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  "description": "Here’s what we were interested in this week. ",
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    "Purple Row",
    "“A rude awakening”: How Rockies prospects prepare for and learn from 1st MLB seasons",
    "The Rockies’ Opening Day lineups: A history of steaks, oddities, and change",
    "Kyle Karros looks to extend Rockies streak of stability at third base",
    "Will John Brebbia grow on the Colorado Rockies?",
    "“Rockies Reacts Results: Fans believe in Willi Castro and Team USA”",
    "National League Central 2026 preview",
    "“How can a 119-loss team find its way? Here are six quick fixes”",
    "“What’s the trickiest — and easiest — outfield to play? Let’s rate each ballpark”"
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  "textContent": "**This is a test!**\n\nWe’re piloting a Purple Row newsletter that will run twice per week. However, before we actually commit to this project, we wanted to take a run with it on Ghost. (We’re looking at a couple of platforms.)\n\nSo this won’t be a regular thing from Rockies Pitch, but the easiest way for us to try this was to run a test on my newsletter account. Consider this a one-time trial.\n\nThanks!\n\nRenee\n\n* * *\n\nWelcome to our second-half-of-the-week Purple Row roundup.\n\nHere’s what happened this week on Purple Row.\n\n### Rockpiles\n\n  * “A rude awakening”: How Rockies prospects prepare for and learn from 1st MLB seasons — Joelle Milholm explores prospects adjustments to MLB.\n  * The Rockies’ Opening Day lineups: A history of steaks, oddities, and change — James Riggenbach cranks up Baseball Reference to delve into Rockies history.\n\n\n\n### State of the Position\n\n  * Kyle Karros looks to extend Rockies streak of stability at third base — Is Karros the future at the hot corner? Cory Cohen looks at the numbers.\n\n\n\n### Interviews\n\n  * Will John Brebbia grow on the Colorado Rockies? — The reliever answered a few questions about pitching and his approach to growing facial hair.\n\n\n\n### Our survey says . . .\n\n  * “Rockies Reacts Results: Fans believe in Willi Castro and Team USA” — We asked. You answered. Sam Bradfield has the details.\n\n\n\n### Around baseball\n\n  * National League Central 2026 preview — Zeke Perez Jr. continues our look at the National League.\n\n\n\n### Watch this!\n\nDuring spring training, we’ve cranked up our dormant YouTube Channel to share video clips provided by the Rockies. Here’s our most-watched video of the week.\n\n### Shoutouts\n\nOccasionally, other writers acknowledge the work we do at Purple Row. Here are two examples from last week.\n\n  * Mike Petriello’s “How can a 119-loss team find its way? Here are six quick fixes” (MLB.com).\n  * Mike Petriello’s “What’s the trickiest — and easiest — outfield to play? Let’s rate each ballpark” (MLB.com).\n\n\n\n★ ★ ★\n\nLook for our next update to publish on Wednesday.\n\nUntil then, let’s go Rockies!\n\n★ ★ ★\n\n _The Purple Row Newsletter publishes twice each week, providing links to our site’s content._\n\n_Please subscribe — it’s free! — and tell all your friends._",
  "title": "Purple Row Newsletter: March 12-14, 2026",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-14T16:07:06.893Z"
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