While practicing patience is still encouraged, the Colorado Rockies’ 2026 season is off to a familiar start. The Rockies are in Miami looking to avoid being swept by the Marlins on Opening Weekend after losing by just one run in both of their first two games. Yesterday afternoon had some fireworks as rookie TJ Rumfield and shortstop Ezequiel Tovar both struck their first home runs of the season, but the Rockies struck out eight times in seven innings against Marlins starter Eury Pérez as they fell short.
Left-handed veteran Jose Quintana will make his first regular season start for the Rockies—suiting up in his ninth uniform—after joining the team on a one-year, $6 million deal this off-season. Quintana posted a 9.72 ERA over three starts and 8 1/3 innings during spring training with eight strikeouts and six walks. He also made a scoreless, three inning start with a strikeout as the captain of Team Colombia during the World Baseball Classic.
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Quintana has made five career starts against the Marlins with a 2.61 ERA over 31 innings. His primary pitch heading into this season is a low velocity sinker backed up by a changeup, a curveball, a four-seam fastball, and a slurve.
Making the start for the Marlins is the right-handed Max Meyer. The 27-year-old missed the majority of the 2025 season with a left hip impingement, posting a 4.73 ERA with 68 strikeouts over 12 starts before landing on the season-ending injured list in June. Meyer excelled in spring training this year, not giving up a single run in three Grapefruit League outings—including two starts—with 12 strikeouts and only one walk.
Meyer uses a high-80s slider with heavy vertical drop as his primary pitch, while his four-seam fastball sits comfortably in the mid 90s. He also throws a sinker, a changeup, and a sweeper. In two career starts and ten innings against the Rockies he has a 7.20 ERA and has given up three home runs.
First Pitch: 11:40pm MDT
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