Rockies Sign Mike Jacobs

by Greg Stanwood on Dec 18, 2010 2:34 PM MST in Transactions & Rumors

According to Troy Renck of the Denver Post, the Rockies have signed first baseman Mike Jacobs to a minor league contract. Jacobs, who saw brief playing time in April with the New York Mets before spending time in the AAA affiliates of the Mets and Toronto Blue Jays, will likely start the season at AAA Colorado Springs, and play a similar role to Brad Eldred in the organization last year. He has an invite to Spring Training.

Jacobs, who bats left-handed, is a strong power threat, who has not shown an ability to hit for average over the past few years of his career. His best offensive year was in 2008 with the Florida Marlins, hitting 32 home runs and driving in 93 runs, though poor play at first base has kept him to some degree a DH when he spent time with the Royals in the AL in 2009.

This is largely a depth move, giving us a potential MLB level player at AAA and another 1B into the system for the next year.

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Brad Eldred 2.0 ftw!

Is it 2011 yet?

by The Lodo Magic Man on Dec 18, 2010 2:56 PM MST reply actions

Is Eldred still with the organization?

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Dec 18, 2010 2:59 PM MST up reply actions

No.

Libra is your friend. :D

PROJECT LIBRA: Depth / Transactions
"The highest form of human excellence is to question oneself and others." - Socrates

by Greg Stanwood on Dec 18, 2010 3:15 PM MST up reply actions

glad to have one.

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Dec 18, 2010 4:22 PM MST up reply actions

yes!

Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
Zomtober!!!

by Colsportsfan on Dec 18, 2010 4:58 PM MST up reply actions

He'll rake in the Springs, fwiw

I think I could hit one out there, esp to RF.

by BostonTransplant on Dec 18, 2010 3:20 PM MST via mobile reply actions

I haven't said anything about the Jacobs signing yet because I was initially pretty biased against it,

and I didn’t want to overreact like I did with the Jose Lopez trade. Overall, he’s not MLB caliber, but if you limit him to only a few RH starters (.259/.320/.483) and let Wigginton take the rest plus the LHP’s, you might make a league average first baseman out of the two. Still, even that .320 OBP is pretty bad for the position, and his defense isn’t enough of a plus to make up for it. For the price and the position (AAA 1B depth), he’s probably about as good as any team could do, however.

by Rox Girl on Dec 20, 2010 8:06 AM MST reply actions