Saturday Rockpile: Notes on Stewart, Wigginton, Helton, and Greg Reynolds

by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 14, 2011 9:37 AM MDT in Rockpile

Stewart Has Discussed Trade With Rockies: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
As AMart mentioned near the end of his post yesterday, there are indeed rumblings that Ian Stewart could be a trade candidate. In fact, Stewart actually met with Dan O'Dowd and Jim Tracy about that very thing in a meeting. However, according to Jim Armstrong, the Rockies assured him that they're not going to trade him (likely because his value is so low at this point). I'm not sure I agree that we've seen the last of Stewart as a Rockie, but that certainly is dependent on his performance in Colorado Springs. This is definitely a situation worth monitoring, as it would be interesting to see what the Rockies could get in return for the struggling 26-year-old third baseman.

Tracy hoping Wigginton provides ‘hot hand’ | All Things Rockies — Colorado Rockies news — Denver Post
I don't want to jump to any conclusions, but maybe Troy Tulowitzki isn't the "as he goes, the team goes" guy on the Rockies. Maybe it's Ty Wigginton.

Of course, I'm not serious about that statement, but hey - the Rockies went 3-9 between the Cubs series (when Wiggy was injured) and yesterday's win over the Padres (in which which Ty returned). For what it's worth, Wigginton went 1-for-5 with a double and a run scored last night. Not exactly lighting it up, but it's certainly no Ian Stewart-level production, either. I wonder what his intangibles per 9 innings looks like.

Twitter / @Troy Renck, Rockies
This is the only thing I could find at this point regarding Todd Helton's injury in last night's game. After scoring on Ryan Spilborghs' infield single, Helton came up limping a bit and ended up exiting the game with an apparent calf injury. Renck says it's just muscle tightness, but we'll have to wait and see if anything else comes of it. I could see Helton getting a day or two off just by default.

Moss: Reynolds back on Rockies' radar - The Denver Post
After doing a fairly solid job in a couple of starts for the Rockies, Greg Reynolds is continuing to garner the attention of the big league club while pitching in Colorado Springs. Reynolds is throwing fairly late into games (especially considering the crazy hitting environments in which he's doing so), and appears to be completely healthy for the first time in a few years.

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Is Greg Reynolds

the insurance policy on Aaron Cook?

by roxintober on May 14, 2011 9:53 AM MDT reply actions

Mortensen, Reynolds and Rodgers in that order IMHO.

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by Oldfoagie on May 14, 2011 9:57 AM MDT up reply actions

Right now Rogers is not in the picture

Would be nice to see him come back even stronger than before, but I am concerned about some sort of lingering injury that will take months to cure.

I see Mortensen as much more solid throughout than Rogers ever was at this point. Whether Reynolds can come back for real remains to be seen.

by Real Perspective on May 14, 2011 10:44 AM MDT up reply actions

JFK's Quote of the Day:

“Does Pete (Rose) hustle? Before the All-Star game he came into the clubhouse and took off his shoes and they ran another mile without him.” ~Hank Aaron

"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

by jrockies on May 14, 2011 10:06 AM MDT reply actions

So that's what happened to the missing flubber?

by Oldfoagie on May 14, 2011 10:18 AM MDT up reply actions

since things are kinda slow...what do you think of Pete Rose for the HallofFame?

by butterfly on May 14, 2011 10:23 AM MDT up reply actions

Rose earned it

Rose made the mistake of betting on his own sport. Bad form. But as a player he played for real, and was never juiced.

by Real Perspective on May 14, 2011 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions

You could say his greatness aggravates his offense.

by Rutabaga on May 14, 2011 10:47 AM MDT up reply actions

Taken in isolation: Negative

As relative to others in there (and who will be, someday): Affirmative.

But really: Negative.

by Rutabaga on May 14, 2011 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions

I think Rose -

and Joe Jackson, for that matter – should be eligible. And whether they get in should rest with the HOF voters. My guess is Rose would fall just short under that scenario, but at least it wouldn’t just be Bart Giamatti who kept him out.

by Northsider1964 on May 14, 2011 10:52 AM MDT up reply actions

Watching him play he deserved in...

If you banned from baseball all the steroid users as well as the gamblers by the same standards the hall would look a lot different. Include the anphetimne and other illict drug users and you might wipe out a third of the existing HOFers

by Oldfoagie on May 14, 2011 11:24 AM MDT up reply actions

As for integrity/sportsmanship/character, the question is

should players be inducted based on the official standards of the Hall, or relative to the merits of other players? The cat’s out of the bag, I think, so if the basis is ‘relative to others,’ certainly he should be in.

by Rutabaga on May 14, 2011 11:29 AM MDT up reply actions

not

He bet on his own team as a manager. That is enough to keep him out, imho. The fact that he was also a superb player is unfortunately moot. Plus he’s a jerk….

"It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham." -Woody Allen

by azdenfan on May 14, 2011 11:44 AM MDT up reply actions

Yesterday's game was much more enjoyable to watch than the last few. What was not enjoyable, however, what was what I witnessed after the game:

train of though and visual:

thought: “what does that rather attractive woman have over there…, OH, its a can of smokeless tobacco, she’s probably got for a husband or something..”

view: woman opens can…

thought: “oh. no.”

view: woman takes nice healthy dip….

thought: “ewwww,, ewwww, ewwww”

/start to dry heave.

Can there be anything more unattractive and just flat out nasty, THAN A WOMAN WHO DIPS?1?!

We Fear NO ONE.
Because We Know: WE ARE THE ROCKIES.

by The Lodo Magic Man on May 14, 2011 10:29 AM MDT reply actions

*train of thought

We Fear NO ONE.
Because We Know: WE ARE THE ROCKIES.

by The Lodo Magic Man on May 14, 2011 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions

Is there a difference in the gender application?

Why wouldn’t a guy dipping not be as disgusting to a woman as a woman dipping is to a man?

by Real Perspective on May 14, 2011 10:51 AM MDT up reply actions

It is just as disgusting IMO

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by SDcat09 on May 14, 2011 10:58 AM MDT up reply actions

anyone dipping is disgusting, period

Eff the Giants

by Colsportsfan on May 14, 2011 11:36 AM MDT up reply actions

it's all that spitting that takes place after they dipped that is more gross to me...either gender

by butterfly on May 14, 2011 11:37 AM MDT up reply actions

I hear the White Sox have a six man rotation

Stewart for Gavin Floyd makes sense for everyone right?

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on May 14, 2011 10:30 AM MDT via mobile reply actions

as long as it doesn't involve us sending the players for Floyd we need to get a top level 3rd baseman.

We Fear NO ONE.
Because We Know: WE ARE THE ROCKIES.

by The Lodo Magic Man on May 14, 2011 10:41 AM MDT up reply actions

It's too early to talk about trading Stewart

Stewart right now would be worth very little in a trade and so trading him would hurt the team in the long run. If he comes back, then the Rox can decide whether it worth while to trade him. As long as he has options, so do the Rox.

by Real Perspective on May 14, 2011 10:49 AM MDT up reply actions

Wiggy is an element in how well they play

The observation that the Rox play better with Wiggy than without him is a valid observation. But I would think there are a number of people out there who contribute to team synergy. I think Smitty is an element. Certainly Helton. Tulo as well. But it’s apprent so far Wiggy’s presence has a positve impact, if nothing more than pitchers have to be concerned about him, and he is not just an easy out late in the lineup.

by Real Perspective on May 14, 2011 10:57 AM MDT reply actions