{"id":668583,"date":"2026-04-07T15:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/668583\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:22:14","slug":"rockies-newcomer-candidly-discusses-the-differences-between-denver-and-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/668583\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies newcomer candidly discusses the differences between Denver and Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5i\">While Denver and Miami offer vastly different climates and cultures, a newcomer to the Rockies also observed something interesting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5l\">The Rockies claimed first baseman\/outfielder Troy Johnston off waivers from the Marlins in November 2025 and he impressed enough\u00a0to make the Opening Day roster with his spring training performance.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5o\">He\u00a0appeared in\u00a0right field in last night&#8217;s win\u00a0over\u00a0the Astros, going 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs, as Colorado improved to 4-6 on the\u00a0young\u00a0season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">The team has demonstrated competitive baseball early in the season, and Johnston commented after the game on the differences he&#8217;s observed between Denver and Miami.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rockies outfielder Troy Johnston, who went 3-for-5 in the team\u2019s win tonight: &#8220;So, coming from the Miami Marlins, when I walk around Miami, I never saw a Miami Marlins jersey. I never saw a Miami Marlins hat. I saw nothing of the sort. When I&#8217;m walking around downtown Denver,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iPaGKIm9Ct\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/iPaGKIm9Ct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Mason (@MaseDenver) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaseDenver\/status\/2041365082068906480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5x\">He&#8217;s spot on. Rockies fans are incredibly loyal, enduring years of disappointment as a bottom-feeder team. Coors Field is a much better atmosphere when the Rockies are competitive, rather than having opposing team fans make up\u00a0roughly 80% of the crowd late in the season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">This season, the vibes in spring training was noticeably different under new President of Baseball Operations, Paul\u00a0DePodesta, as he looks to\u00a0put Colorado baseball back on the map.\u00a0You could tell the players genuinely believed it when they spoke about it, and it wasn&#8217;t just some rah-rah speech.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">As he mentioned, this is a city that loves\u00a0their\u00a0sports. The city&#8217;s other professional teams have either won or consistently performed well, including the Avalanche and Nuggets. The Broncos are also making a comeback after their AFC Championship game appearance\u00a0this past\u00a0January.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">Since the Rockies&#8217; last postseason appearance in 2018, the atmosphere at Coors Field, even with a 2-0 series deficit against the Brewers, was an unforgettable experience.\u00a0Despite Colorado being swept in the series, including a 6-0 home loss to the Brewers, the atmosphere and excitement in town were truly special.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"69\">While Colorado is still in a rebuilding phase, it&#8217;s encouraging to see their competitiveness in the first ten games, despite a 4-6 record. The series against Miami could have gone either way; they were swept, losing each game by a single run.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Denver and Miami offer vastly different climates and cultures, a newcomer to the Rockies also observed something&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2405],"tags":[5,167,52,4316,4,168],"class_list":{"0":"post-668583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-rockies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-rockies","11":"tag-coloradorockies","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-rockies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116364112568031909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}