Spring Training Game #11

by Rox Girl on Mar 6, 2008 12:15 PM MST in Rockpile

The purple travels to Peoria to play the Padres. Pitching is Peavy, perhaps Prior? Probably not.

At any rate, this is the first time the Rockies have faced the Pods and Peavy since their 2007 season ended and ours did not.

That still just brings a big smile to my face.

The game will be covered via MLB Gameday Audio from San Diego's affiliate, but no local Denver coverage is planned. Mark Redman, in his challenge to become Dragonslayer v.2.0 takes the bump for us.

The Gameday Link.

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Woot Tulo

His third homerun on the Spring gives us the one to nothing lead.

by Rox Girl on Mar 6, 2008 1:15 PM MST reply actions

Blech...

Yep, Redman's not a fifth starter.

To early to start a Jeff Baker fan club?

by MattTheRock on Mar 6, 2008 2:23 PM MST reply actions

He was

and ALL-STAR damn it!

Printing "Jeff Baker for Second" bumper stickers

by Redhawk on Mar 6, 2008 2:32 PM MST up reply actions

How does Baker look at second?

I'm really interested in this new development with Bake at 2B...

Iannetta has another hit! That makes me very happy. :)

Not so pleased with Redman's start...who do you think is in the lead for the fifth starter spot right now?

by Squeaky on Mar 6, 2008 2:46 PM MST reply actions

I'd say Morales and Towers have had the cleanest

outings so far. Redman's bad day today might not be as awful as it looks, zero walks shows that he's not missing the strike zone, of course the ten hits shows he's getting too much of it, but the latter's a lot less problematic at this point of the Spring than being wild.

by Rox Girl on Mar 6, 2008 2:53 PM MST up reply actions

Hits

The hits don't worry me very much. He had 4 strikeouts which is a plus but the 5 other outs he got were all on fly balls. No ground ball outs is what bothers me the most. I think he can regroup but Towers and Morales are doing the best so far.

GO ROCKIES!!! JFK

by jrockies on Mar 6, 2008 3:14 PM MST up reply actions

I'd hope Towers...

I think he'd at least give us servicable work until Morales is ready, but who knows. Kip Wells just worries me.

To early to start a Jeff Baker fan club?

by MattTheRock on Mar 6, 2008 2:53 PM MST up reply actions

Iannetta

also stole a base and caught someone else trying to do it. I don't think he wants to go back to AAA.

"Everyone was running up to me, saying, 'Manny! Manny!' I signed a lot of autographs and got to eat for free. It was bueno."

by Silverblood on Mar 6, 2008 3:08 PM MST up reply actions

Oy vey vey

Just got a look at Redman's line. Yikes. Uh, no, I don't think so. Kip Wells is wobbly (to say the least) Redman is TEH ROAYAL ALLSTAR! and I still don't trust Towers. Morales has looked good this spring and please don't let there be anything seriously wrong with Hirsh's shoulder.

"Everyone was running up to me, saying, 'Manny! Manny!' I signed a lot of autographs and got to eat for free. It was bueno."

by Silverblood on Mar 6, 2008 3:07 PM MST reply actions

Towers = Jack

They may be forced to go with Morales.

by PinchHitLancePainter on Mar 6, 2008 3:07 PM MST reply actions

Neon Ian Stewart

oles another grounder. The sad thing is this guy is playing his trade value into a low minor leaguer.

by PinchHitLancePainter on Mar 6, 2008 3:10 PM MST reply actions

The 5th starter job

is beginning to look like a no horse race. Some pitching concerns begin to develop on the back end of the rotation. They may have to make a deal to get some insurance.

by PinchHitLancePainter on Mar 6, 2008 3:37 PM MST reply actions

Hmmm

So Redman and Towers suck, and Wells has already looked wobbly. We did know this, right? We weren't reallllly thinking about giving them more than 5 starts or so? They're backup, definitely not first-stringers, and I would be leery about having them in the rotation for anything more than spot starts.

"Everyone was running up to me, saying, 'Manny! Manny!' I signed a lot of autographs and got to eat for free. It was bueno."

by Silverblood on Mar 6, 2008 4:30 PM MST reply actions

They probably thought that one of those

guys would give them a few miles. Looks like none of them will. I think they were banking on one of them and Hirsch holding down still Frankie got some extra seasoning. Looks like Frankie will be forced fed anyway and Hirsch may be a big ? again.

They may have to ship an Atkins or a package deal to get some starter help. I cannot see another patchwork exercise working again this year. At least not for 162 games.

by PinchHitLancePainter on Mar 6, 2008 4:46 PM MST reply actions

Rockies secret weapon:

Rodrigo Lopez.

Boo- and/or Yah.

To early to start a Jeff Baker fan club?

by MattTheRock on Mar 6, 2008 5:12 PM MST up reply actions

Yes

Only after the all-star break and he signs with the Rox again, which he will do if the Rockies ask.

GO ROCKIES!!! JFK

by jrockies on Mar 6, 2008 5:15 PM MST up reply actions

Calm down, people

While I think is uber-cool that after years of indifference there's now a generation of Rockies fans who actually care enough about the team to follow each spring training game, I do think some of you guys need to chill a bit.

We're not even halfway through spring training and you guys are jumping all over pitchers who have a bad outing. By that logic, you should be calling for Ubaldo to go down to AAA. And hey, the Rox hit Jake Peavy pretty hard today. So he's washed up?

Lots o' exhibition games left. Let's relax and see what these guys do down the road.

by BroJB @ Purple Row on Mar 6, 2008 4:55 PM MST reply actions

I'm not at all worried about the regulars

including Uball, since they've proven what they can do. I am, however, worried about the terrible trifecta of Wells/Redman/Towers because a) they haven't been good in a long time, and b) they haven't really shown that's going to change, and c) I don't want to count on them for long because they are such unknown and unpredictable commodities. And hey, I felt this way even before spring training started, although of course I hope they can help out.

"Everyone was running up to me, saying, 'Manny! Manny!' I signed a lot of autographs and got to eat for free. It was bueno."

by Silverblood on Mar 6, 2008 5:00 PM MST up reply actions

Yeah but...

The rules that apply to other veterans should, in all fairness, also apply to those vets who are trying to make the club. One or two bad outings in spring are meaningless. Heck, Redman and Towers were great last time out, so clearly they can still pitch a bit.

All I'm saying: it's March 6th. Let's wait until March 20th or so before we start making real judgements about these guys.

by BroJB @ Purple Row on Mar 6, 2008 5:17 PM MST up reply actions

Nah

Why would sports fans be calm, rational creatures? ;)

"Everyone was running up to me, saying, 'Manny! Manny!' I signed a lot of autographs and got to eat for free. It was bueno."

by Silverblood on Mar 6, 2008 5:28 PM MST up reply actions

Exactly,

A good rule of thumb is to give all pitchers mulligans for bad outings in early Spring, and tighten up scrutiny as you go further along.

Again, I'd much rather have these guys getting hit hard by pitches in the strike zone than having them missing by three feet at this point. This means it's down to a matter of inches before they find their groove, with control guys like Redman and Towers, that's actually not a bad sign.

by Rox Girl on Mar 6, 2008 5:36 PM MST up reply actions

One exception against this

is pitchers or hitters (usually veterans) trying to make a club. They know they don't have too many starts/innings to make an impression. They aren't working on release points or a 5th pitch.

Unless they are a finesse type pitcher, which takes longer to get a grove.

Printing "Jeff Baker for Second" bumper stickers

by Redhawk on Mar 7, 2008 9:32 AM MST up reply actions

Yeah

When I was with the Rangers I jacked Nolan Ryan and Kevin Brown over the wall in back to back at bats in an intra squad game. Somehow though I always seemed to be in the back fields after the first two weeks.

However, I was a AAA player not a big leaguer.

by PinchHitLancePainter on Mar 6, 2008 6:20 PM MST reply actions