Rockies

Late last night, around midnight, the Blue Jays and Rockies pulled off a mega deal out of nowhere. The main portion of the trade sends shortstop Troy Tulowitzki from the Rockies to the Blue Jays while shortstop Jose Reyes heads from Toronto to Colorado...

For all of the "baseball isn't athletic, baseball requires little skill, baseball isn't dangerous," people out there: You're wrong. You'll never convince me that baseball isn't an incredibly hard sport to play. And you'll never convince me that like golf and tennis, baseball requires an incredible amount of mental toughness...

La Salle graduate J.P. Sportman, a farmhand with the Oakland Athletics, made an immediate impact on a major league spring training game on Friday afternoon against the Colorado Rockies. Sportman entered the game as a pinch-runner and then played CF...

Monday was a good day for the Mets as young ace Jacob deGrom took home Rookie of the Year honors. But the Mets also added a middle-of-the-order bat in Rockies free agent outfielder Michael Cuddyer. They also got him at a reasonable price and aren't saddled with several years of a bad contract...

After spending four years in the Yankees minor league system, it was big news locally when Shaker graduate Tommy Kahnle was selected in the Rule 5 Draft this year by the Colorado Rockies. Kahnle had to make the team or be shipped back to the Yankees, and the hard-throwing righty has made the most of his new opportunity...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Clayton Kershaw pitched his first no-hitter Wednesday night, striking out a career-high 15 and allowing his only baserunner on a throwing error by shortstop Hanley Ramirez in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 8-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies...

Murphy Smith worked 3.1 more scoreless innings on Sunday for the Midland Rockhounds. The Rockhounds are the AA affiliate for the Oakland Athletics. Smith, a Shenendehowa graduate (2006), is just two steps away from the major leagues. In 13 innings this year, Smith has allowed just one run...

Shaker High School graduate Tom Kahnle made his major league debut on Thursday afternoon for the Colorado Rockies. The hard-throwing righty worked 1.2 innings in relief against the Miami Marlins, allowing one run on one hit. He had one walk and recorded his first major league strikeout...

Multiple sources are reporting that the Colorado Rockies and the Cleveland Indians have a tentative deal in place to trade ace starter Ubaldo Jimenez for Alex White, Matt McBride, Joe Gardner, and Drew Pomeranz. Again, this is a tentative agreement and is pending a physical.