Rox Pile » Brad Hawpe http://roxpile.com A Colorado Rockies Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:13:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Five to Count On? http://roxpile.com/2010/12/31/five-to-count-on/ http://roxpile.com/2010/12/31/five-to-count-on/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:28:44 +0000 Logan Burdine http://roxpile.com/?p=662 The New Year is upon us and the baseball world is asleep. The Rockies are no exception. After a flurry of December and November activity, the Rox appear content with their 2011 squad. Dan O’Dowd and company are avoiding the urge to throw money at overpriced free agents and sticking with the plan to produce major league talent from within. The team pillars, Troy Tulowitzki and Ubaldo Jiminez, are both homegrown talents. Carlos Gonzalez was acquired in return for another player that came up through the Rockies farm system, Matt Holliday. The Rox shrewdly acquired a few pieces through free agency and trades this offseason, but ultimately they are betting that a group of young players will step up in 2011. The five Rockies listed below have big league experience. Each has shown flashes of greatness, but none has yet to reach his full potential. If these guys can elevate their level of play, the Rockies have a chance to be scary good.

Colorado Rockies second baseman Eric Young, Jr. (3) and center fielder Dexter Fowler talk while stretching before their game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field on September 12, 2010 in Denver. The Rockies beat the Diamondbacks 4-2 to win their tenth straight game. UPI/Gary C. Caskey Photo via Newscom

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]]> http://roxpile.com/2010/12/31/five-to-count-on/feed/ 0 Who Will Take Over From Tulowitzki in the Rox Lineup? http://roxpile.com/2010/06/19/who-will-take-over-from-tulowitzki-in-the-rox-lineup/ http://roxpile.com/2010/06/19/who-will-take-over-from-tulowitzki-in-the-rox-lineup/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:23:54 +0000 Mat Germain http://roxpile.com/?p=79 Yes, the times will be tougher without Tulo in the lineup. Some may think that big question Rockies fans face is  who will take over the spot at SS or 2B depending on how the lineup is shifted. However, I believe that the bigger question is who in the lineup will pull up their socks and make a leap forward to take up some of the slack that will be felt from his loss.

You know the candidates and you know their histories, so there’s no way the Rockies are going to get a big time power surge from anyone in the lineup. The only power threats currently in the lineup include Ian Stewart and Carlos Gonzalez, and both have serious issues in terms of consistency. So is that the best the Rockies could hope for? Consistency from guys who have otherwise been inconsistent? Maybe, but I do hold out hope that 2 other players in particular will really bring up their game to a new level in order to provide the Rox with better offense for the next 6 weeks or so. … [visit site to read more]

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