Saturday Rockpile: Prospect Nelson likely to miss season, Morales optioned, more.

We miss things sometimes. You can wait until the ‘Pile comes out and FanShot it if it’s not included, or you can toss it in the ’Pile comments like so.

Not buying that. They are just as much journeyman as Grilli. Detroit fans hated Grilli mostly due to his tendency to blow up at home, but he’s been quite effective in his career. I just think he’s got a bit of a raw deal each place, but relief pitchers are migratory by nature anyway. One thing I had not picked up on that was mentioned in the article was how much Hurdle leaned on him in April. That may have had more of an effect than a snowballing lack of confidence.

Simple as that, I think.

The first few paragraphs suggest Rockies fans can’t wait for Grilli to get out of here, but quotes no one. I know of no one that was eager to get rid of him, but he was bent on illustrating that as the prevailing opinion. Anyone else find it sketchy?

Nicasio didn’t make his first start this season until May 29, so we couldn’t take his performance this year into account when we did the poll. He was good last year but given his age, it had to be taken as more of a “nice performance, but let’s see what he can do at higher levels,” especially given that I haven’t heard the true scout types (i.e. Baseball America) talking about him much.

When you get down to players 26-30 on the list, you’re generally talking about guys who are maybe bench players in the majors (Colonel, Miller, Kindel) or somewhat interesting prospects in the low minors (Robinson and Frazier.) Robinson has had a credible performance for a 20-year-old; Frazier is a pitcher who relies on getting groundouts and so is going to be dependent on his defense, which may or may not be all that good (and is also 20.)

There are so few ballots in the PuRPs poll that one or two more could swing things considerably, particularly if there’s a favorite player like this. The major reason some of those last few players listed are as high as they are is because somebody champions them in their ballot.

If the site were called Purple Cow.

He can really dig in and ride success. It just seems like he lets the bad get to him just as much when times are tough.

had an alternate uniform called the Cows. Black and white, same striping scheme as the Broncos

….here’s the link: http://www.sandiegopurplecow.org/

Love purple unis & caps, hate purple sports mascots – reminds me of Barney and Eeyore (he was purple right?)
Against any purple animals/fictional mascot unless it was based on this cool-looking bird:

One thing about Dinger though: kids got nuts for him.

I understand the purple background, but personally it’s a strain on the eyes and has a heavy feel to it. Also the site seems cluttered, though I’m not sure you could do anything about that; likely a Blogspot template.

But always nice to see another Rockies fan and writer, so keep it up man!