Saturday Rockpile: Happy New Year! Kyle Parker Injured, Carlos Gonzalez Update

by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jan 1, 2011 9:31 AM MST in Rockpile

Happy New Year to all, from your friends at Purple Row. I hope 2011 brings you good fortune.

Not much news to report, but there are a couple of things...

Rockies prospect Kyle Parker suffers broken ribs | MLB.com

Very unfortunate news for the Rox and their first round draft pick in 2010, but as holly96 said in yesterday's Rockpile, there are much worse injuries out there, so let's be thankful that he didn't tear an ACL or something. I imagine Parker will still be ready to go when the start of the season rolls around, but it's a situation that's definitely worth monitoring.

Rox not confirming reports of a CarGo deal | MLB.com

According to Thomas Harding, there is still no indication that the Rockies have agreed to an extension with Carlos Gonzalez, despite reports of CarGo being on his way to Denver to have "an emergency meeting" with club officials. I'm still firmly on the side of those who would be shocked if this deal gets done before the season starts. I just don't see Scott Boras allowing it to happen. But, as someone mentioned yesterday, normally where there's smoke, there's fire; it has to be a little more than coincidental that all of these reports keep surfacing about a deal being done/close to done. The number that keeps getting thrown around out there is 7 years/$80MM - a downright bargain if CarGo continues to play anywhere close to the level that he has for the past year and a half.

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Happy new year Bryan....

I want to say I appreciate yours and Jeff’s and Wolf’s work more than you guys know. I just get less chance to participate with you guys for some reason. I want to say again how much I miss Silver’s work and to a lesser extent Russ’s too. To RMN, RG, and ATF; keep up the hard core reportage. I appreciate each of your gifts to this site.

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by Oldfoagie on Jan 1, 2011 10:43 AM MST reply actions

Thanks a bunch...

I plan to be more involved in 2011 with my own weekly series of articles aside from Rockpiles and the like.

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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jan 1, 2011 12:19 PM MST up reply actions

Happy 2011 everyone.

People ask me what I do during the winter when there is no baseball. I tell you what I do, I stare out the window and wait for spring.

by The Lodo Magic Man on Jan 1, 2011 11:18 AM MST reply actions

Must hurt like hell

I have only ever had bruised/separated ribs before and they hurt like crazy…I hear that broken ribs are excruciatingly painful but the good news is that they normally don’t seem to hinder future athletic ability/performance so Parker’s career should not be in jeopardy.

by MADness on Jan 1, 2011 12:01 PM MST reply actions

No, but unlike many other injuries, he won't even be able to think of actually swinging a bat until it heals

Any number above zero is way too many days before Pitchers and Catchers Reports

by Mondogarage on Jan 1, 2011 12:04 PM MST up reply actions

Let's get him back to Colorado

May not be able to swing, but this may dioscourage him from more football as well. Come on, kid! Let’s play baseball!

by Real Perspective on Jan 1, 2011 1:05 PM MST up reply actions

Three times I've done it now

And it’s horrible – less excruciating (though it can be, such as when your gf leans on the rib in question forgetting it’s buggered, say :)) and more debilitating – virtually all movements require your intercostal muscle participation so you’re seldom out of pain.

It’s not much worse than when they’re badly bruised (done that too), but breaks take longer to heal (one to two months). And yes, no bat swinging at all for several weeks, so if there is benefit to be had in complete rest, now’s the time for Parker to get that benefit.

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by biondino on Jan 1, 2011 2:20 PM MST up reply actions

Have a great 2011 RowBots.

This is the year the Rox bring home a World Series trophy!

I'm GoRockies!! everybody :P

by CentralCaliRox on Jan 1, 2011 1:37 PM MST reply actions

I searched all over El Nacional for the report on Cargo's extension..

And couldn’t find anything. They were supposedly linked as the source. The only thing I found was an article on how Megan Fox is losing weight.

@charliedrysdale

by Charlie77 on Jan 1, 2011 2:15 PM MST via mobile reply actions

I just searched twitter for Carlos Gonzalez and found this tweet:

@METWOODMAC we have quite a few fully refurbished lasers in stock. Please visit our website www.msslasers.com . Carlos Gonzalez-Lee

@charliedrysdale

by Charlie77 on Jan 1, 2011 2:25 PM MST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs

Hahahahahahahaha!

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by SDcat09 on Jan 1, 2011 5:26 PM MST up reply actions