Colorado Rockies spring training game no. 11 thread: Ryder Ryan vs. Jimmy Herget

Looking to snap a two-game losing streak in spring training, the Rockies (6-4) will host the Dodgers (7-3) today.

The 2025 standout reliever who’s now making a play for the starting rotation, Jimmy Herget (0-0, 0.00 ERA), will be in action for the third time this spring (one start and one relief appearance) for the Rockies. Herget has thrown two scoreless, hitless innings with no walks and two strikeouts so far in Cactus League play.

The Dodgers will send Ryder Ryan (0-1, 3.00 ERA) to the mound for the game. The 30-year-old RHP was drafted in 2016 and made his MLB debut with the Mariners in 2023. He signed a Minor League deal with the Pirates prior to the 2024 seasonwent back and forth from the Pirates roster and farm system. He spent all of 2025 in Triple-A before signing another Minor League deal with the Dodgers in January.

The Rockies lost 8-3 to Cleveland on Sunday and 16-3 to Kansas City on Saturday with Colorado pitchers combining to walk 19 batters and give up 23 hits in the two games.

The Rockies began making roster moves on Monday, announcing that catchers Bryant Betancourt and Cole Messina, right-handed pitcher Brayan Castillo and outfielder Jared Thomas have been reassigned to Minor League camp. Colorado has 56 active players remaining in Major League camp, including 16 non-roster invitees.

In other news, the Rockies also handed named their 2025 Minor League award winners on Monday.

First Pitch: 1:10 p.m. MDT

TV: Rockies.TV

Radio: 850 AM/94.1 FM KOA Rockies Radio Network (1 p.m. pregame)

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