Wednesday Morning Rockpile:

by Russ Oates on Jul 30, 2008 8:04 AM MDT in Rockpile

How do you start back-to-back games with a 3-0 lead and then lose? Be the Rockies is one answer. Which is to say, the Rockies have had a shoddy bullpen and stupid baserunning blunders, especially last night. Just take a look at Matt Herges' last four outings in regards to the former point:

	IP	H	R	ERA (season)
Jul 21	1	3	4	4.31
Jul 25	1	3	1	4.41
Jul 28	1	2	1	4.50
Jul 29	1	2	2	4.76

Before that disastrous July 21 game against the Dodgers, Herges' ERA stood at 3.64.

And with two losses to the Pirates, the Rockies are still the worst team on the road (17-38). Atlanta, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Diego, and Washington are all better (by one). Even Seattle can win three more games on the road than the Rockies.

Speaking of Seattle, on last night's Baseball Tonight Buster Olney made a passing comment that the Rockies have talked to Seattle about acquiring Jarrod Washburn after the Yankees trade proposal was off-putting. That interest is also mentioned in this Denver Post article.

We're just a day away from the trading deadline. Stay tuned for what the Rockies may or may not do.

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Washburn has actually been decent in the last two months

but unless we want to give up a prospect we are going to have to take his salary. Doesn’t seem like a typical Rockies move.

Second half run?

by moomacher on Jul 30, 2008 10:16 AM MDT reply actions

stiil have a winning road trip.

Gotta look on the bright side sometimes

by cocainelips99 on Jul 30, 2008 11:09 AM MDT reply actions

OH MAN!!!!

Another AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE FAN?!? COULD I BE??

I own all the seasons + the movie. Can’t get enough.

Anyways, yes, a win today, which is likely given Cook, and we have a 4-2 road trip thus far. Baseball is a sum of its parts, am I right?

by roxintober on Jul 30, 2008 12:04 PM MDT up reply actions

Could IT be, rather.

by roxintober on Jul 30, 2008 12:30 PM MDT up reply actions

gotta love boxy brown

he gives it to you straight and don’t take no…shut your mouth!

by cocainelips99 on Jul 30, 2008 4:32 PM MDT up reply actions

what could have been

hey what was the rumored deal that the rockies declined in the offseason for Haren? who all was involved in that?

by purplesocks on Jul 30, 2008 3:08 PM MDT reply actions

Yanks get Pudge

OK – forget about my Yorvit to the Yanks theory. Pudge goes to the Bronx for Kyle Farnsworth. Nice move (Cashman = smart), as Pudge will be the ideal fill in, and then they’ll get Type A compensation for him. Farnsworth was hated in NYC.

by BroJB on Jul 30, 2008 3:28 PM MDT reply actions