Rockies Roster Shuffle Continues - Jose Lopez is Designated For Assignment

At least we got a moral victory tonight!

Damn, he was tearing it up, too.

does he split time at 2B with Herrera?

seems like he received a nice birthday present. I hope he does well, because there aren’t many players who work as hard as he does.

He has had a very good approach at the plate this year, and his running game, if he is playing smarter on the bases of course, can really open up a lot of holes in the defense and distract the pitchers. Considering all the outs that Fowler (and the team really) has made on the basepaths recently, I think it could help to jumpstart the offense.

     I’ve seen a lot of teams have a quicker hook. I think DOD either feels it’s time for no more mister nice guy, or Charlie told him so. Somebody had to be the example that no one is garaunteed a job. The Monforts probably see their window slipping away. Todd has very little time left and will need to be replaced in the near future. Ubaldo has not lived up to ace staus. Cargo and Tulo appear to the uninformed like they are sitting on the money. I would not blame them (the Monforts) for wanting to see who wants it most and whose going to get it..

    The real prolem is roster construction and the make up of whom we draft and what we teach them. Charley Lau’s spinning in his grave becuase he fought this battle over and over again in every orginization he worked for. You have to teach and reteach the contact skills first and let the power come second. As Ian is proveing; all the power in the world is worth nothing if you don’t make consistant contact. The best Rockie example was Tulo coming back from his wrist injury last year. I almost wish his wrist hurt so he could go back to that place. ( and no I don’t really want to break his wrist again!)

http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110526&content_id=19620874&notebook_id=19628552&vkey=notebook_col&c_id=col

EY2, Nicasio, Daley. Now give me Nelson, Brothers and eventually Blackmon. Although it might be easier to bus Cargo and Tulo down to Springs and just give them all Rockies uniforms. At least the offense would be sure to get going.

When did that happen?? ;)
Seriously, do the 37 players on the 40 man roster include De La Rosa still? He is only on the 15 day DL so should still be on the 40 man.

If so, then that seems pretty unfair that a team still has to pay a player if they refuse to show up to work (albeit at a different office).
Actually I seem to recall he could refuse his assignment, and then sign with another Major League team at minimum salary, the Rox then pay the difference. Is this correct?

He has been awful so far, but he’s proven to be a useful player before and I’d have liked him to be given more of a chance given his pedigree and (yes) salary. Amezaga should have been gone first.

That said, I’m hoping that EY2 is better this time around.

Maybe there is a silver lining to this cloud.

—forever the optimist.

and even that is negligible. I think the intangible here is that he was a square peg for the round hole the rox thought he would fill. They were hoping for the all-star 2B Lopez and disregarded his more recent performance and rep. Having read Lookout Landing’s opinion of him (before and after the rox picked him up) it seems we basically got the same Lopez they had had more than enough of (yes fully understanding how fickle a fan base can be).

My main impression is he certainly did not pass the Tulo test in desire and hustle. The man is already slower than molasses and he didn’t do himself any favors by lollygagging out of the box every time — the Dbacks announcers noted he made a double into a single in the first game of this series and I laughed (because it was true).