Thursday Rockpile: Top PuRPs still doing well in their off-season seasons.
by Rox Girl on Nov 3, 2011 7:46 AM MDT
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PrintWhich Rockies prospect currently leads his off season league in RBI, is second in total bases, and third in OPS? Well, for the first two categories, there would be two correct answers, but the third one separates the pair, as Wilin Rosario ranks third in the Dominican Winter League in OPS (.974,) while Nolan Arenado ranks merely sixth in the category in the AFL (1.067.) We've spent plenty of time extolling Arenado's virtues this fall, but little on Rosario, who hit his fifth home run and drove in three in yesterday's contest.
Rosario, even more than Arenado, can push his way into the Rockies plans for Opening Day 2012 with a strong Winter/Spring showing, and unlike the case at third base, the incumbent whose job Wilin threatens would have legitimate trade value. Putting Chris Iannetta in play may make trades with teams that lack MLB catching depth that much easier, this should particularly be true with Houston for Wandy Rodriguez, where Arenado's current Salt River teammate, Jason Castro, represents the future, but might not be considered reliable enough in the present. Other teams that the Rockies have been linked to in trade rumors that lack catching depth include Miami, Tampa Bay and the Mets. Personally, I'd be most interested in dealing with Miami, as an exchange of Iannetta for either Chris Volstad or Ricky Nolasco could be a deal that benefits both teams with minor tweaking.
I'm not putting that out there lightly, I recognize Iannetta's one of the few somewhat valuable pieces the Rockies have on offense, and he's reasonably affordable for the next two seasons. It just could be a situation where taking a half step back at one position allows the franchise to move two steps forward in another.
Arenado and Castro were both named to the AFL Rising Stars East team. The Rockies led the majors with five selections, as most of their desert contingent got selected. Joining Arenado are pitchers Casey Weathers and Rob Scahill, outfielder Tim Wheeler and first baseman Ben Paulsen.
Sports Illustrated's NL West Hot Stove preview seems to consider only free agency as a means to benefit a team during the winter, and as such it comes away pessimistic about the Rockies finding help for next season due to a lack of starting pitching in the marketplace. They do see how Josh Willingham would benefit the club, and I have to agree with that. My first choice would still be Michael Cuddyer, but the A's slugger is not too far behind and I feel both Willingham and Cuddyer should be targeted by the Rockies until one or the other agrees to terms.
Troy Tulowitzki continues to shift his assets to precious metals, winning his second straight Silver Slugger award as well as the back to back pair of Gold Gloves.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 3, 2011 8:03 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
I'm more appreciative of this than I should be
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by Andrew Martin on Nov 3, 2011 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions
she has really nice
Writing skills. Seriously, the Harrington piece gave me an inferiority complex.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 3, 2011 4:21 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Iannetta does have trade value
I’d put the Rays at the top of the list. They have the most pitching talent of any organization, and they’re among the most desperate for a starting catcher. (Kelly Shoppach & John Jaso were terrible last year.) There ought to be a deal there somewhere.
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by I_Am_Marshall on Nov 3, 2011 9:35 AM MDT up reply actions
Make sure to post that exact same thing in the Fanpost that Petro linked above
it’ll be the easiest way to keep track of who is involved
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Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 11:08 AM MDT up reply actions
I spent two hours on it last night, and we haven't even started.
But then I go to bed late and there’s nothing good on TV at that hour.
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by Charlie77 on Nov 3, 2011 4:51 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Well,
clearly the game is addictive and you could lose your family, job, et al from it. But, if you can control yourself, 2–3 hours in our league should be enough. ;)
Speaking of catchers,
The Rays nontendered Shoppach. It leaves them in a position where they might need an Ianetta as their two prospects develop. They also have too many starting pitchers.
Is there a chance of that happening?
That's what I was saying above
They need catching and have a lot of pitching.
We need pitching and have a lot of catching (I think).
There should be some common ground.
Also, the Rays need a DH. And they always need salary relief.
How about Ianetta & Smith for James Shields?
Ohhh, so THAT'S why we re-signed Giambi.
Anticipating our move to the AL West.
Dan O’Dowd is always 2 steps ahead!
Could we make that Giambi instead of Smith?
And maybe throw in a lower level PURP to level out the difference?
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Nov 3, 2011 11:37 AM MDT up reply actions
I didn't
but I should have.
I like the way you’re thinking here, although I’m afraid that once we added Wiffy, the Rays might want Pomeranz and Arenado thrown in to bring the deal back to even again…
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by Junction Rox on Nov 3, 2011 11:40 AM MDT up reply actions
Iannetta, Giambi, Wiffy and Tanos for Shields?
It’s a 4-1 deal. How could they possibly turn it down??
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Nov 3, 2011 11:43 AM MDT up reply actions
Well sure,
not back then. But that’s been over 4 years, and he became an all-star after he left.
That’s the kind of mistake they should probably pay a premium to have the chance to make right…
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by Junction Rox on Nov 3, 2011 12:06 PM MDT up reply actions
They declined his option.
You can’t non-tender people until December.
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by Greg Stanwood on Nov 3, 2011 3:19 PM MDT up reply actions
So we keep Giambi and Wiggy but put Iannetta on trading block. My world is spinning :(
In all things, it is better to hope than despair.
Giambi = Future coach maybe
Wiggy == no value
Iannetta == get something for him while he has value.
Avalance 2011-12 season, Mission 45 Wins.
Get well soon Juan.
with Wiggy, we would have to find someone who wants him
Since his only way out of town is A trade.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 3, 2011 8:26 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Prior to the emergence of Pacheco...
Wiggy came in handy as a guy to stand on third base (as opposed to an actual third baseman.) I don’t think MLB would have allowed us to field a team without someone on third, would they?
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Could Tulo do it?
He’s not too far away to begin with, and when Wiggy’s out there Tulo is basically playing third anyway.
Another guy stands next to third
Maybe we could convert him into the most expensive third base coach in baseball. He still gets to stand near third.
by Larry Walker on Nov 3, 2011 12:56 PM MDT up reply actions
They did
until management gave up on Stewart.
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by realmenwearpurple on Nov 3, 2011 2:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Rob Scahill
just sounds like he has a future as an analyst on the MLB network or something after a grizzlied 8 year career.
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Does Ben Paulsen really have a future with this organization?
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That's debatable...
He has the body, the swing, and other tools of a decent MLB corner position player, but his minor league statistical record has never shown it. Personally, I’ve never been confident that he’s legit, but as his selection to this Rising Stars team shows, scouts and other observers will often come away with a different, more optimistic opinion.
Kinda of my thoughts…Maybe its his name, I think his name is just underwhelming.
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:06 AM MDT up reply actions
We've run a bunch of "future replacement for Todd Helton" thru our system...
Maybe Paulsen breaks out of the Koshansky-Shealy mould?
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He's basically a CDI light..
good power and patience, his OBP is 90 points higher than his AVG. But he struggles to make contact and he’s showing a lot of strikeouts. His defense is almost Todd Helton level though, and he’s pretty smart. He was the first base coach for Salt River in one of the AFL games I attended. He was also active in helping another firstbaseman on his footwork before one of the games.
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Watching him in spring training this year
I’m not sure. Decent gap power, but I don’t see a true home run threat from the plate.
in what universe does casey weathers get classified as a "rising star" in 2011?
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It's actually often the case with elite MLB relievers that they don't arrive until their late 20's.
Look at Heath Bell or Brian Wilson for two immediately proximate examples. Weathers shouldn’t be disregarded.
Exactly.
Weathers’ stuff is MLB “good enough.”
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by CentralCaliRox on Nov 3, 2011 9:35 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I've heard it takes 2 years or more for some pitchers to rediscover their control..
after TJ surgery. So that could be part of what’s holding him back. Or he may never find it.
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:45 AM MDT up reply actions
I think they needed some warm bodies to fill out the rosters
in the Rising Stars game. Otherwise, Paulsen wouldn’t have been there either, with his weak AFL numbers.
With Weathers, it’s closer to “Catch a falling star & put it your pocket…”
It's really actually sort of baffling when you look at some of the omissions.
But while I’ll agree with you on Paulsen, I actually think the Weathers selection probably has some merit.
My hunch on why Weathers was even sent to the AFL
Was that the Rockies were hoping he’s show some flashes of brilliance & some velocity in a SSS, upping his value as trade bait. Under that theory, I hope he gets to pitch an inning in the RS game & K’s the side with 98 mph fastballs.
Weathers will make the team this spring....
Dude chucks 100 mph…he’ll find hismcontrol and he’ll be the closer in Denver if he remains healthy.
Idea that I have not heard of
Reading the Fish Strips Plan for Success they talk about dealing either Logan Morrison or Gaby Sanchez.
My thought is, what if we acquire Gaby Sanchez and see if he can play 3rd base? He has played 3rd base in the past. His stats aren’t overwhelming but he is young and could provide a decent option at 3rd.
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Granted some of the comments said that Gaby @ 3rd was not a good idea, but I don’t really care at this point…just looking at options
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:07 AM MDT up reply actions
It's unorthodox, but I've heard worse suggestions.
It’s definitely a step down defensively, it just depends how much we lose there vs. how much we’d gain on offense. I’d at least hope the Rockies consider ideas like this.
Can it be worse than Wiggy?
I figure if anything we have a decent option for 1st Base for every other day when helton is sore
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:11 AM MDT up reply actions
i'm definitely in a "screw defense, let's get a real hitter" mentality for now
focusing on defense-first has gotten us nowhere
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I am with you…they can be good at defense but then they should at least be clutch hitters. Somethin we haven’t found
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:30 AM MDT up reply actions
When DOD was shopping Stewart...
SD wanted Iannetta as someone to flip in a deal for Headley. They also wanted us to take Hundley off their hands. Defensively Ianetta and Hundley are a wash to me. I wonder how he’d do offensively taken out of Petco. I know he wouldn’t have Chris’s numbers, but would he be as far behind out of Petco?
They wanted nothing to do with Ian , however which was DOD’s purpose for calling. I don’t know what if any prospects on both ends were involved. I thought DOD was being short sighted not to listen.
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I frankly love the idea.
We made Atkins work for long enough; this way there’d actually BE a Helton replacement.
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by Andrew Martin on Nov 3, 2011 9:19 AM MDT up reply actions
My thoughts are
We either need a 5 hole hitter capable of .300 25-30 HRS and 95 RBI’s
or
We need a 5 & 6 hole hitters who hit .275 with 20 HRS and 75-80 RBI’s.
I think smith could be the 6 hole hitter and give us that production and I think that Gaby Sanchez could also give us that produciton.
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:29 AM MDT up reply actions
I could go with that; Again It's part of why I've wanted Headley.
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do you want headley?
i never would have guessed…
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I do because to me he's the best value we could attain.
I was never really a big fan; I just saw him as a fit at three possible positions with some cost controll and value to be flipped later if we did not want to afford him long term. Nobody with the exception of Prado fit my criteria as exactly.
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No foolin?
You’ve never mentioned Headley before…
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by Andrew Martin on Nov 3, 2011 9:55 AM MDT up reply actions
Do You really see any one who beats him value wise?
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(we're yanking your chain because you always bring him in every discussion)
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Gaby would be nice to have.
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Made it an even 200
where can I find a scouting report?
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:31 AM MDT up reply actions
He's hitting up to 98 on the gun..
Here’s a tweet from a scout in the AFL on Scahill.
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:47 AM MDT up reply actions
His twitter picture looks a lot like
Papelbon
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:32 AM MDT up reply actions
Don't say that!
I love me some Scahill
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Did you see his halloween costume?
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Hes also a fan of the Row
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:43 AM MDT up reply actions
You got me there.
But I’m actually a fan of Scahill’s, I think he’s one of our more underrated prospect assets.
absolutely he is
Easily my favorite out of the prospects who were not ranked top 35 purps. Then again, I ranked him 22nd or so
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 3, 2011 10:06 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
That sounds about where I had him, mid-20s
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step 1: sign carlos beltran
step 2: trade for johnny danks
step 3:
step 4: profit
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U can't be serious about Beltran can you?
I mean I’d love him if he came cheap…its just that he won’t. Id rather spend another $8 Mil per year and get Fielder
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:35 AM MDT up reply actions
fielder has nowhere to play here
beltran immediately solves RHB and RF… i was even hoping we’d trade for him back before the deadline
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Yeah he solves it for like 30 games
and then takes a seat for 30 games and there goes our $15 million per year
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:41 AM MDT up reply actions
He can trade off CF when CarGo's not healthy!
Oh wow, I’m going to have a drink now.
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If its a difference of like 2-3 million per year between Cuddyer and Beltran
we better take Beltran
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:42 AM MDT up reply actions
i'd even be willing to raise that to 5 or 6 mil
if we made the proper complementary trades
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Thats a big difference though in terms of our Budget
I’ll just say it now, we ain’t signing Beltran. Its not DOD’s style and it aint happenin
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:44 AM MDT up reply actions
and I don't want it to
The last thing we need is another OF we can’t count on to stay healthy for half the season.
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Personally rather just go with
Seth Smith than either Beltran Cuddyer or Willingham…Or call up Tim Wheeler and go with boom or bust. Save the money…seasoned vets who just want another contract so they can relax and retire just don’t appeal to me
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:49 AM MDT up reply actions
I wouldn't mind the power of LO MO
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions
…because we need yet another left handed OF bat?
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they’re the only ones in their right minds." Whitey Herzog
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YUP
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 10:01 AM MDT up reply actions
yup
we’ll do the classic rockies move of going after cuddyer for a while, then he’ll get to expensive and we’ll end up with willingham who will either be hurt all the time or suck, and we’ll have another floundering season
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or we'll sign Ty Wigginton again
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we should get an extension on him before he gets to be too expensive.
Same with Giambi, he is a hot commodity
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 9:49 AM MDT up reply actions
It's somuch fun playing with OPM!
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BANNED?!
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... What?
That’s one-third Fielder’s salary next year.
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Reading comprehension fail. Sorry!
I agree with you.
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by CentralCaliRox on Nov 3, 2011 9:38 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Epic. Move.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/11/minor-moves-edgar-gonzalez-.html
Edgar Gonzalez has been signed ELSEWHERE.
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we got nothing? cheapfarts.
Filling up your senses like a night in the forest since 1992.
by frightened inmate #2 on Nov 3, 2011 10:07 AM MDT up reply actions
That would have been so sweet if 2010 Ubaldo 1st 1/2
was For Real (sorry miss jackson), an we were talking about an Extension this off season for our Ace
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You're imagining a year where good things happen.
Don’t you remember it’s 2011?
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 10:45 AM MDT up reply actions
good thing we squeaked those Tulo/Cargo extensions into 2010
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 3, 2011 10:47 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Seriously.
I’m imagining a future where 2011 was just a strange aberration in Ubaldo’s career, and he doesn’t have a season ERA above 3.50 until he’s 35.
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 10:50 AM MDT up reply actions
You're right
I’m getting nervous now
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions
crap. January 11. you're right
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 3, 2011 11:04 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Read these free agent predictions...
and laugh at the two they have for the Rockies. The third is Mark Ellis coming back.
Yuck
we get Ibanez, and Rodriguez, while the Giants sign Cuddyer, and Willingham!?!?!?!?!?!?
Journalism is dead in America.
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
Well, it's the USA Today
Not exactly a bastion of sports journalism (or any journalism, for that matter). I’m surprised there were so many words in one chart – couldn’t they have made it into pictures for me?
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 11:11 AM MDT up reply actions
You know what PR needs?
More pictures.
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Avalance 2011-12 season, Mission 45 Wins.
Get well soon Juan.
That would just make
it harder to navigate
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 11:20 AM MDT up reply actions
and chesty women.
Filling up your senses like a night in the forest since 1992.
by frightened inmate #2 on Nov 3, 2011 11:22 AM MDT up reply actions
hard to navigate! :-P
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
How about pictures OF chesty women?
Two birds with one stone!
by Shoemaker on Nov 3, 2011 11:26 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Pick up lines...
for the chest?
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Professor
What’s another name for pirate treasure?
Avalance 2011-12 season, Mission 45 Wins.
Get well soon Juan.
I'd like to get a look at her booty
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 1:10 PM MDT up reply actions
This just makes me think
of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science commercials with the pirates… yikes.
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 11:33 AM MDT up reply actions
she's cute.
Thank you Cookie for many years of service. Hope all goes well with you in your continued career.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
On the plus side
they do have Cody f’ing Ross moving to the American League. I would be in favor of that.
K-Rod and Ibanez in Colorado? Not so much…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Nov 3, 2011 11:18 AM MDT up reply actions
This is the worst list I have even seen.
Not just for the Rockies, the whole thing. Who the heck is this guy?
by DumbAndNerdy on Nov 3, 2011 11:12 AM MDT up reply actions
Chris Capuano ranks as his fourth best SP available
ahead of Mark Buehrle and Edwin Jackson, among others. Clearly Paul White is a visionary.
yeah, but Chris Capuano's power would play really well at Coors.
Just a small town kid who thinks Coors Field on a sunny summer Saturday night is the best place to be on this or any other plane of existence. When a late-inning Todd Helton go-ahead homerun is added to this scenario, my brain melts.
Wait, it's not totally crazy ...
Say we end up trading two outfielders – Blackmon and Smith in separate trades for an infielder and SP – then sign Cuddyer. I think I’d rather have Ibanez next year than push Wheeler. Plus he’d be cheap and we’d be short lefties. ..
All I got. ..
by BostonTransplant on Nov 3, 2011 12:57 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Can you imagine Ibanez trying to cover the left-center gap in Coors?!
That IS hillarious.
Just a small town kid who thinks Coors Field on a sunny summer Saturday night is the best place to be on this or any other plane of existence. When a late-inning Todd Helton go-ahead homerun is added to this scenario, my brain melts.
"OK, Raul, here's our defensive scheme."
“You stand in the corner over there and catch things hit within, say, 10 feet of you. Carlos and Dex will cover everything else.”
by Shoemaker on Nov 3, 2011 11:15 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe this would work...
Dex positions himself in the left-center gap, Cargo sets-up in the right-center gap, and then we have Ibanez play rover behind second base.
Just a small town kid who thinks Coors Field on a sunny summer Saturday night is the best place to be on this or any other plane of existence. When a late-inning Todd Helton go-ahead homerun is added to this scenario, my brain melts.
eh, you got be by two seconds. But I have Raul playing deeper.
Filling up your senses like a night in the forest since 1992.
by frightened inmate #2 on Nov 3, 2011 11:20 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm open to that.
Let’s do it! Can’t wait for that Ibanez power to play here!
Just a small town kid who thinks Coors Field on a sunny summer Saturday night is the best place to be on this or any other plane of existence. When a late-inning Todd Helton go-ahead homerun is added to this scenario, my brain melts.
Yeah, because Tulo can get the balls right behind 2nd.
Filling up your senses like a night in the forest since 1992.
by frightened inmate #2 on Nov 3, 2011 11:21 AM MDT up reply actions
In that scenario
I just say plant Ibanez 20 feet in from the center field wall. Dex in left, Cargo in Right.
Filling up your senses like a night in the forest since 1992.
by frightened inmate #2 on Nov 3, 2011 11:19 AM MDT up reply actions
Where's EY2 in all of this?
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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Japan?
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
OK, Ibanez in center, EY2 in left.
It’s like a venn diagram of suck.
Filling up your senses like a night in the forest since 1992.
by frightened inmate #2 on Nov 3, 2011 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions
So in this scenario,
we have CarGo personally covering 80% of the outfield?
Maybe we could have Dex play “second base,” back him up every play, and have Tulo cover the entire middle infield!
And since he's effectively playing LF, CF and RF simultaneously
He won’t be considered GG eligible at any of them…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Nov 3, 2011 11:29 AM MDT up reply actions
Which would prove that he actually really is turrible defensively...
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Nov 3, 2011 11:38 AM MDT up reply actions
OK, stay with me here...
We have both Ibanez and Helton in left field, each covering half of it. Dex would only have to shade left a little in that scenario. EY plays second base, but he and the entire infield slides to the right 10 feet and EY has to cover all throws to first, too.
Just a small town kid who thinks Coors Field on a sunny summer Saturday night is the best place to be on this or any other plane of existence. When a late-inning Todd Helton go-ahead homerun is added to this scenario, my brain melts.
For sure...
… because, you know, his power would play well here.
Just a small town kid who thinks Coors Field on a sunny summer Saturday night is the best place to be on this or any other plane of existence. When a late-inning Todd Helton go-ahead homerun is added to this scenario, my brain melts.
and EY's speed would play well as a hybrid 1st/2nd Baseman
Just a small town kid who thinks Coors Field on a sunny summer Saturday night is the best place to be on this or any other plane of existence. When a late-inning Todd Helton go-ahead homerun is added to this scenario, my brain melts.
Imagining Ibanez doing it is almost as hilarious
as watching Ty Wigginton do it. Oh did I say hilarious? I meant horrifying.
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 11:16 AM MDT up reply actions
Why would we sign an older, crappier version of Seth Smith
When we already have Seth Smith?
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
Because for some reason
Seth Smith is completely incapable of playing every day
Signed Jim Tracy
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 3:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Seth SmithEvery player who’s name isn’t Troy or Carlos is completely incapable of playing every day
Signed Jim Tracy
P.S. Matchupz
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 3:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Grant B on mgr candidates: “Pick a favorite! Get really fired up about it! And then sit back and helplessly watch him drive you insane.”
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/11/3/2535627/cubs-cardinals-red-sox-manager-search-mike-maddux
"Some guy on the net thinks I suck, and he should know - he's got his own blog." - Nick Hornby
"Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est"
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 3, 2011 11:21 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Hurdle never drove me as insane as Tracy does.
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by Andrew Martin on Nov 3, 2011 12:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh man. This is the truth.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
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I want to buy this, but something seems wrong about it
"Some guy on the net thinks I suck, and he should know - he's got his own blog." - Nick Hornby
"Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est"
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 3, 2011 12:35 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
I want to get the Kindle Fire
but I don’t know if they will have the MLB.tv app for it
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
by waterboy31321 on Nov 3, 2011 12:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Somewhere in Dallas
200,000 people just clicked “Add to Wish List”…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Nov 3, 2011 12:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow. How is that even available? oops.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Thats like the New England Patriot 19-0 shirt.
Avalance 2011-12 season, Mission 45 Wins.
Get well soon Juan.
I want Cuddyer and Willingham, ship off wiggy and giambino (or make him a coach)
#1:Avs, #2: Rox, #3: Rapids.....#650:NBA, #651:NFL, #652:College football/basketball. Excluded from list: Deadthings, Yankees, ESPN, John Buccigross among others
Braves listening to offers on Jurrjens and Prado
BAM.
BAMBAMBAM
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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via MLBTR
tlanta is known to be looking for a power-hitting outfielder and possibly a new shortstop, so either could be acquired in a Jurrjens/Prado trade, or at the very least the Braves could pick up some salary relief
Seth Smith on the courtesy phone, paging Seth Smith…
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Smith for Prado?
Do this deal
Thank you Cookie for many years of service. Hope all goes well with you in your continued career.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
what would it take?
Thank you Cookie for many years of service. Hope all goes well with you in your continued career.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
Why not? They got essentially for Lowe.
Smith is a valuable piece, and would be a great strong platoon guy with Diaz.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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*essentially nothing for Lowe
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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and that is probably what Cleveland is going to get.
Nothing.
Thank you Cookie for many years of service. Hope all goes well with you in your continued career.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
I would have taken Lowe in a heartbeat. He still has great GB%
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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Yeah.
Smith and MAYBE a minor leaguer would do it.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Nov 3, 2011 4:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Niceeeeeeee.
Bring Prado over. Not Jurrjens though.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Nov 3, 2011 4:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Why not Jurrjens?
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
In line for seats at the Grand Junction Rockies 2012 home opener
Terrible Coors pitcher.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Nov 3, 2011 4:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Also only managed to top 200 IP once so far...
But at the right price, I think I’d take him.
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 4:54 PM MDT up reply actions
The price will be high and he is not fit to pitch here.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Nov 3, 2011 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Do we have any significant numbers for him at Coors
or are we just going off his career GB/FB rate of ~1?
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 5:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Not to imply it's just conjecture
I’m just curious to seen his numbers at Coors because I couldn’t find them
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 5:04 PM MDT up reply actions
in B-R's splits they have ballparks
hes pitched 4 games 26 IP 2-1 with a 4.5 ERA 1.53 WHIP
His pitching against line is .307/.360/.554/.915
Rock on - thanks!
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 5:49 PM MDT up reply actions
I feel so validated.
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
also,
if they really don’t think it will take much to get Prado. I think I may just make getting Prado and Danks the offseason’s sole goals.
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
Francona as a Cub?
Thank you Cookie for many years of service. Hope all goes well with you in your continued career.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
by Roxman4ever on Nov 3, 2011 3:42 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
DAN JOHNSON IS A FREE AGENT.
DAN. JOHNSON.
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Dan Johnson:
You too can have your own 31 year old version of Ian Stewart
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 4:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Seriously though.
I feel bad for the guy – talk about tough luck.
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 3, 2011 4:47 PM MDT up reply actions
guaranteed walk-off homers against elite closers?
i thnk that’s worth at least the roster spot we’re giving giambi….
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Which of these headlines sounds best..
Nationals pay $4 million for Wang.
or
Dodgers sold for $1billion from Orel.
Colorado Rockies Players on Twitter
-- odowd apologist --
by Charlie77 on Nov 3, 2011 5:00 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Bahahahahaha
Thanks, I now have iced tea all over my laptop screen.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
hehe
That’s about what I did when I read them on my twitter feed. Although in fairness, I could see the Dodgers getting paid $1Billion for Orel; because they really suck!
Colorado Rockies Players on Twitter
-- odowd apologist --
Everyone got a laugh out of this in the hosuehold.
Thank you Cookie for many years of service. Hope all goes well with you in your continued career.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
"Orel, Wang focus of baseball world"
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
In line for seats at the Grand Junction Rockies 2012 home opener
"Wang, Orel focus of baseball world"
seems like a more correct headline.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
You may be right
To me it works either way. I really don’t have a preference, I guess…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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heheheheee
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
JFK's Quote of the Day:
“Stubbornness is usually considered a negative, but I think that trait has been a positive for me.” ~Cal Ripken Jr.
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
So, this might be reaaaaallly late news but
I was just looking at the TV ratings from last week and WS Game 7 was the most watched program of the week via Nielsen. 25.4 share. And Game 6 was 3rd most watched with 21.1 share. Sandwiched in between was Sunday Night Football.
All it takes is a Game 6 and Game 7!
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I'm watching the Taiwan All-Star series
They were showing the crowd doing the wave. And Larry Bowa said how much he hated it as a player. Can we hire Larry Bowa as our manager?
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
i don't see why not
given that we currently employ some variation on a magic 8ball and a hat in that job, i’d imagine any thinking human would be a beneficial replacement
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
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