C.J. Cron has made it to the All-Star game for the first time in his career. Cron, who came out of the minor leagues in 2021 and after a stellar year with the Rockies he was giving a two-year contract worth $14 million.
Cron the only Rockie to have made the All-Star team this year is having a $14 million season sitting in the top five league-wide for slugging percentages.
Currently, the Colorado Rockies are in last place in what many arguably call the toughest division in baseball. Colorado is 19 games behind the division-leading L.A. Dodgers a team they have only lost one series to this season.
Despite Colorado’s large deficit to the first-place Dodgers, they only sit one game behind the Arizona Diamondbacks and six games behind the San Francisco Giants.
The Rockies have lost three of their last six games since last Wednesday, with a series win over the Diamondbacks and a loss to the Dodgers and Padres. This week the Rockies are at home hosting the Padres after dropping game one on Monday (5-6, game two had not been played by the time of this writing).
Games three and four are scheduled for Wednesday at 6:40 p.m. and Thursday at 1:10 p.m.
In other sports, the Colorado Avalanche have made some moves to retain Valeri Nichushkin for 8 years from a deal worth $49 million. Additionally, Colorado goalie Darcy Keumper will not be returning to the Avalanche after the Avs inked New York Rangers goalie Alexander Georgiev to a three-year contract work $3.4 million per year.
One of Colorado’s most significant pieces to last season’s successful march to the cup included one Nazem Kadri who is currently a free agent with plenty of teams vying for a shot at landing the controversial center. Fortunately for Colorado, Kadri has expressed his desire to remain with the Avalanche however; money will be the top negotiating tool, and with the Avs trying to handle the plethora of upcoming free agents this off-season, money could be an issue.
The Denver Nuggets have given the two-time, back-to-back MVP, Nikola Jokic a contract extension worth $260 million over five years. Jokic will be with the Nuggets through the 2028 season where he will have a $60 million player option.
The Denver Broncos are just over a month away from the start of the pre-season. That’s right, Football is ALMOST here! While there hasn’t been any major news from Dove Valley, Broncos new owner Rob Walton announced that former secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has now joined the Denver Broncos, ownership group.
Walton made the announcement via the Denver Broncos social media accounts on behalf of the Walton-Penner Family ownership group.
The Broncos have until August 30th to slim down to the yearly 53-man roster.
