Colorado Rockies Old Friend(s): That Awful 64-98 Team From 2012

Aug 14, 2015; Baltimore, MD, USA; Oakland Athletics relief pitcher D. Pomeranz (13) pitches during the thirteenth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

The Pitchers

Alex White. After 2012, White still hasn’t appeared in another big league game, missing time with elbow surgery in 2013, and then struggling to regain his form in 2014 (with the Astros’ AAA affiliate) and 2015 (split between the Astros’ and Braves’ AAA affiliates). The Braves released him on July 19 of this season.

Drew Pomeranz. Pomeranz, who failed miserably with the Rockies as a starter, has found a home in Oakland as a reliever and occasional spot starter.

After a solid 2014, Pomeranz is 4-5 with two saves, a 3.67 ERA, 3.38 FIP, 1.181 WHP, and 69 strikeouts in 73.2 innings this year.

Jeremy Guthrie. Guthrie had one really in his career, and it was 2012 with the Rockies. After he left Colorado, he settled down with the Royals and was a decent back-end rotation member the last few years… up until 2015.

He’s struggling again this year, throwing to a 5.65 ERA, 5.30 FIP, and 1.574 WHIP in 129 innings (while allowing 21 home runs in 23 starts) for the Royals this season.

Jhoulys Chacin. Chacin, of course, was released by the Rockies in Spring Training before the start of the 2015 season after struggling with arm troubles for much of 2014. He caught on with the Cleveland Indians, threw well in AAA, and was ultimately released when there were no opportunities for him at the big league level.

Now, he’s caught on again with the Arizona Diamondbacks and is, again, throwing very well in AAA — there’s no reason he couldn’t be back in the big leagues very soon in Arizona.

Josh Roenicke. Roenicke, who put up decent relief numbers for the Rockies in 2012 and overall has decent big league relief number sin his career, hasn’t appeared in the big leagues since 2013 — but he has been close to Denver.

In 2014 he spent part of the season with the Sky Sox when they were a Rockies affiliate, and this year, he’s made 20 starts for the Sky Sox as the Brewers’ AAA affiliate, going 6-10 with a 6.75 ERA and 1.77 WHIP in 103 innings.

Matt Belisle. Belisle moved on to the St. Louis Cardinals’ bullpen for 2015, and though his numbers are overall fairly decent, he’s also missed a big chunk of the season with an injury this year (though that — nor any other injury — has impact the Cards’ success this year).

Matt Reynolds. Reynolds, who moved over to the Arizona Diamondbacks after a few decent years in the Rockies’ bullpen, saw his career derailed by injury when he missed all of 2014 with elbow reconstruction surgery.

He’s back in AAA Reno in the Dbacks’ system in 2015, racking up a 5.58 ERA and 1.44 WHIP across 45 games/50 innings.

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Juan Nicasio. Nicasio is on the disabled list right now, but he’s had a very good year in the Dodgers’ bullpen, impressing the team that traded for him this winter as the Rockies finally gave up on their starting pitcher.

In the ‘pen for Los Angeles this year, Nicasio had been 1-3 with 1 save and a 3.06 ERA (2.64 FIP) and 1.29 WHIP across 47 innings of work.

Edwar Cabrera. The Rockies might have rushed Cabrera to the big leagues in 2012 as a 24- year old from AA, and it affected the rest of his career since then.

He’s been with the Rangers since the start of 2014 (Cabrera missed all of 2013 with an arm injury), and he’s never again returned to the big leagues — or to the form that made him a prospect in the Rockies’ organization before 2012. He has split 2015 between AA Frisco and AAA Round Rock in the Rangers’ organization.

Esmil Rogers. Rogers was a guy who, despite being a good prospect, never really figured it out in Colorado (6.77 ERA and 1.82 WHIP in 184.2 career innings with the Rockies). Once he was away from Colorado, though, he figured it out ever so briefly, having decent-to-good seasons with Cleveland at the end of 2012, and Toronto in 2013.

By now, though, he’s lost it again; in 18 games this year with the Yankees, he’s 1-1 with a 6.27 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, and 5 home runs allowed in 33 innings.

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