2012 Rockies Position Preview: Starting Rotation, Part 3
This is the 3rd and final entry in the starting pitching preview. Click here for part 1 and here for part 2. For all the questions about Rockies pitching, the names of the two players at the top of the…Read More
Just How Important is Jorge De La Rosa?
In Jim Tracy’s first season as manager (2009) the Rockies made a second inexplicable appearance in the playoffs as the N.L. wild card team. Fans saw so many good things happening. There was so much…Read More
Top 10 Rockies Offensive Performances of 2011
The Rockies have always been an offensively proficient team. The overlap of Larry Walker and Todd Helton makes that an indisputable statement, even while more mediocre players have occasionally filled…Read More
Rockies Transactions
Woah. Busy day for the Rox and their minor league teams. With the official placement of Jorge De La Rosa on the 60-day Disabled List (Moment of silence…. thank you), the Rockies called up Bruce Billings…Read More
Wednesday’s First Pitch
Though the Rockies took home the ‘W’ in the first game of the doubleheader yesterday, they ended up losing big. Jorge De La Rosa, who has been pitching like the staff ace this season, left…Read More
Morning Dump — 160-2 is off the table.
Jason Hammel hasn’t had his best fastball all season, but the results have been decent. In fact,…Read More
Series Preview: Rockies @ Mets (4/11 – 4/14)
The Rox are in the Big Apple tonight for a big four game series with the Mets. Currently, the Rockies…Read More
Morning Dump — Miserable Night in Pittsburgh and Manny the Crack-head
Jason Giambi’s first-inning three-run blast was a thing of beauty. The swing was vintage Giambi,…Read More
Series Preview — Rockies @ Pirates (4/7 – 4/10)
The Pittsburgh Pirates are off to a hot start. They went on the road to begin the season and roughed…Read More
Morning Dump — Wednesday, April 6th
Seven innings pitched, no runs, four K’s, and a ton of groundballs. If you would have given me…Read More
Monday Morning Shortsop: Opening Weekend First Impressions
Two games down, and one hundred and sixty to go. We have merely scratched the surface of the 2011 campaign for the Colorado Rockies. But after witnessing just the opening weekend, we have already watched…Read More
Morning Dump — Sunday, April 3rd
The Rockies should consider hiring a full-time manicurists. If they don’t, the bullpen will be worn out by June. Cut cuticles and little finger nail blood blisters are messing with my chi. Ubaldo’s…Read More
2011 Series Preview: Rockies vs. Diamondbacks (4/1-4/3)
It’s finally here. By it, I mean the grandest day of the entire year. The phrase “Opening Day” might as well be synonymous with hope. Every single team still has a chance to win it…Read More
Monday Morning Shortstop: First Things First, Win NL West
A well-deserved aura of optimism is surrounding the Colorado Rockies as we inch ever so close to opening day. The Rockies had a busy and successful off season, locking down franchise players for years…Read More
Morning Dump — Wednesday, March 9th
Yesterday, Felipe Paulino started a split squad game against the White Sox. He was the favorite to win the fifth spot in the rotation, but it sounds like he lost some footing yesterday. After the game,…Read More
Rockies’ rotation needs a push from the back
I realize that everyone has been eagerly anticipating my Spring Training preview of the Rockies’ pitchers, but it’s a very complicated case. You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous.…Read More
Morning Dump — Friday, February 18th
Earlier this week, Ubaldo was named as baseball’s MVP, but it wasn’t voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America. This MVP award was determined by Forbes and the acronym stands…Read More
Morning Dump — Tuesday, February 15th
If you’re like me, you enjoy a heavy dose of the Rockies in the morning — the baseball team and the mountains. After months of one or two articles a week, the writers are back, along with…Read More
Analyzing the De La Rosa Deal
Bravo to the Rockies and Jorge De La Rosa for getting this deal done at the right price. It has been my contention that the Rockies should not exceed three years, thirty million on the left-handed pitcher…Read More
Free Agency – Options for the Rockies
Earlier this week, I explained the basics of Major League Baseball’s free agency system. Because of the Rockies’ limitations, players like Cliff Lee and Carl Crawford are completely off management’s…Read More











