Joe Ryan was untouchable and Royce Lewis was unstoppable. Those two factors were more than enough to give the Minnesota Twins the win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday, spoiling the home team’s hopes of their first sweep of the season in Denver.

The Colorado Rockies have had an enormously difficult 2025 season, but many of their prospects have started to find some momentum in the minor leagues.

When JB Middleton went toe-to-toe against the national champs, Southern Miss coach Christian Ostrander knew he had his ace.

Improving the swings of switch-hitting Rockies rookie second baseman Adael Amador was going to take time. And Amador made sure not to waste any of that time looking at his phone for a recall to the Majors.

The Rockies are the lone team in the Majors who have yet to hold a team scoreless. For reference, the San Diego Padres lead the league with 14 and the second-lowest is the Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Dodgers who have had three on the season.

The Twins enjoyed a stroll in the ballpark Sunday, waltzing to a 7-1 victory over the walk-happy Rockies. Colorado pitchers issued four leadoff walks — three by starter German Marquez — and Minnesota hit four home runs, denying Colorado a rare three-game sweep at Coors Field.

The Colorado Rockies are not in the playoff hunt, but some of their players might be chasing a postseason berth before the end of the month.

Colorado Rockies star infielder Ryan McMahon became the latest player in franchise history to play 1,000 games for the team. But there’s a chance that run ends by July 31. As the MLB trade deadline nears and contenders look for help,

Leslee’s side of the family has its own rich sports heritage. Her mom, Janice (Fenimore) Smith, played collegiate softball at Oklahoma State and Northern Colorado. Her younger brothers, Matt and Zach, were both high school football stars.