Monday Morning Rockpile:

by Rox Girl on Jul 14, 2008 12:15 PM MDT in Rockpile

Dexter Fowler might be denied permission to play on the United States Olympic team in Beijing because the Rockies could have call-up plans for him according to Tracy Ringolsby. A month ago I would have laughed this off as wishful thinking, but the way Fowler's played of late, and given that neither WIlly Taveras nor Scott Podsednik have done anything to encourage the Rockies to keep him on the farm makes this seem like a much stronger possibility. While the article quotes teammate Casey Weathers, it says nothing of the possibility that the Rockies might be in the same boat with him, which is strange to me since I've still been thinking of him as the more likely of the pair to see MLB time this summer.

At any rate, the bottom line after winning two of the first three, the Rockies sputtered to another 2-5 road trip. Let's hope the All-Star Break is more of a fix this time around.

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Remaining schedule

Not that it’s going to make much difference, but the Rockies only play one team (a 4-game series at Florida) that is currently .500 or better, for the rest of the season. We’re thru with the Cubs, Cards, Brewers, Mets, and Phils. Of course, other losing teams that we haven’t played yet, such as the Reds or Pirates, are probably anxious to play the Rockies.

by DeepPurple on Jul 14, 2008 12:39 PM MDT 0 recs

All

the teams left on the schedule most of them still have better records than the Rockies.

by DieHardRox on Jul 14, 2008 12:48 PM MDT 0 recs

I did get

Willy Taveras to autograph my hat yesterday. It was either him or Luis Vizcaino. Did I make the right choice?

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by Russ on Jul 14, 2008 12:54 PM MDT 0 recs

There is no right choice.

I have a hat autographed by Spilly, Nix, Salazar, and Sean Barker, for the record.

by Tom (RFTN) on Jul 14, 2008 2:05 PM MDT up 0 recs

Nick Adenhart?

So, according to this piece:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8341232/Rst-of-trading-season-may-not-be-so-easy?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=49

The angels are looking to put together a package for Holliday centered on a young righty named Nick Adenhart. I’m not up on AL prospects, so he’s not a familiar name to me. I checked out his stats:

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Nick%20Adenhart&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=444440

and I’m underwhelmed. 6-9 with a 5.89 ERA and .304 BA against in AAA doesn’t get me too pumped up.

Anyone know more about this guy?

by BroJB on Jul 14, 2008 5:01 PM MDT 0 recs

Rough year for Adenhart

Who was generally considered to be one of the best young pitching prospects in the game coming into this season. He struggled a bit to start the year, got called up (and pounded), and then got sent back down where it would appear he’s struggled even more.

Coupled with some less-than-stellar (but still pretty good for a 20 year old in AA) numbers last year, and yeah, I can see a little bloom coming off of his rose – not quite in Morales-ian fashion, but enough that I would hope he wouldn’t be the best player we’d get from the Halos for Holliday.

If I’m Dan O’Dowd… you all really hate me. And I would start the bidding with Adenhart, Howie Kendrick, Jose Arredondo and a fourth player for Holliday.

Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.

by Franchise26 on Jul 14, 2008 5:26 PM MDT up 0 recs

Adenhart as main piece

Hard to imagine anyone better than Adenhart coming over (if they even have anyone better than him). Giving up a future front-line starter and a future closer plus a young starting second baseman is a pretty steep price to pay. Not that prying away Holliday shouldn’t require a steep price.

The overall talent of the prospects traded for Texiera was probably higher than what you are suggesting but this deal has a lot more MLB ready talent and a lot less projection and risk.

Sort of scary to think about how expensive these types of trades are.

by MADness on Jul 14, 2008 5:53 PM MDT up 0 recs

Come on...

If Dex is on the Olympic team, let him play for Chrissakes! Unless of course the Rockies don’t love America or don’t mind it if the terrorists win. Come on, it’s a huge honor and it’s not as though Fowler will really benefit the Rox of himself much with a call up.

by Since1993 on Jul 14, 2008 7:20 PM MDT 0 recs