The Colorado Rockies completed a three-game sweep of the Cardinals as Ubaldo Jimenez pitched eight innings to improve to 15-1 with a 2.20 ERA.

St. Louis manager Tony La Russa is hoping Holliday benefits from hitting in front of Albert Pujols.

Just as the Colorado Rockies benefited from the package of players they received from Oakland for Matt Holliday, Texas is rising thanks to the players it received for Mark Teixeira.

Greg Smith was the anonymous player the Colorado Rockies acquired from Oakland in the package for Matt Holliday. This year, Smith gets a chance to make himself known.

Soreness in Jeff Francis’ armpit lands starter on disabled list and opens a spot in Colorado Rockies rotation for Greg Smith. Esmil Rogers winds up bullpen long man.

To talk about any outfield position for the Colorado Rockies is to talk about all outfield positions. The Rockies have three clear starters, but a deep bench of outfielders who can play multiple positions will mean plenty of mixing and matching to create the best possible matchups this season.

Rockies can monitor the progress and rehabilitation of injured players, most of them minor leaguers.

Junking his sinker helped Hammel become more consistent and put him on a path to a spot in the postseason rotation

The Colorado Rockies scraped together just enough runs off Chris Carpenter and the St. Louis Cardinals while Aaron Cook, Jose Contreras and the Rockies bullpen combined to outpitch the Cy Young candidate.

Trade for former Rockies outfielder has been key for St. Louis’ post-season surge.

Rockies finish interleague play 11-4 and improve to 20-6 in June, tying the franchise record for wins in any month

The Rockies, facing their former teammate Matt Holliday for the first time, returned to the win column behind a strong outing from Jason Hammel.