#Chad Smith

Using the season-to-date playoff predictions on FanGraphs - which relies on recent performance and poses a more neutral prediction system instead of weighting ballpark and opponent factors - the Rockies entered the 2022 season with a predicted record of 76-86 and odds to make the playoffs at 26.7%. Entering Saturday, that outlook has improved to a…

Thirty-three mostly uneventful days have passed on the Major League Baseball calendar since Ryan Pressly induced a Nick Castellanos popup to end the 2022 World Series. But as the baseball world descended on San Diego for the winter meetings this week, the transactions arrived in a flurry. So let's take stock of the first month of the offseason with…

The A's will add the No. 6 overall pick in this spring's amateur draft to their current rebuilding plans. MLB held its first-ever draft lottery on Tuesday night during a made-for-TV announcement, and the A's, despite having the second-worst record in the Majors last season and sharing the best odds of any team, failed to land the top pick. That…

Colorado Rockies vs Los Angeles Dodgers 10/3/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Colorado Rockies will go against the Los Angeles Dodgers in MLB action in Dodger Stadium, CA, on Monday, October 3, 2022, at 10:10 PM ET. The Colorado Rockies suffered a 6-4 loss at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, extending their losing run to seven matches. Kyle Freeland,…

A troop of 10 Rockies' players woke up early on Saturday to march across the street in full uniform to buy the rest of the team coffee and donuts. It's a Wrigley Field tradition, a friendly-hazing for rookies (and early-career players making their first visit to Chicago) when they come to one of the most historic ballparks in the nation. And after…

The Colorado Rockies find themselves at the bottom of a unique National League reliever category - one that makes a season-ending injury to Lucas Gilbreath even more costly: The Rockies have used 16 total relievers if position players Randal Grichuk and Brian Serven are factored out. Colorado must reallocate Gilbreath's work for the 26 games that…