Patrick Lyons
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✍️@officialBBWAA member // 📝@JustBB_Media columnist // 🏔️@Rockies_Insider // ⚾@SABRrocky VP //🏃Ultra marathoner //🐦Birder
Cool reference on Shohei Ohtani’s 476 ft home run. Here’s where his 20th homer of the year would have landed in all 30 ballparks:
If Pittsburgh’s rotation stands, Paul Skenes will be the probable starter for the Pirates next weekend against the Rockies. The former Air Force Academy cadet would make his Coors Field debut.

Following the trade of Ryan McMahon, the longest tenured position player for the #Rockies is 1B Michael Toglia Toglia, who debuted in 2022, actually has less MLB service time than Ezequiel Tovar with Colorado.
“This is every kid’s dream. When you’re 9-10 years old, hitting Wiffle balls in the backyard, you’re picturing yourself in Game 7 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium. It’s gonna be very cool.” Ryan McMahon will wear no. 19 for the New York Yankees.
Ryan McMahon trade to New York Yankees as Colorado Rockies get two starting pitching prospects x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Ryan McMahon has been traded to the New York Yankees. 🟣What did the Rockies receive? 🟣What are the Yankees actually getting? 🟣What's next for Colorado? LIVE right NOW on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=xdNmM6…

Update #Rockies Top 30 list by MLB Pipeline: Grosz at no. 18 while Herring goes to no. 5 for Colorado, becoming to the top left-hander in the system now. 📰: mlb.com/milb/prospects…
#Rockies will receive two prospects from the New York Yankees top 30 list for 3B Ryan McMahon, pending physicals: #8 LHP Griffin Herring (2024 6th Rd, LSU) #21 RHP Josh Grosz (2023 11th Rd, ECU)
#Rockies will receive two prospects from the New York Yankees top 30 list for 3B Ryan McMahon, pending physicals: #8 LHP Griffin Herring (2024 6th Rd, LSU) #21 RHP Josh Grosz (2023 11th Rd, ECU)
#Rockies are trading 3B Ryan McMahon to the New York Yankees for a pair of prospects. First: @Feinsand
Whether you're rooting for them to make history or avoid it, the #Rockies should be paid some attention. Why? Another @Rockies_Insider newsletter FREE on Substack. 📰: patrickdlyons.substack.com/p/so-why-shoul…

Save yourself a few minutes. We just missed the top 100. There’s always next year.
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#Rockies get a 6-0 win over the Cardinals to take their second series in a row and improve to 4-2 since the All-Star break. The shutout snaps a Modern Era-record for most consecutive games without a shutout at 220 games, previously set by the 1939 St. Louis Browns (199 games).
Kyle Leahy had a remarkable outing tonight — and he tells Jim Hayes and us that his grandmother died this morning not too far from Denver. It was his grandmother whose season ticket he’d often use to come to Rockies games as a kid … stltoday.com/sports/profess…
Now pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals: RHP Kyle Leahy Leahy is a Colorado native who played baseball at Erie High School as well as Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction.


#STLCards 2B Brendan Donovan ripped this ball into the right-center gap, but two-time Gold Glover Brenton Doyle ran it down and made a diving catch. Doyle covered 107 feet and made the catch despite having just 25% catch probability. Also, Victor Scott II was doubled off first.
#Rockies Mickey Moniak’s 450 ft home run gives him 15 dingers this season, a new career-high with 61 games remaining.
Coors Field acknowledges the passing of Ozzy Osbourne. “Crazy Train,” one the most iconic songs from the Prince of Darkness, was the walk-up music used by Baseball Hall of Famer Larry Walker.

Cloudy day at Coors Field. Might get a sprinkling, but the meteorologist in me says we’ll be fine for Rockies-Cardinals.
