rusin... Read More
David Dahl Starting In Cleanup Spot
With the way they stuck him in Triple-A to start the season, some might have thought the Colorado Rockies were starting to sour on outfielder David Dahl. Apparently, that's not so. Now that Carlos Gonzalez's injury made room for Dahl, the team only took one game to decide he should be their cleanup hitter. Dahl... Read More
Gerardo Parra Begins Serving Suspension
Colorado Rockies outfielder Gerardo Parra will begin serving his four-game suspension on Sunday. Parra was suspended for his role in the brawl between the Rockies and Padres last week, in which both benches cleared and a handful of players were ejected. Parra has been pretty quiet this season, though he had a big game on... Read More
Rockies Prospect Noel Cuevas Called Up
Colorado Rockies outfield prospect Noel Cuevas will see his first big-league action on Sunday as he's been called up to take Mike Tauchman's place and start for suspended outfielder Gerardo Parra. Cuevas regularly gets left off top prospect lists, but he was one of the team's top minor-league performers last year. Cuevas hit .312 with... Read More
David Dahl Called Up And Starting
One of the many moves made by the Colorado Rockies on Sunday morning was calling up outfielder David Dahl. Dahl burst on to the scene a couple years ago with a solid abbreviated rookie campaign, but a stress fracture that took forever to heal ended up costing him all of 2017. Initially viewed as a... Read More
Mike Tauchman Demoted To Triple-A
The Colorado Rockies made a flurry of moves on Sunday morning, and one of those was demoting underperforming outfielder Mike Tauchman to Triple-A Albuquerque. Tauchman had a red-hot spring training that led to him being the chosen prospect to be the fourth outfielder for the big-league club, but after an atrocious start to the season... Read More
Carlos Gonzalez Sent To DL
After days of claiming otherwise, the Colorado Rockies have placed outfielder Carlos Gonzalez on the disabled list for his hamstring injury. Gonzalez hurt himself making a fancy diving catch earlier in the week, and the team has adamantly claimed he wouldn't be DL-bound while he sat out a few days. Instead, he's finally officially on... Read More
Lucas Duda Makes Creative Defensive Play
Kansas City Royals first baseman Lucas Duda hasn't been much of a stud at the plate, but his quick thinking led to an important out in Saturday's game. Gloving a slow roller away from the bag, Duda was forced to make a glove-flip usually reserved for middle infielders in order to get the ball over... Read More
Alcides Escobar Leads Royals In GIDP
Kansas City Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar is rarely at the top of hitting leaderboards, but he's jumped to the top in one metric so far this year. By grounding into a double play on Saturday, Escobar took over as the Royal who has grounded into the most double plays so far this season. Escobar's other... Read More
Danny Duffy Chased In The Fifth
Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Danny Duffy was going on three days rest, and the risk didn't pay off. Duffy left the game in the fifth inning with two runners on. Those runners would come around to score, eventually hanging six earned on Duffy. Duffy allowed 10 hits on the day and only struck out... Read More
Mike Tauchman To Start On Saturday
Colorado Rockies fourth outfielder Mike Tauchman will get a rare start on Saturday while Ian Desmond gets the day off. Tauchman has only started one other game in the last ten days, and he has been absolutely terrible at the plate this season. Tauchman has only been able to scratch out one hit in 22... Read More
Ian Desmond Out On Saturday
Colorado Rockies first baseman/outfielder Ian Desmond is out of the lineup against the Cubs on Saturday. Desmond has had a bad start to the season, and he's been particularly atrocious as of late. He's hitting just .152 on the year, but that's partly because he's hitless in his last 14 at-bats. Hopefully, the day off... Read More
Jason Hammel Takes Nine-Inning No Decision
Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jason Hammel had a stellar game on Friday, but he was saddled with the rare nine-inning no decision after the game went to extra innings. His effort was for naught as reliever Brad Keller surrendered a walk-off home run to the Tigers in the bottom half of the 10th, but... Read More
Mike Moustakas Stretches Hit Streak To 12
Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas continues to be one of the few bright spots on an otherwise bad team. In Friday's double-header, Moustakas homered in the first game and singled in the second game to extend his hit streak to 12 games. The homer was Moose's fifth of the season, and he's now... Read More
Kelvin Herrera Nails Down Third Save
The Kansas City Royals may have a lot of problems with their team, but closer Kelvin Herrera certainly isn't one of them. On Friday night, Herrera stranded a baserunner en route to his third save of the season. Herrera has been lights out so far this year, racking up eight strikeouts in just 5 2/3... Read More
Jakob Junis Sparkles In Night Cap
Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jakob Junis helped the good times roll for Royals fans on Friday night as he helped guide the team to their fourth victory of the season. Junis only allowed two earned runs over eight innings against the Tigers, and a ninth-inning rally by his offense helped score him the win.... Read More
Danny Duffy Starting On Short Rest
The Kansas City Royals will have starting pitcher Danny Duffy take the mound on short rest on Saturday. Following a double-header on Friday that included the team's first win of the season where the opposition scored a run (they were 0-14 in games where the other team scored), their ace will face off against the... Read More
Carlos Gonzalez Still Not Expected To Hit DL
Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez is still sidelined due to a hamstring injury he suffered while diving for a ball earlier in the week, but the team is still unlikely to place him on the disabled list according to Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post. CarGo hasn't had much value yet this season in the... Read More
Alex Gordon To Begin Rehab Assignment
Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon (hip) is set to begin his rehab assignment with the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers on Friday. Gordon has been sidelined for the last 10 days with a labral tear in his hip, and Paulo Orlando has mostly filled in for him. The good news was that while Gordon's injury was... Read More
Mike Moustakas Extends Hit Streak
Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas drilled a double on Wednesday to extend his hit streak to 10 games. A rare bright spot on an otherwise dreadful Royals team, Moustakas has been on fire as of late, as he's hitting .442 with four home runs over the course of the streak. He likely won't... Read More
Jorge Soler Hits First Home Run
Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler homered for the first time since July of last season when he hit one out in the eighth against Toronto on Wednesday. The post-hype 26-year-old hasn't had a very eventful season so far, hitting a nondescript .267 with no home runs until Wednesday, but his 26.9% strikeout rate shows... Read More
Justin Grimm Massacred By Blue Jays
Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Justin Grimm started the season with 4 1/3 innings in which he only allowed one earned run. What a difference 10 days makes. Wednesday night, Grimm allowed six runs while only getting one out against the Blue Jays. This capped off a 10-day span in which Grimm has posted an... Read More
Kyle Freeland Pummeled By Pirates
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland was solid for 3 2/3 innings on Wednesday, but it all came crashing down soon thereafter. Freeland would walk David Freese and then surrender a home run, single and double in a row to allow the Pirates to jump out to a lead. The battering continued in the fifth... Read More
