Brandon Cloud

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Name: Brandon Cloud
Date registered: February 22, 2012

Latest posts

  1. Colorado Rockies Pitching Predicament — December 22, 2012
  2. The science behind the four man rotation — August 11, 2012
  3. In defense of the four man rotation — August 5, 2012
  4. Bob Apodaca’s Tenure as Rockies Pitching Coach — June 21, 2012
  5. Blueprint for rebuilding the Rockies — May 26, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. Blueprint for rebuilding the Rockies — 19 comments
  2. What we know and what we don’t know — 12 comments
  3. In defense of the four man rotation — 12 comments
  4. Pitching in Coors- Part II — 10 comments
  5. Bob Apodaca’s Tenure as Rockies Pitching Coach — 9 comments

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Dec 22

Colorado Rockies Pitching Predicament

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by Brandon Cloud

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The Rockies front office has no doubt done little to improve the team so far this offseason.  The question is could they? Have they ignored opportunities to improve the team? I do not believe they have; and this offseason shows the unique challenge the Rockies franchise faces. Yes the Rockies need pitching. But what free …

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Aug 11

The science behind the four man rotation

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News

by Brandon Cloud

Glenn Fleisig, PhD - HM 1980

While writing about the four man rotation last week.  I wondered about the medical side of the decision and how that may come into play. So I spoke to Dr. Glenn Fleisig of the American Sports Medicine Institute,one of the foremost experts on biomechanics in the world about the four man and how it relates …

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Aug 05

In defense of the four man rotation

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News

by Brandon Cloud

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This recent piece by Dave Krieger examining the current state of the Rockies front office got me thinking a bit more about the Rockies four man rotation experiment. Not so much the failure of the pitching staff this year but more in terms of a 30,000 foot view of the franchise, perhaps as a GM …

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Jun 21

Bob Apodaca’s Tenure as Rockies Pitching Coach

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News

by Brandon Cloud

MLB: San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies

Bob Apodaca was hired on October 31st, 2002 as pitching coach for the Colorado Rockies. That means that by the conclusion of this season he will have overseen the pitching staff for 10 complete seasons. To be sure, he has guided the team to both great successes and sizable failures. Does he deserve a chance …

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May 26

Blueprint for rebuilding the Rockies

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Rockies

by Brandon Cloud

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With the difficult May the Rockies have already endured it appears awfully likely that the 2012 version of the Colorado Rockies is not headed to the playoffs. I’m sorry if this is the first time you are hearing this. I believed that the team had a chance to contend for a playoff spot and I …

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May 07

Carlos Gonzalez: Patient Hitter?

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Carlos Gonzalez, News

by Brandon Cloud

Carlos Gonzalez

In the course of the Rockies season thus far, my naked eye told me that Carlos Gonzalez appeared to take a walk in several situations that profiled as typical aggressive CarGo at bats. Could it be? Is the free swinging Carlos Gonzalez developing plate discipline? Well no. Actually yes. Sort of. Carlos has 12 walks …

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Apr 26

Looking into Jeremy Guthrie’s first 4 starts

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Jason Hammel, Jeremy Guthrie

by Brandon Cloud

Colorado Rockies v Milwaukee Brewers

The trade for Jeremy Guthrie this offseason was greeted with a crooked eyebrow from Orioles and Rockies supporters alike. When Jason Hammel got off to a great start in Baltimore and Guthrie stumbled out of the gate many Rockies fans quickly soured on the move. While Guthrie has pitched poorly he certainly will end the …

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Apr 09

What we know and what we don’t know

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Dexter Fowler, Eric Young Jr., Jamie Moyer, Jason Giambi, Jeremy Guthrie, Jordan Pacheco, Juan Nicasio, Rockies, Tyler Colvin, Wilin Rosario

by Brandon Cloud

Appreciate what you have and appreciate you get to watch Nicasio pitch after the scary incident last year

The internet is delightful. In fact it is how I watch my beloved Rockies from out of state. The internet is also prone to making us react more quickly and more rashly than we would otherwise. We are all guilty of this. If a baseball fan was to gauge how a team was doing based …

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Mar 23

What the Rockies need from the pitching staff to compete this year

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Alex White, Drew Pomeranz, Guillermo Moscoso, Jeremy Guthrie, Jhoulys Chacin, Jorge De La Rosa, Josh Outman, Tyler Chatwood

by Brandon Cloud

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I have written previously here about what the future of the Rockies looks like and what needs to go well for the Rockies to compete. In an overall sense, the Rockies need their young pitching to become good. If Chacin, Nicasio, Pomeranz, White, Chatwood, Matzek, Friedrich, and Anderson do not develop then the Rockies franchise …

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Mar 14

The Future of the Rockies Franchise — Part II

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News

by Brandon Cloud

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Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part post.  The following two paragraphs were the original opening.  Part I can be found here.  Spring training beckons every year with new excitement for most every team (sorry Astros). Now that the Rockies are now full swing into spring training it is time to look at …

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