Feb 27
The Oakland Athletics’ signing of Cuban phenom, Yoenis Cespedes, raised a lot of eyebrows across the league. $36 million over 4 years for someone that has never seen a minute of major league action? Seems like quite a gamble.However, it got us thinking about which $30 million player we would want as a Rocky: the …
Feb 23
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 outfield Previous: Catcher, first base, second base, third base, shortstop Players lost: …
Jan 16
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; …
Dec 21
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 …
Nov 01
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 22
With the Colorado Rockies 10 games behind the National League West leading San Francisco Giants and Carlos Gonzalez hitting the disabled list today due to tendinitis in his wrist the Rockies hopes, however small, of making the playoffs are gone. CarGo tweaked his wrist yesterday against Tommy Hanson and even though he flew with the …
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