Rockies 2009 Open Book Quiz: Is Gen R Dead?

by Rox Girl on May 17, 2009 8:19 AM MDT in Miscellaneous

Fill in the blanks:

If the Rockies were to make the playoffs in 2009, they would have had to be led by this player currently on the roster:
That player's current age is:
The Rockies pitcher most likely to receive Cy Young recognition this year or in the future is:
That pitcher's current age is:

T/F

Brad Hawpe is capable of winning or at least competing for an MVP
Garrett Atkins would be a top ten choice for my third base slot in fantasy baseball.
Clint Barmes would be a top ten choice for my second base slot in fantasy baseball
Aaron Cook would be a solid starting pitcher in fantasy baseball

The following six teams are currently in second place in their respective divisions, which Rockies player currently on the roster helps that team the most to win the division?

NL West: San Francisco Giants -
NL Central: Chicago Cubs -
NL East: Philadelphia Phillies -
AL West: Los Angeles Angels -
AL Central: Kansas City Royals -
AL East: Boston Red Sox -

Choose the best 28-30 year old player from the following pairs:

Corner Infield: Ryan Howard / Garrett Atkins
Second Base: Chase Utley / Clint Barmes
Starting Outfield: Shane Victorino / Ryan Spilborghs
Right Field: Jayson Werth / Brad Hawpe
Shortstop: Jimmy Rollins / Omar Quintanilla
Pinch Hitter: Greg Dobbs / Jeff Baker
Starting Pitcher: Brett Myers / Aaron Cook
Starting Pitcher: Joe Blanton / Jason Marquis
Starting Pitcher: Jake Woods or Cedrick Bower? / Jorge De La Rosa
Backup Catcher: Carlos Ruiz / Yorvit Torrealba

If you had to pick a team consisisting entirely of either the above players on the left or entirely from the right to go to the playoffs in 2009 which would you select?

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On life support?

I’ll just answer #25: On the left.

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by Russ Oates on May 17, 2009 8:24 AM MDT reply actions

Hmmm

9. Hawpe (at 1B)
10. Hawpe
11. Iannetta
12. Hawpe
13. Tulo
14. Iannetta

by moomacher on May 17, 2009 8:33 AM MDT reply actions

It pretty much has to be one of those three, Tulo works for four of the six, Iannetta for several as well

And I think I could accept 11 and 12 being Jimenez instead.

by Rox Girl on May 17, 2009 8:54 AM MDT up reply actions

I know these are mostly rhetorical….but I’m stupid enough to actually answer rhetorical questions. I also sing along to instrumentals.

3) Roy Halliday (OR: this is as fictional as an American-born Caucasian heavy weight boxing contender)
4) just had his 32nd birth day last week (on the 14th!) up in Canada

6) actually at one time yes. In fantasy baseball, you have to get good talent in the middle rounds, and Atkins used to be my big sleeper pick. Would have even said this year he was around 15 or so, as I thought he would be near or a little below his career average, and be around a .290 hitter. Problem with any Rockie player for fantasy, is you have to have a back up player as when the Rockies go on the road they will KILL your fantasy team. AND THIS TO ME IS THE BIG 300 lb GORILLA IN THE ROOM, that hasn’t been discussed in forever.
8) No. The only viable fantasy pitchers on the Rockies are Ubaldo (I have in 2 leagues) and De La Rosa (I have in one). You aren’t going to get enough wins and a higher ERA with any Rockies pitcher, so they need to bring K’s to the table. Maybe Street if you have a deep league for closers, but that’s just by default.

23) George of the Rose! Whooo HOOO…1 out of 10 ain’t bad. I mean that’s what the Rockies front office seems to think.

by Redhawk on May 17, 2009 9:47 AM MDT reply actions

Ok I will bite

1) Todd Helton
2) 35
3) Ubaldo Jiminez
4) 25

5) False
6) False
7) False
8) False (not enough strike outs for Fantasy)

9) Garret Atkins (once he stops slumping)
10) Jason Marquis
11) Ianetta
12) Hawpe
13) Tulo
14) Tulo

15) Ryan Howard
16) Chase Utley
17) Victorino
18) Hawpe
19) Rollins
20) Baker
21) Cook
22) Blanton
23) De La Rosa
24) Ruiz
25) The Left
16)

by wolf213 on May 17, 2009 10:05 AM MDT reply actions

I don't think Helton works for the answer to #1

I mean what more could he possibly have been expected to do than what he has been doing? And yet the Rockies are still just a .400 team. I think it’s the same way with Brad Hawpe. If either were the leaders of this team, I would think their leadership would show up right now in the record somehow.

by Rox Girl on May 17, 2009 10:13 AM MDT up reply actions

Awe

I miss understood the question then.

In that Case, I gotta go with Ian Stewart.

by wolf213 on May 17, 2009 10:37 AM MDT up reply actions

well, the team would be even worse without them.

But if we’re talking magical powers than can lead any team to the playoffs, maybe Torrealba is the leader of the team. They’re still a .400 team because he only has one soul to sell.

by FooMan on May 17, 2009 3:14 PM MDT up reply actions

I guess what I'm talking about is a pivot player,

O’Dowd says there’s no Chauncey Billups equivalent in the MLB that’s available to him, and you seem to be taking this tack as well, which is fine, but I’d prefer you say nobody if that’s the case. I think that with the Dodgers last season, Manny was clearly that tipping point, I think with the Rockies in 2007, it wasn’t Torrealba, but I think it was probably Atkins, but possibly Tulo, both of whom were nothing in the first half, but whose value in the second half made the franchise legitimately good for a short while. In 2008, Tulo again rebounded in the second half, Atkins did not.

I think going forward, that Atkins won’t be that guy. Torrealba won’t. My personal opinion is that the turn has to come from two of the three of Tulo, Stewart and Fowler, but I am curious where other people see this.

by Rox Girl on May 17, 2009 4:39 PM MDT up reply actions

Starting pitching needs more consistency..

and the team needs two more relievers it can rely on. The hitting will work itself out.

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by Charlie77 on May 17, 2009 5:01 PM MDT up reply actions

No ages...

1. Iannetta
2. don’t want to look it up
3. Cook
4. don’t want to look it up
5. No
6. No
7. No
8. Maybe
9. Brad Hawpe
10. CDI
11. JDLR
12. Brad Hawpe
13. Tulo
14. Helton
15. Howard
16. Utley
17. Tie between choices
18. Hawpe
19. Rollins
20. Baker
21. Cook
22. Marquis
23. JDLR
24. Ruiz
25. I’d take the ones on the left with their Manager over the ones on the right with Hurdle managing.

by rockieprogress on May 17, 2009 10:42 AM MDT reply actions

I think more stable pitching is needed.. and Clint needs to use the best lineup of hitters

1. Ubaldo Jimenez
2. 25
3. I thought it was Ubaldo, but lately it looks like JDLR
4. 28
5. F, if Holliday couldn’t win in a World Series season Hawpe has no chance
6. T, if the relevant stats included GIDP and Errors
7. F
8. F
9. Brad Hawpe
10. Huston Street
11. Franklin Morales
12. Huston Street
13. Seth Smith
14. Aaron Cook
15. Howard
16. Utley
17. Spilly
18. Hawpe
19. J-Roll
20. Dobbs
21. Cook
22. Blanton
23. JDLR
24. GIDP
25. I have been programmed to always choose the Eastern team as the most dominant in any comparison.