Rox Pile » Colorado Rockies 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 The Rockies Trade Seth Smith http://roxpile.com/2012/01/16/the-rockies-trade-seth-smith/ http://roxpile.com/2012/01/16/the-rockies-trade-seth-smith/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:10:36 +0000 Hayden Kane http://roxpile.com/?p=3260 After they avoided arbitration by signing outfielder Seth Smith to a one year, $2.4 million deal, the Colorado Rockies dealt him to the Oakland Athletics for starting pitchers Josh Outman and Guillermo Moscoso.  … [visit site to read more]

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