Category Archive: Kevin Slowey

Nov 10

Burning Money

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Now that the 2012 season has finally come to an end, Rockies fans can begin to forget this horrible season ever happened.  We all thought we could start forgetting at the end of the regular season, but things actually got worse.  First, we had to watch Seth Smith put the A’s on his back and …

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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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Jan 16

The Rockies master plan is almost complete and baseball won’t know what hit’em

I have this card. I was 9 when I got it.

Too many “baseball” people think Moneyball and Athletics GM Billy Beane were all about on-base percentage and once everyone figured out what OBP was Beane and the A’s no longer had a leg up on the rest of baseball. Really, Moneyball and Beane and other smart General Managers around baseball are looking for market inefficiencies; …

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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

Kevin-Slowey

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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