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  1. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Eli Whitney

    Weekly Pebble Report: Stu Flesland III Is Forcing His Way Onto the Rockies’ Radar (opens the original)

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    A 2023 11th-round pick, Flesland has a 3.03 ERA across three levels — and a real case for a longer look Somewhere between two emergency call-ups to Triple-A, a disaster day in Albuquerque, and a six-week stint on the injured list, Stu Flesland III put together one of the best seasons of any pitcher in the Colorado Rockies’ minor league system. The 25-year-old left-hander enters the season’s final stretch with a 3.03 ERA across three levels, a 6-2 record, and an Eastern League Pitcher of the Week

  2. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Eli Whitney

    Weekly Pebble Report: Andrew Baker Found His Pitch — and a New Home (opens the original)

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    The Rockies’ Triple-A reliever explains why his signature pitch isn’t really a cutter, how a May trade from Philadelphia reshaped his path to the big leagues, and what a championship run in Puerto Rico had to do with his breakout season. Andrew Baker will tell you, politely but firmly, that the pitch chasing him around scouting reports right now is not a cutter. “It’s technically not a cutter,” the Colorado Rockies right-hander said. “It’s like a gyro slider.” Public pitch-tracking systems stil

  3. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Eli Whitney

    Weekly Pebble Report: Jared Thomas lost six months. He never lost his belief. (opens the original)

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    Two surgeries, two recoveries, and a Rockies prospect who never once wavered on where this ends. Jared Thomas (Pre-Season PuRP No. 5) knew something was wrong with his hand last fall. He also knew it wasn’t stopping him. “It started off during the Fall League last year,” Thomas said. “Knew I had something going in my hand. We didn’t really quite know what it was, but it wasn’t bothering me too much, or enough for me not to play. So played through it.” Two days after the Arizona Fall League ende

  4. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Eli Whitney

    Weekly Pebble Report: Starting Lanes: Jake Brooks on learning to pitch in Albuquerque (opens the original)

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    The Rockies right-hander found out he’d been traded from his college coach. Six months later he’s rebuilding how he starts the baseball at 5,000 feet. The phone range in the middle of the offseason. Jake Brooks was a couple of weeks from leaving for Marlins camp in Florida, and the name on the screen was John Savage, his head coach at UCLA. “He gave me a ring and was like, ‘Hey man, how you feeling?’” Brooks said. “I was like, ‘What do you mean?’ And he’s like, ‘Come on, man, how you feeling?’

  5. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Eli Whitney

    Weekly Pebble Report: A second look at Double-A is working for Roc Riggio and Jack Mahoney (opens the original)

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    Both were named the organization’s players of the month for July after finishing 2025 at Hartford with numbers that raised questions If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The Rockies named Roc Riggio (PuRP No. 14) their Organization Offensive Player of the Month and Jack Mahoney (HM PuRP) their Organization Pitcher of the Month for July. Both are 24. Both are Hartford Yard Goats. And both spent the back half of 2025 at the same level, produc

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