Category Archive: Jorge De La Rosa

Feb 26

Rockies Spring Training preview: starting pitchers

Could this be the Rockies Opening Day starter?

Over the last week I have previewed 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 starters, pitchers that is. Previous: Catcher, first base, second base, third base, …

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Dec 21

Five reasons the Rockies will be better in 2012

This is what a record crowd looks like at a baseball game

Nearly 20 years ago the Rockies could do no wrong. If the team lost 14-20 the stands would still be full the next day. Mile High was packed with rabid fans and a few years later when Coors Field opened up the franchise had to add a third deck to the right field bleachers to …

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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 06

Rockies continue to stockpile starting pitching

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Today the Rockies acquired Kevin Slowey from the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Here are the pitchers, who could start, as listed on the 40-man roster page on the Colorado Rockies website as of December 6th: Jhoulys Chacin, Tyler Chatwood, Jorge De La Rosa, Christian Friedrich, Jason Hammel, …

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Sep 07

Stephen Strasburg’s start is good news for Rockies fans

Strasburg returned to the Nats in basically a years time after having TJ surgery.

Here I sit in the Philippines. For the job that pays the bills I traveled to the Philippines for two weeks for work. While the greater Manila area is nice and crowded one thing I have noticed is that baseball is nonexistent over here. They love basketball and have their own league, the PBA, but …

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