Friday Rockpile: Rockies Climbing the Ladder in NL West
by Greg Stanwood on May 28, 2010 7:00 AM MDT
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After San Diego lost to the Cardinals late yesterday evening, the Rockies moved just a game and a half back from the Wild Card spot, and sit comfortably back in the thick of the division. While we all know that following the division numbers with 115 games remaining does nothing for dictating their final format, we are approaching an important anniversary: the firing of Clint Hurdle, which occurred 364 days ago today. This marked the most important shift in momentum of the 2009 season for the Rockies, as the Rockies played their way back into contention and never looked back. With the Rockies having set their longest winning streak (and the longest current streak in MLB) of the season at five games, and coming off their first sweep of 2010, we may be celebrating our 2009 turnaround with one of our own.
Rockies News
MLB.com's Thomas Harding gives us some player reactions to Seth Smith, Carlos Gonzalez and Ryan Spilborghs' back-to-back-to-back home runs yesterday. He also provides some thoughts from Jim Tracy and Rafael Betancourt on his performance so far this year.
"We just have to keep working with this situation knowing full well that this season is not going to end on Monday and there's plenty of opportunity for him to end where we want him to be." - Jim Tracy on Rafael Betancourt
"It's been two months and I don't like to think that I still have four months. I don't like that. People are going to see that I have four months to recover, but for me, it's every game." - Rafael Betancourt on Rafael Betancourt
John Perrotto of Baseball Prospectus takes a look at who the best pitcher in the NL may be. The article is available here at ESPN and here at BP. Both require subscriptions to read in their entirety.
The national Ubaldomania continues as ESPN ponders whether Ubaldo Jimenez's start to the season is baseball's best story so far. Troy Renck lets us in on just how impressive some aspects of Jimenez's game have been so far.
Franklin Morales tossed two innings of one hit baseball last night in the Sky Sox game, with 2 K and a hit batter. Morales' return, followed by Taylor Buchholz and Huston Street, will yield a slew of roster moves in the pen. Stretching Morales out while we have the chance is a great idea, as it not only increases his value, but may solve our need of a long reliever, as Esmil Rogers is likely to be one of the victims of The Great Bullpen Purge.
Transactions news and more from around the league after the jump.
A couple of notable minor league transactions to discuss (be prepared for an unloading of transactions news on Friday; they're about the only area I know what I'm talking about):
Though having gone largely unreported so far, Paul Phillips has cleared waivers and has accepted assignment to the Sky Sox. As of this writing, he is currently on the minor league reserves list. He may be taken off today. I wonder how long Paul Lo Duca is really going to need to stay here.
Matt Eddy over at Baseball America has released this week's minor league transactions list. The Rockies have released Tulsa 3B Kenny Perez, who had been demoted after spending most of the season at Colorado Springs last season. They also released C Dayton Buller, who didn't have a place left for him on any of the minor league teams.
Around the League
ESPN's Jayson Stark points out some of the more "under the radar" team acquisitions of the past year, and shows how some of their paying off. Among the subjects is the Phillies' signing of Jose Contreras.
Current Cub and former Rockie utilityman Jeff Baker suddenly lost vision in one eye during a game yesterday. He was removed, and was taken to a vision specialist.
Matt Langer, Dodger fan and fellow recent USC grad (though out of the Marshall School of Business, so as a Cinematic Arts major, I don't actually know him), is going on an epic 39 day marathon of all 30 MLB stadiums. While he is not setting any kind of record, he is writing some very detailed and interesting blog posts about his experiences. For the record, he will only be watching one Rockies game, when he comes to Coors Field on June 18. He has already visited the Padres, Dodgers, Diamondbacks, Rangers, Astros, Rays and Marlins.
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by Charlie77 on May 28, 2010 1:19 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Glad Phillips made it through.
Congrats on the writing promotion by the way.
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by phishbate on May 28, 2010 7:10 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Jeff Baker:Scrappy?
Are we talking about the same Jeff Baker?
by Andrew Martin on May 28, 2010 9:29 AM MDT up reply actions
Hey, he's no David Eckstein
but he’s been scrappy enough to catch on with several teams without being an out and out beast.
he's slow and a power hitter though
that doesn’t seem very scrappy.
He is white and kind of a borderline starter though, so that might add to the scrap factor.
by Andrew Martin on May 28, 2010 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions
Can only white people be scrappy the same way only lefties can be crafty?
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 28, 2010 11:54 AM MDT up reply actions
So, you're SCRAFTY!
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hey, I wasn't going there
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Crazy 8's
Huh, three games ended with a score of 8-2 yesterday. And another 2 ended 8-3. nearly 50% of all games yesterday ended with the winning team scoring 8 runs.
And yall didn’t think I could do in-depth analysis.
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 28, 2010 8:18 AM MDT reply actions
And the Phillies got shut out ALL THREE GAMES
BY THE METS.
That’s FAR worse than the Giants scoring one run in a series at Oakland. Held scoreless 27 innings, in 46 of 47 innings. In the last five days, they have been shutout by Dice-K, R.A. Dickey, Hisanori Takahashi and Mike Pelfrey.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 8:25 AM MDT up reply actions
this is just disgusting
how does this happen – and how in the world did it happen to the phillies?
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Karma
I know that personally, there’s few teams I enjoy more getting shut-out then the “mighty” phillie lineup
by Chacinisthefuture on May 28, 2010 8:34 AM MDT up reply actions
No, this is beautiful.
I watched most of the Mets-Phils game last night and was thrilled. Remember, I still root for the Mets, so long as they’re not playing the Rox.
I could care less about the Mets and I was still thrilled.
Hamels did NOT look good last night
Stand by your man.
That was the least amount of runs they have given up
since the last time Hamels started
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 9:04 AM MDT up reply actions
Agreed
and I know Destro’s there too :-D
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by Rox the Casbah on May 28, 2010 11:22 AM MDT up reply actions
They finally stopped stealing signs
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 8:43 AM MDT up reply actions
They should make them forfeit all game up till this point
(sarcasm)
by Chacinisthefuture on May 28, 2010 8:44 AM MDT up reply actions
..an they should be forced to give up Werth and Halladay in a national lottery as punishment.
/no sarcasm
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by Charlie77 on May 28, 2010 1:09 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Another article on Ubaldo's greatness
by Chacinisthefuture on May 28, 2010 8:20 AM MDT reply actions
Did anyone else notice the author uses the humidor to attempt and diminish the greatness of Coors HR effect, but of course if he were talking about one of our position players there’s no way that gets mentioned.
I know that happens often,
But I actually think he was preemptively trying to counter the humidor argument. He still said he was a tough place t pitch, just that those HR’s were now triples and doubles.
by Chacinisthefuture on May 28, 2010 9:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Back to back to back HR's
are a rarity no matter where your pitching. Using a rare event to prove a point might not be the best argument, it just screams SSS.
by Chacinisthefuture on May 28, 2010 9:07 AM MDT up reply actions
8-1 for the series is a bigger sample size
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 9:13 AM MDT up reply actions
Last time Rockies did it was
April 27, 2004 against the Fish – Jeromy Burnitz, Charles Johnson and Matt Holliday
Francis is my homeboy. Free Matt Daley.
It's weird to think that was what the batting order was
Oh, and your signature can be updated now
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 11:37 AM MDT up reply actions
False
The Rockies are just good at preventing home runs. Opponents have difficulty keeping the ball in the yard. We out homered Arizona 8-1
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 9:07 AM MDT up reply actions
I won't argue with that
But it’s not as if that’s the only reason for lowered HR numbers at Coors
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 11:34 AM MDT up reply actions
Hey, guess what
BP (Baseball Prospecus) gives us the second highest probability of winning the wildcard in the NL. Great, another wildcard!
yeah for me i dont care as much about winning the division or the wc
just get to the dance and im happy
by purplesocks on May 28, 2010 10:57 AM MDT up reply actions
Ordinarily, I'd agree
but seeing as how we have never won the division and only finished ahead of the Dodgers once….a division title will be nice
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 11:36 AM MDT up reply actions
I don't know if anyone's read the comments along with that Renck article
but there were actually a couple intelligent posts.
Wha?
Don’t tell me Rowbots are starting to comment over at the DP….
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I didn't comment in this particular case, but I have posted there in the past
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i used to post there regularly
before i found PR.
However, it felt too much like trying to argue with rabbits.
Same here...although rabbits are probably more informed
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my rabbit tends to be very well informed
she watches Rockies, Mets and other MLB Extra Innings games with me. well in those moments between running around or trying to chew up the carpet anyway
I’ve usually found the Rockies posters to be generally pretty well-informed and sensible people. Most of the Avs posters are the same way, but there are a few idiots (read: Red Wings fan).
The Broncos boards, though, are full of morons. Complete friggin’ morons.
I hate the Red Wings.
You...aren't aware of the cross-pollination numbers...are you?
You just insulted more than half the Row’s intelligence too…
I'm not in that half
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JFK
Neither am I.
But to be fair, I’m not an NFL guy.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
There are a lot of them
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JFK
Heh.
He was released a couple hours ago.
by Greg Stanwood on May 28, 2010 7:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Smith has three HRs in last five ABs
That may be unsustainable
Francis is my homeboy. Free Matt Daley.
Just keep him sick
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 11:37 AM MDT up reply actions
I don't see any reason why he can't post a season of 300 HR's and 700 RBI's
aren’t you selling him a little short. He’s just found his swing that’s all.
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I think some Gints fans invaded my neighborhood this morning
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It's showing up just fine on my end
It’s a pic, not a link, per se
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by Mondogarage on May 28, 2010 10:17 AM MDT up reply actions
Okay, trying again
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/HGd7Fq779m4/S_tMDy_3BI/AAAAAAAAAx4/-iecQm1DQew/s400/2.jpg
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by Mondogarage on May 28, 2010 10:27 AM MDT up reply actions
This would only be Gints fans, if the balloon was on fire...
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I like the fact you brought up Morales.
Stretching him out makes the bullpen situation easier in my opinion. Replacing Rogers with Morales is a no doubt question.
by CentralCaliRox on May 28, 2010 10:29 AM MDT reply actions
Can't wait for KYF
…we’re on fire, and the dodgers just lost the series to the Cubs. I like our odds.
Is that four tacos in your pocket, or are you just happy to see the Rockies scoring 7 or more runs?
by fantasyfencing on May 28, 2010 11:11 AM MDT reply actions
you guys lucked out man
Faith.... a fan's biggest downfall
by desecrator09 on May 28, 2010 11:54 AM MDT up reply actions
That is true...
Hawpe (vs. the Dodgers) = Ethier
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:22 PM MDT up reply actions
word..Maybe this is why I love Hawpe
He’s our Dodger killer..
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I wish the Rockies would convert Morales back to a starter already...
But, that’s a discussion for another time.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 11:47 AM MDT reply actions
Well, you're wrong.
:)
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 11:52 AM MDT up reply actions
WHere does Morales fit into the starting rotation?
by Greg Stanwood on May 28, 2010 11:52 AM MDT up reply actions
I don't think he should start
just being a smartass
Francis is my homeboy. Matt Daley back in black.
Kind of what I'm alluding to...
Step 1) Begin stretching him out.
Step 2) Use him as a long reliever/spot starter
Step 3) Hope he is above average-to-good
Step 4) Trade him to a team in desperate need of pitching for an impact position player
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:18 PM MDT up reply actions
NO
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Atkins?
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 28, 2010 12:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Echoed
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Man, seriously, what has happened to poor Atty....
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He stopped taking care of himself.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Although, if he could hit 56 doubles again,
I wouldn’t mind him. The Orioles would have to pay some salary, though. 10 million a year would be rough on the Rockies right now.
That would obviously mean other pieces would have to be involved.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:27 PM MDT up reply actions
If he's out of options, there's only a certain amount of time you can keep a guy on a rehab assignment.
I’m just not exactly sure how long that is.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:02 PM MDT up reply actions
I guess they could do that then,
but at the risk of pissing Morales off.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Eh, Morales wouldbe fine.
But that’d only give him, what, 4-5 starts at most?
Given the current situation, I prefer they stretch him out to replace Rogers with him, rather than a member of the rotation. He could still make emergency spot starts if he had to. We have enough starting pitching depth to justify this.
by Greg Stanwood on May 28, 2010 12:07 PM MDT up reply actions
That works just fine in getting to the ultimate goal.
So, I’m cool with that.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:08 PM MDT up reply actions
(arguably) Nowhere at the moment, but
it depends on how confident the Rockies are with their bullpen right now. I think you could legitimately make a case for keeping him in Colorado Springs for a bit, stretching him out, then bringing him back to the big club and allowing him to make spot starts when Cook inevitably gets hurt or if/when Chacin struggles.
I have always leaned toward the idea that pitchers should be made as valuable as possible, and I still think Morales in particular has a very good chance at a solid career as a starting pitcher – whether it’s with Colorado or otherwise.
If I’m a GM (of a small-to-mid market team, no less), I take every chance I can get to maximize the value of my players – specifically, pitchers.
Forgive me if that was a little unorganized (or downright sloppy) – I’m distracted with work.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions
UNLESS, that is, if he's out of options.
Is he?
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:01 PM MDT up reply actions
I guess it could be done at the big league level, too
Again, it just depends on how confident the club is with the bullpen in late-game/high-leverage situations. Probably much more confident once Buchholz and Street come back, I’d imagine.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, Corpas, Beimel, and Belisle have been covering that area pretty well.
If Betancourt gets back into form, we’ve got four relievers that can cover those areas. Morales works well as a long relief possibility, replacing Rogers on the roster.
by Greg Stanwood on May 28, 2010 12:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Agreed
I’m not saying they’re not confident already, I’m just saying they’ll definitely become even more confident once those two dudes come back.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:10 PM MDT up reply actions
Completely agree w/ you
and let me be the first to do that. I have always been on the side of moving Morales back to starting. His command issues can be better hidden over the course of a game as a starter than in a crucial 8th or 9th inning situation and there is a chance if he pitches more he can get a feel for some of his pitches. Some guys just take more than 1 inning to get a feel. I still think he can be very valuable (either trade chip or hopefully w/ the Rox).
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Jayson Stark in today's chat:
I still like the Rockies to win that division. They’ve barely had their team together all year. And if you count their bullpen health issues, they’ve actually never had their team together all year. That is one seriously talented group. And Ubaldo Jimenez is Bob Gibson!
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:08 PM MDT reply actions
Well there's the kiss of death..not to be confused with the KIZ of death
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by Charlie77 on May 28, 2010 1:14 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
This should be good for some debate
Holliday or Gonzalez? Discuss
http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_15182536
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Based on value and ceiling?
CarGo, and it’s not even close.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:20 PM MDT up reply actions
Okay, how about this...
2007 Holliday v 2010 CarGo?
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its an interesting question for sure
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I don't know man...
2007 Holliday in the playoffs was a serious beast in his own right.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions
if only Street would have given us a bigger sample size :-/
nothing against Playoff Holliday, he rocked as well
Stand by your man.
If we're taking all other variables out of the equation and just comparing the performance of player vs. player,
Holliday, of course.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions
this is the best comment
Maybe not the home run glitter of Holiday, burt every bit as reliable RBI/Ave guy and not nearly the ego. The best fact of all his agent is NOT Scott Boras.
Steve R
Oh steve. You’re in for some SORE disappointment.
by Andrew Martin on May 28, 2010 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Hahahaha
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions
BWAHAHAHA!!!
Steve should consider moving to New Mexico.
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by Charlie77 on May 28, 2010 1:16 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Except for one thing
His agent IS Scott Boras.
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This will be his first re-exposure to the NL West.
by Greg Stanwood on May 28, 2010 12:36 PM MDT up reply actions
This will
be fun to watch.
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JFK
doh...ninja'd!
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OT: Gary Coleman passed away....
“What are they talkin’ bout, Wiilis” This makes me sad :(
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http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37386129/ns/today-entertainment/
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this makes me sad
he was one of the funniest guys to ever appear on The Surreal Life.
I only watched the first couple seasons though.
and people were saying a couple days ago that they don't like onions
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JFK
Wow, I usually really love the Onion
and in the course of perusing today, I found this. This is so NOT funny. Poor taste and mean.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/nuggets-tell-dying-george-karl-they-made-nba-final,17444/
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Yeah, I usually have a sense of humor about pretty much anything,
but this doesn’t seem right for some reason…unless I’m missing some details about Karl’s condition.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Other than Karl having ended his chemo, but he's still not out of the woods
you haven’t missed anything.
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Yep, proving y'all wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
Daley has been freed!
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Peter Gammons:
For instance, Colorado has been through a rash of injuries that plagued its pitching staff, and slumps have slowed some of their best players. But on May 27, the Rockies were back to two games over .500, only four back of the Padres, and given their overall talent, this year’s projected Cy Young Award winner in Ubaldo Jimenez and the hope that Huston Street is healthy for the last two months, they may — as many thought in March — end up with the best team in the National League when October rolls around.
Thanks for the link to Matt Langer
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It really doesn't look like it's going to be long before he's activated.
by Greg Stanwood on May 28, 2010 5:42 PM MDT up reply actions
yeah it is
per Harding:
@harding_at_mlb: Rox pull RHP Taylor Buchholz off rehab assignment (elbow) because of lower back stiffness.
by Andrew Martin on May 28, 2010 5:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Damn.
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by Greg Stanwood on May 28, 2010 7:09 PM MDT up reply actions
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