Category Archive: Huston Street

Jun 23

Ex-Rockies pitchers

Ubaldo hasn't pitched any better since leaving Colorado

As I am watching the Cubs @ Diamondbacks game on MLBN I see on the scroll that Franklin Morales made another start for the Red Sox today and his stat line looked pretty sharp. I also saw Brian Fuentes pitching to Melky Cabrera on my CBS Fantasy stats page and I got to wondering how …

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May 19

New Rockies versus old Rockies

I wonder if O'Dowd wants Stewart back?

How are the Rockies fairing so far in 2012 vs some of the players they didn’t re-sign or traded away this past offseason? Catcher The Rockies have combined to hit .223/.264/.473 (.304 wOBA), 9 home runs and 0.5 WAR Chris Iannetta has only played in 26 games with a .197/.312/.395 (.309 wOBA), 3 HR and …

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Apr 05

BSB Rockies 2012 preview: bullpen

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The Blake Street Bulletin staff each put together a preview of the 2012 season for the Colorado Rockies. Leading up to the Rockies first game of the season on Thursday we will publish an article reviewing the four major parts of the team: infield, outfield, starting rotation and bullpen. We rate each group on a …

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Mar 09

The Future of the Rockies Franchise — Part I

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 just what the future holds for this franchise. This is especially timely given that last year the Rockies traded the only pitcher in franchise …

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Feb 29

Rockies Spring Training preview: relief pitchers

Betancourt is the Rockies closer in 2012

Over the last week I have previewed the 2012 season for the Rockies position by position and I am at the end: relievers. Previous: Catcher, first base, second base, third base, shortstop, outfield, starters Players lost: In 2011 the Rockies used 21 different pitchers out of the bullpen and 16 of those 21 made at …

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Dec 08

Prudent Dan

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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 …

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Dec 07

Huston Street traded within division to San Diego Padres

Huston Street has been traded.

With the emergence of Rafael Betancourt in the last half of the 2011 season the Rockies decided that Huston Street was expendable. The team decided that Betancourt will be their closer in 2012 and that there is no reason to pay a middle reliever $8 million. After the Padres traded away their star closer, Heath …

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Aug 21

Rockies pitching news and notes

Jason Hammel has...stunk...the past two months (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Jason Hammel out, Alex White in There were some rumors earlier this week that Jim Tracy would not be opposed to a six man rotation. With Alex White throwing his last rehab start in AA it was likely that he would make his next appearance with the Rockies. It wasn’t clear if he would initially …

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Aug 02

Most painful Rockies losses of 2011

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The 2011 season for the Rockies has had too many heartbreaking losses. It seems all too common for Huston Street to allow at least one ball hit to the warning track everytime he comes into a game. Even with the home run he allowed last night the next batter hit one onto the track. Pay …

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