If you’re a Rockies fan who forgot what baseball with promise looks like in LoDo, take a look west toward Grand Junction. Colorado’s rookie-level team, the Grand Junction Rockies, just finished their ...

There are roughly 1,900 miles between Denver and Hartford, Connecticut. For Jake Opitz, a Denver native, that made connecting with family and friends during his time on the Hartford Yard Goats' ...

Casey Opitz did not grow up a Univeristy of Arkansas baseball fan. His memories of college baseball were tied to road trips to watch an older brother play for Nebraska. Jake Opitz was an All-Big 12 ...

His lone rough start was July 13, when he allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings against Great Falls. After that, Grand Junction manager Jake Opitz and his staff decided it was time for a break, so ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In many ways, the Opitz family is both Colorado sports royalty and Heritage’s first family of baseball. But they’re still looking for their first big-leaguer ...

As the minor league season winds down, Colorado’s rookie-league team has plenty to play for — and an array of highly-ranked prospects to watch — ahead of the 2021 finale on Sept. 18. The Arizona ...

The Philadelphia Phillies have purchased the contract of former Husker infielder Jake Opitz, who has been playing for the Amarillo Sox of the American Association. Opitz, who played for NU from ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — All-league second baseman Jake Opitz yanked a tworun homer in the seventh and powered Nebraska to a 5-2 victory over Kansas State in the Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament on Friday ...

With the first multi-homer game of his career, Nebraska senior second baseman Jake Opitz moved into a tie for the team lead this season with senior catcher Mitch Abeita. Both players have 10 homers, ...

With Nebraska's back against the wall in Big 12 Tournament play, Cornhuskers' senior second baseman Jake Opitz proved to be the toughest of outs Friday against Kansas State. Opitz finished 3-for-3 ...

Well after suffering a torn labrum while playing for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs last summer, Jake Opitz belatedly underwent surgery to repair the torn ligament two weeks ago and will make his ...

Casey Opitz did not grow up a Univeristy of Arkansas baseball fan. His memories of college baseball were tied to road trips to watch an older brother play for Nebraska. Jake Opitz was an All-Big 12 ...