Author: Nick Groke

David Dahl‘s return from an eccentric rib injury might tick away his clock this season. The Rockies outfielder finally returned to a baseball field last week and in four minor-league starts he has six hits. His opening in the majors, though, is closing. “He didn’t have spring training. This fella has to get at-bats,” Colorado…

SAN DIEGO — Chad Bettis, who left the Rockies in early spring to combat testicular cancer, will return to the team Tuesday in Denver. Colorado manager Bud Black confirmed the right-handed pitcher is on his way back to the club. “Chad Bettis will potentially be rejoining the team in a couple days,” Black said Friday…

David Dahl’s rocket ride to the major leagues will land Monday when the Rockies call up their top outfield prospect for a series at Baltimore against the Orioles, a big-league source confirmed Sunday. The Rockies will designate backup outfielder Brandon Barnes for assignment to make room for Dahl, the 22-year-old from Birmingham, Ala., who was…

SAN FRANCISCO — Through the late summer months last season, Nolan Arenado and Carlos Gonzalez raced step-by-step in a home run derby through the National League, one-upping each other at every turn. This season, the Rockies teammates streaked right into the All-Star Game. Arenado and Gonzalez on Tuesday were named to the NL all-star team…

PHOENIX — The Rockies came to a political consensus in their Chase Field clubhouse before Tuesday’s game against the Diamondbacks. They nearly all wore the same T-shirt, a slogan printed in large type on the front. “PARRA FOR PRESIDENT” Gerardo Parra, in his Rockies debut Monday, helped his poll numbers by knocking three doubles in…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A stiff, new, blond, leather first baseman’s mitt sat on a chair beside Ryan McMahon’s locker Saturday. It was perfect. “Just got my first first-base mitt, right here,” the third baseman said. The scoop-shaped glove signaled a big leap for the Rockies’ top infield prospect. McMahon, a 2013 second-round draft pick who…