Goodman went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 8-6 loss to the Cubs.
Goodman wrapped up the Rockies' six-game road trip with a homer. He went 8-for-25 (.320) with three homers and six RBI during the trip. For the season, the catcher has batted .251 with an .858 OPS, 21 long balls, 39 RBI, 46 runs scored, 12 doubles and five stolen bases over 69 contests. The Rockies continue to have three catchers on the roster, allowing Goodman to get some turns at designated hitter to keep his strong bat in the lineup nearly every day.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Reaches 20-homer mark
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Goodman went 5-for-6 with two home runs, a double, four RBI and three runs scored in Sunday's 23-9 win over the Athletics.
Goodman had gone 0-for-13 with nine strikeouts over his previous three games. He put that slump to rest with a first-inning homer, and he added another long ball in the fifth, accounting for two of the Rockies' six blasts in this blowout win. Goodman has had few slumps this season, but he's otherwise been a reliable power-hitting catcher. He's batting .250 with an .857 OPS, 20 homers, 37 RBI, 44 runs scored, 12 doubles and five stolen bases over 66 contests.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Continues power surge
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Goodman went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, an additional run scored and two walks Tuesday in a 7-3 win against the Cubs.
Goodman got Colorado off to a good start with a two-run blast off Colin Rea in the first inning. The long ball was his seventh over his past 12 contests, a span in which the backstop is batting .256 with 14 RBI, 11 runs and two stolen bases. Goodman broke out with 31 homers over 144 contests last season, and he's on pace to easily exceed that mark this year with 18 home runs through 61 games. Goodman leads MLB catchers in long balls and ranks fourth among qualified backstops in OPS (.845)
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Flashes power and speed Friday
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Goodman went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 9-7 extra-inning loss to the Brewers.
For the second time this season, Goodman tallied a home run and a stolen base in the same contest. The 26-year-old has hit five homers over his past nine games and has now swiped a bag in consecutive contests for the first time in his career. For the year, he's slashing .245/.316/.514 with 16 long balls, 29 RBI, 38 runs scored and a career-high five steals across 244 plate appearances.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Stays hot with homer
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Goodman went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double and a walk in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Angels.
Goodman has turned the power up with four homers and eight RBI over his last seven games. He got the scoring started when he took Grayson Rodriguez deep in the second inning Tuesday. Goodman is hitting .275 over his last 10 contests and is up to .243 on the year with an .811 OPS, 15 homers, 27 RBI, 36 runs scored, 10 doubles and three stolen bases over 56 contests.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Belts 13th homer in comeback win
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Goodman went 2-for-4 with a double, a three-run homer and one walk in Friday's 8-6 win over the Giants.
With the Rockies trailing 6-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Goodman came up with two on and swatted a towering three-run homer to tie the game off Giants closer Caleb Kilian. It was Goodman's 13th homer of the season and second in his last three games after he snapped a nine-game drought without a long ball. Goodman doesn't hit for average, but he swings hard and hits the ball hard when he does make contact. He entered Friday in the first percentile in chase rate (44.2 percent) and second percentile in strikeout rate (35.2 percent). On the year, Goodman is slashing .244/.307/.487 with 13 home runs, 23 RBI, 32 runs scored, three stolen bases and a 14:75 BB:K across 215 trips to the plate.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Hits 12th homer
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Goodman went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 15-6 loss to the Dodgers.
Prior to Tuesday, Goodman was 7-for-33 (.212) with no extra-base hits over his last nine games. The catcher ended the power drought with a solo shot in the second inning, which was all the offense the Rockies could muster until they added some window dressing against position player Miguel Rojas in the ninth. Goodman is hitting .242 with a .775 OPS and 12 homers this season, but he's generated just 20 RBI, as the team around him isn't giving him much to bolster run production. He's added 31 runs scored, eight doubles and three stolen bases through 50 contests.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Swipes two bags in win
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Goodman went 2-for-4 with a walk, two stolen bases and one run scored in Friday's 3-2 win over the Diamondbacks.
Goodman entered this contest 0-for-12 with six strikeouts over his last four games. He did significantly better than that and even made a rare contribution on the basepaths, picking up his second and third steals of the year. This is the first time he's logged more than one theft in a season over his four years in the majors. Goodman is batting .242 with a .776 OPS, 11 home runs, 19 RBI, 29 runs scored and eight doubles over 47 contests this season, though his 35.2 percent strikeout rate is likely to continue to hold back his rate stats.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Grabbing day off Wednesday
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Goodman is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's contest versus the Rangers.
The Rockies are wrapping up their series against the Rangers with a day game, so Goodman will get some rest after starting each of the last six contests. The Rockies will go with Brett Sullivan at catcher and in the No. 9 spot in the batting order.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Taking seat Wednesday
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Goodman is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game in Pittsburgh.
Goodman had started each of the last four games -- including three at catcher -- so he will get some rest Wednesday. Brett Sullivan will be behind the dish and bat ninth for the Rockies.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Launches pair of homers Wednesday
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Goodman went 3-for-4 with two home runs, a walk, three RBI and four runs scored in Wednesday's 13-2 win over the Reds.
Goodman continued his hot stretch at the plate, launching a solo homer in the fifth inning before adding a two-run shot in the seventh, with both blasts traveling over 410 feet. The catcher has now homered four times in his last five games, going 8-for-21 during that span while consistently driving the ball with authority. On the season, Goodman is slashing .269/.345/.587 with nine home runs, six doubles, 14 RBI and 23 runs scored across 116 plate appearances. His bat has been reliable, but his 38.7 percent strikeout rate remains a concern and ranks the second highest in MLB.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Lifts seventh homer in nightcap
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Goodman went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in a 3-0 win over the Mets in Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader.
Goodman didn't feature in the matinee game, but he started and caught all nine innings in the nightcap. He also had the game's biggest hit when he took Kodai Senga deep in the third inning. Goodman has gone 12-for-41 (.293) with five homers and six RBI across his last 10 contests. Overall, he's batting .263 with an .887 OPS, seven homers, 11 RBI, 19 runs scored, six doubles and a stolen base over 26 contests. The catcher's steady power is nice, though it comes with some risk since he's striking out a 37.8 percent clip this year.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: On bench for matinee
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Goodman is out of the lineup for the first game of Sunday's doubleheader against the Mets.
Goodman is batting .300 (12-for-40) with five doubles and four homers over his past 10 games but won't start both contests of Sunday's twin bill. Brett Sullivan is starting behind the plate in the matinee, with Goodman likely to step back in for the nightcap.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Exiting starting lineup
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Goodman is absent from the lineup for Friday's contest against the Dodgers.
Goodman started each of the final five games during the Rockies' road trip, so he will receive some well-earned rest as the team returns to Coors Field to begin a homestand. Brett Sullivan will do the catching and bat sixth for Colorado.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Back in lineup
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Goodman (finger) will serve as Colorado's designated hitter and bat fourth against the Padres on Saturday.
Goodman didn't start Friday's contest due to a cut on his finger, but he made a pinch-hit appearance in the eighth inning that resulted in an RBI single and eventually came around to score. He'll return to the lineup Saturday as a DH, keeping Brett Sullivan behind the plate. Goodman is slashing .255/.340/.404 with two homers, five RBI and 10 runs scored through his first 14 games of 2026.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Dealing with middle finger injury
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Goodman suffered a right middle finger laceration during Thursday night's contest against San Diego, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.
Goodman took a fastball off his right hand while batting in the top of the sixth inning, and he now has an official diagnosis after exiting the contest. The catcher's status will likely be updated ahead of Friday's second contest of the Rockies' four-game set in San Diego, but he should be considered day-to-day for the time being.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: First day off Tuesday
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Goodman is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Astros.
It's the first day off this season for Goodman, who has scuffled in the early going with a .621 OPS and 39.5 percent strikeout rate. Brett Sullivan will start at catcher and bat eighth for the Rockies while Goodman rests.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Smacks first homer of 2026
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Goodman went 1-for-4 with a solo home run during Tuesday's 5-1 loss to Toronto.
Goodman supplied the Rockies their lone run of Tuesday's loss with a solo homer off Max Scherzer in the sixth inning. Goodman has logged a hit in each of his first five games of the regular season, going 7-for-20 (.350) with two RBI in that span. The 26-year-old catcher is looking to build off a strong 2025 campaign in which he posted an .843 OPS with 31 home runs, 91 RBI, five triples and a steal across 579 plate appearances.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Pops second spring homer
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Goodman went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in Sunday's Cactus League game against the Angels.
Goodman has only five hits in 34 at-bats this spring, with Sunday's long ball marking his second extra-base hit and home run of the exhibition season. Despite unremarkable results, Goodman is striking out only 22.2 percent of the time and still projects to be one of the Rockies' best hitters in 2026.
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Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Smacks 31st homer
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Goodman went 2-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run Saturday against the Giants.
Goodman went yard in the first inning to deliver his 31st homer of the season, five which have come in September. He's hit .292 with 15 RBI and 10 runs scored across 23 games for the month, ending his breakout campaign in strong form.
