Yesterday was a brutal game for the Rockies. The team lost the game and more importantly Carlos Gonzalez left the game early after being hit by a foul ball, then Dexter Fowler left after being hit by a pitch and if that wasn’t enough Troy Tulowitzki left the game late after diving for a baseball. …
Category Archive: Jonathan Herrera
Sep 14
The Pacheco Predicament
Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a lot of people getting down on Jordan Pacheco. The majority of the complaints focus on his defense – one comment going so far as to call him a disaster at third base – while other complaints center around his relative lack of power hitting, especially since third …
Apr 15
Jordan Pacheco optioned to AAA
On Saturday night after the Todd Helton home run the Colorado Rockies recalled Drew Pomeranz to start today’s game and to make room for Pomeranz they sent Jordan Pacheco down to AAA. Pomeranz is here to stay for the remainder of the season, presumably, and Pacheco is heading to Colorado Springs to work on his …
Apr 02
BSB Rockies 2012 preview: Infield
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 29
Rockies spring stats review
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 20
Diving into the Rockies’ Bench
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
Rockies Spring Training preview: second base
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 …
Nov 01
Will the Rockies change in 2012?
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 …
Jul 07
Rockies rotating lineup pain: self inflicted
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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