Mar 29
Spring stats are meaningless, for the most part, but they can still be fun to look at. Let’s see who is leading the Rockies so far in Spring Training 2012. Who has seen the most action? Tyler Colvin and Brandon Wood have each appeared in 22 games thus far this spring. Trailing behind by two …
Mar 21
There isn’t a lot anyone can do with Spring Training stats. The sample size is very small and the competition isn’t the same. Many times batters are facing pitchers who will most certainly start the regular season in the minor leagues and probably in the low levels. Often times pitchers early in the spring are …
Mar 20
One of the major storylines that always arises out of spring training is teams’ quests to find positional depth. The spring performances of fringe major league players are heavily scrutinized by GM’s and coaching staffs as they look to stock their team’s bench. We all know what a quality bench player is supposed to look …
Feb 20
Over the next week I will preview the 2012 season for the Rockies position by position. There have been some fan favorites jettisoned from the team and some new faces (albeit longer in the tooth) who have jumped on board. Today we talk second base. Previous: Catcher, first base Players lost: The Rockies had eight …
Dec 08
Obviously, last year was extremely disappointing for every Rockies’ fan. The truth is that the team we all expected to contend at the beginning of the season had a lot more weaknesses than strengths. There were massive holes at third and second base, and the outfield was pretty weak against left-handed pitching. But, even with …
Nov 01
Let me summarize the 2011 season for the Colorado Rockies: disappointing, horrendous, embarrassing, laughable and Troy Tulowitzki is by far the best shortstop in baseball. Some of the issues with the Rockies last year was out of their control; Jorge De La Rosa’s injury early in the season. A major part of the Rockies losing …
Aug 24
In 304 plate appearances in 2008 Ian Stewart batted .259/.349/.455 in his first real look with the Rockies. At the age of 23 it looked like he would develop into a very good everyday third basemen. He had 10 home runs that season and if he could bat .259 in his first season with 10 …
Aug 04
There are some unwritten manager rules in baseball that have been around a long, long time. Some of them are OK, like giving your pitcher the green light to throw at an opposing player when the opposing team plops your stud hitter in the back. Some of them are just plain dumb, like putting the …
Jul 07
During last night’s broadcast Alanna Rizzo, Root Sports roving reporter, went in-depth in discussing how much the Rockies lineup had changed since Opening Day. She elaborated on the fact that the Rockies have had seven different players at second base, seven play third, eight different outfielders, 10 different starting pitchers and even three different starting …
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