Saturday Rockpile: Christmas Comes a Day Early for Two Former Rockies

by Bryan Kilpatrick on Dec 25, 2010 10:07 AM MST in Rockpile

To echo Andrew's sentiment from earlier, I hope all of you have the merriest of Christmases. Share the time with your loved ones, and never take anything for granted.

Yesterday was a good day for a couple of key pieces to Generation R, as Brad Hawpe inked a one-year deal with the San Diego Padres, and will likely be their opening day first baseman. It will be interesting to see how Hawpe bounces back after an injury-riddled 2010 which saw him finally fall off from his unbelievably consistent four years prior. As we all know, the biggest hit of Hawpe's career to date came at Petco Park in September of 2007. Let's hope he doesn't get too many more of those.

In addition, Garrett Atkins signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates, reuniting with Clint Hurdle. Atkins will be brought to the Steel City on a Minor League deal with an invite to Spring Training. Atty wasn't the only former Rockies farmhand brought in by Hurdle and the Bucs, as they acquired Corey Wimberly from Oakland for pitcher Ryan Kelly.

Finally, Troy Renck has this blurb regarding the Rockies' lack of urgency in trying to re-sign Joe Beimel.

That will do it for today. Enjoy all of the good things that Christmas has to offer (which hopefully includes some crucial new Rockies gear).

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Perfect timing on the Atkins signing

Just in time for him to play Santa!

by deacs on Dec 25, 2010 11:11 AM MST via mobile reply actions 1 recs

wow, reccing this

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by Andrew Martin on Dec 25, 2010 2:29 PM MST up reply actions

Good for Hawpe. Please do bad against the Rockies, mmkay?

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by The Lodo Magic Man on Dec 25, 2010 12:35 PM MST reply actions

Poor Troy Renck

He’s had to answer that same Joe Beimel question about 700 times via twitter.

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by Andrew Martin on Dec 25, 2010 2:30 PM MST reply actions

Atkins has a lot of redeeming to do.

Garrett, get back into shape, start driving the ball to the right-center gap like you used to, and get used to platooning (for Pedro and Overbay). Despite my name, Garrett Atkins was my favorite Gen R hitter, and it makes me sad to see how far he’s fallen. Good luck!

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by Hollidayrain on Dec 25, 2010 11:45 PM MST reply actions