but DOD shouldn’t be affected by anything SF (or anyone else) is doing. He should be looking to (responsibly) improve the team in any way possible, regardless of competiton. I’m generally down on DOD (and Matzek looms) but I’m happy with the moves he’s made recently. I like Betancourt a lot , despite Monday I’m wholly on board with Morales in the pen, and I’m optimistic that Chacin can be an impact guy. I won’t be upset if we stand pat, but that doesn’t mean that a good deal isn’t out there somewhere.

earlier morning’s report of Bowker, Fransden, and Guzman was laughable.

Still, it will be interesting to see just what San Francisco gave up here, as I was a little skeptical of Alderson as a grade A prospect. The numbers this year are good for a 20 year old, but considering his polish, you’d still like to see more K’s. The scouting reports are good, but I’m not convinced of major upside here as a breaking ball specialist. Worst case may be Ryan Madson- type reliever, but I really don’t see best case being that much higher. Matt Morris maybe?

Now with todays game being postponed what does he have to do all day? Now he will have all day to think about trades for our club. hopefully, he makes an effort at the least. Maybe since the pitching market is limited and costly, he could look to add a bat. If theres no way to acquire pitching without depleting our farm, why dont we make a smart trade for an OF with power to place in left.

We already have a decent pitching staff, both in the pen and the rotation. But what seems like the glaring issue is how we seem to sometimes slow down on knocking in runs in the later innings and let teams back in the game. What would it take to pry Adam Lind from Toronto? He has 20 hr and a .902 OPS and hes hitting just a bit under .300. Maybe colonel/holcomb plus kindel/paulk to give them corner infield depth and if needed maybe a throw-in of whoever we get for hirsh? Lind is playing for around $400k this year, so it might take at the least.

Lind can hit in either the 3rd or 5th slot, but i think he could slide into the 3 slot and make a huge impact. Todd could move up to the 2 slot and take as many pitches as he wants to allow Fowler to steal 2nd anytime he wanted, a bonus being that Todd would be blocking a right handed throwing catcher (which is everybody) allowing Fowler even more protection. I feel comfortable with batting Hawpe in the 4 spot because he has handled it before. Tulo will continue to do fine in the 5 hole, Stewart and Barmes should both be near the bottom of the order at this point, because neither of them can hit breaking pitches, and CDI stays put.

Our lineup vs. righties would be scary:

1: Fowler (S)
2: Helton (L)
3: Lind (L)
4: Hawpe (L)
5: Tulo®
6: Stewart (L)
7: Barmes® or hopefully EY2 soon..
8: CDI

and vs. lefties we could go:
1: Fowler (S)
2: Barmes® (although going from 7-2 might hurt him)
3: Helton (L)
4: Lind (L)
5: Tulo®
6: Hawpe (L)
7: Atkins®
8: CDI®

Tell me what you think

    I like this trade. Think it’s hard sometimes to be a Rockies fan? Imagine what it’s been like the last two decades in Pittsburgh. Now with this (and to a lesser extent the Wilson/Snell trade to Seattle) they have something to start building around. As for the Rockies…. Well there’s no question this upgrades SF. Perhaps even more than most have suggested. I think that when you have a really bad offense and are still in contention because of exceptional pitching, even an average hitter is bound to go further than if you’re just adding bats to an already potent line-up. On the other hand, I am really starting to get nervous about the long-term look for SF’s rotation. Lincecum, Cain, Bumgartner, Sanchez, Alderson. That was sick. Now it just makes me ill. Long-term plus for the Rockies.
     As for the Rockies countering… Not much we can do really. We’ll live or die with the offense we already have (which I think is the right move) and Halladay’s just not going to happen (even though I secretly daydream about it). That leaves a second left-handed reliever like Sherrill on the top end or Beimel on the low. Either would be a decent addition in my opinion, but I wouldn’t give up the type of prospect I fear they may require. One thing about it though… All of today’s trades and the price the contending teams had to pay, really makes me appreciate the job DOD did landing Betancourt for Graham.