Is this Spring Training a look into what the 09 season will hold for the Rox?

by OutHereInPA on Mar 5, 2009 5:48 PM MST

This has been a bad Spring Training for the Rox, and it just got worse with Bucholz now sidelined for some time with his injury. Is this the way the season is going to go for the Rockies this year? It really feels like this season is going to be a long year for the Rox. I am hoping they can get this thing turned around, just like everyone else. But do we even have a chance this season? From the way Spring Training has gone, I am having my doubts about this season. I don't remember feeling like this in the past springs.

Does the fact that they have not won a single game at all this spring mean anything at this stage in the season?Is the way they are playing now a cause for concern for a few months from now? I would really like to know what everyone else thinks about this. Are you concerned about the 0-7 record? Does the Bucholz injury make things even worse, or can we fill the huge hole he leaves?

I am so excited for the season to actually start, but if this keeps going, and they start the season like they are playing now, well, it is going to be sad.

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Somebody restrain OuthereinPA

I’ll protect the panic button.

by Rox Girl on Mar 5, 2009 7:10 PM MST reply actions

Seriously, however,

I’m not worried at all yet, just because we haven’t had a game yet where the complete team is together with our starter carrying a full workload, etc… If we’re still losing like this when the lineups more closely resemble what we’ll see on opening day (and with those lineups playing the bulk of the games) then I may start to worry.

by Rox Girl on Mar 5, 2009 7:13 PM MST reply actions

I am a little worried about

the Sky Sox now

Rockies Mgr. Clint Hurdle on what needs improvement in 09: "Our Record"

by Redhawk on Mar 5, 2009 7:22 PM MST reply actions

I'm with Rox Girl

Right now we have no idea how our “real” team is going to play. Sure, this spring hasn’t started out the way we’d like it to, but with the apparent restrictions the Rox have been playing under to start ST, we haven’t even caught a glimpse of the Rockies of 09 yet. Let’s see how things go once the 25 man roster starts to shape up and play together. If it’s this bad by then, I will personally trick RG out of that big red button and hit it rather firmly. ;)

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. -Georg C. Lichtenberg:

by rockhead on Mar 5, 2009 7:37 PM MST reply actions

can we talk about the special rules for a sec?

Because we won’t be talking about them May 1, with the Rockies scoring 6 runs a game all on productive outs and the pitchers working ahead by establishing the fastball early.

I can understand the plate discipline restrictions, but for a pitcher wouldn’t it be more beneficial to work on fastball location in the pen, with the coaches right there? I don’t see being predictable to the point of getting slapped around the yard as beneficial to a pitcher’s psyche.

by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 6, 2009 9:51 AM MST reply actions

Welcome to Purple Row!

Arrested Development referencing is always welcome here.

The psychological issue is fairly big, and if the Rockies aren’t winning more games by the end of ST, this will bite them early on, even if the work they’ve done with pitching down in the zone and taking pitches is beneficial. I think this is why you’ve seen the rules lightened up the last couple of days to at least decent success for our pitchers, despite the loss to Mexico yesterday. Coaches have to walk a fine line between developing the players’ performance and maintaining their confidence sometimes.

by Rox Girl on Mar 6, 2009 10:19 AM MST up reply actions

Well thank you. But I put and extra ‘n’ in my name and can’t figure out how to change it.

I’m on with the not panicking thing, but I feel a bit like Kevin Costner’s wife in Field of Dreams when he’s plowing down all the corn and the neigbors are all saying “what in the h*ll is he doing?”

by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 6, 2009 10:34 AM MST up reply actions

I'm really not worried about

the psyche of Cook, Marquis and Ubaldo. I think they realize the unique situation they are in and understand they’re not exactly getting beaten. If they move into utilizing all pitches in season form by the end of March, I don’t see a problem with them. But Morales and DLR are different cats altogether…

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 6, 2009 10:40 AM MST up reply actions

The psychological issue is fairly big, and if the Rockies aren’t winning more games by the end of ST, this will bite them early on

Do you think that the psychological issue could work the other way—creating a hunger to win and forcing strong leadership to emerge? Or am I dreaming here?

Aut Vincam Aut Periam

by PioneerSkies on Mar 6, 2009 12:13 PM MST up reply actions