May 07
Duh. The title of this piece isn’t exactly ground breaking news: the Rockies pitching is atrocious. How bad is it? Who would most fans say are the Rockies best pitchers, right now? Or at least who has been the best year to date? I would venture to say that many fans would say Jamie Moyer …
May 02
Last night the first four batters Jhoulys Chacin faced all reached base. Two of them hit a home run including Dee Gordon’s first career home run. The Rockies were down 4-0 before most fans found their seats. On Monday night Root Sports flashed a graphic that stated Gordon had the lowest slugging percentage in the …
May 01
The first month of the baseball season is already past us. The Rockies are 4.5 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for first place in the National League West and the team’s first month was average (11-11 record) mostly due to very average (to below average) pitching. All too often the starting pitcher leaves the …
Apr 27
The Rockies had a .500 road trip to Milwaukee and Pittsburgh this week, and the success was largely a result of dominant pitching and timely hitting. Here are three questions that came up during the week: How do you evaluate Marco Scutaro’s performance so far? Brendan: Quietly disappointing. Quiet because he has not struggled so …
Apr 25
There was a discussion on Twitter today between myself and David Martin of Rockies Review (@RockiesReview). David believed that Jhoulys Chacin was flustered, rushed his pitches and even goes so far as to say he tips his pitches (I would like to read some proof of that…what is he doing to tip? Or is that …
Apr 16
Going into the season most people were worried about the Rockies pitching. Those with half a brain new that Jeremy Guthrie was not an “ace”, not in the true sense of the word. Guys like Dan O’Dowd, George Frazier, Jeff Huson and anyone else who looks solely at wins, losses and ERA for a pitcher …
Apr 04
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 …
Mar 23
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 …
Mar 03
This past week MLB Network counted down its list of the “Top 100 Players Right Now”. Always good for creating arguments. Just when I think analytics are starting to make an impact because of shows like Clubhouse Confidential I hear Mitch Williams say that he would rather have Jose Valverde over Justin Verlander. His rationale? …
Mar 02
At times, the blind optimism of Spring Training can be a bit much. Certainly, it’s an exciting time because baseball really is just around the corner. However, we often get carried away with best case scenarios and focusing on things that ultimately won’t matter very much. Every player came into camp in the best shape …
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