Rox Pile » Jason Hammel 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 Unpredictable Rockies Rotation, Continued http://roxpile.com/2012/02/03/the-unpredictable-rockies-rotation-continued/ http://roxpile.com/2012/02/03/the-unpredictable-rockies-rotation-continued/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:15:19 +0000 Hayden Kane http://roxpile.com/?p=3313 When the time comes in the next month or so to predict how the Colorado Rockies will do in 2012, you will hear two frequent answers:

1. This team will come up short because they do not have enough starting pitching. At best they are a 3rd place team.

2. This team is especially difficult to predict – they could finish anywhere from 2nd to 5th in the NL West. 

  • Yes, I realize that neither of these possibilities call for a first ever division title for the franchise. I do not imagine that even the most optimistic projections will have the team winning the NL West, and if an “analyst” does make that prediction, I have a feeling he will be wearing glasses and a fake mustache and his real name will rhyme with Roy Dulowitzki.

There is a general consensus that the lineup, despite being considerably older, will produce. The bullpen is the part of the team that tends to be overlooked in these general conversations; for now it is safe to say that nobody finds it to be a glaring problem. The predictions, from failure to uncertainty, hinge on the fluid and confusing situation that the Rockies will call the competition for the starting rotation when spring training commences.

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This is not a joke.

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