So May didn't quite get off to the start we could have hoped for. Anyway, from Troy Renck's recap:

"I think we needed to find a way to level up the top with the bottom of the lineup," manager Clint Hurdle said. "We'll just keep trying keys to unlock the offense."

via www.masterkeyworkbook.com

Yeah, it's got to be one of them right? I think he's getting closer with last night's lineup, and the six runs scored are sort of indicative of that. Obviously our major issues were on the side of run prevention, however. I've come around to agreement with the opinion that Corpas might need to follow Morales to extended Spring in Tucson for some work to sort things out one on one, as last night was just brutal to watch.  Other than that, credit should be given to the Dodgers hitters, as our pitchers weren't terrible, they just got smacked around a bit.

I'm going to be in Chicago tonight, so I won't be able to witness Jorge De La Rosa's Rockies debut. Let's just hope the bats can muster a little more against the dreaded Esteban Loaiza and his 83 mph heat than they did last time.

What's the real reason the Broncos, Nuggets and Avalanche (probably) all failed to find glory this year? The Rockies drank their karma. Actually, I don't think getting to the second round of the playoffs wasn't too terrible a result for the Avs this year, but what I want to know is where we can get a refill on that shake. STAT.

Jason Grilli and Jorge de la Rosa -plus $200,000 cash- in, Zach Simons out . Jose Capellan's stay with the MLB squad was cut short quickly, before he actually made a pitch for us, in fact.

Grilli seems to be the Tigers scapegoat for their own poor start, and those numbers actually aren't as terrible as Tiger fans assure us that his performance has been. I mentioned in the fanpost below that it's important to keep in mind he's switching to an easier league, and NL hitters haven't had a good look at him since 2001. I can't see anything wrong with getting a guy like this on the cheap.

Tulo's headed for the DL, Morales to Arizona  in attempts to fix our floundering young players. Rockies roving pitching instructor Jim Wright will attempt to fix Morales' mechanics. For an excellent write-up on those mechanics, and a photo analysis of what he's doing differently this season from his dominant performances of last season, read Alex Eisenberg's post at Baseball Intellect. It's definitely worth the time.

Omar Quintanilla may have to compete with Garrett Atkins for playing time at second after last night, but nonetheless Q gets one more shot at showing he's more than just a very good AAA player that can't make the jump to the MLB level. Fortunately for Q, perhaps, but a little more troubling for the rest of us is the fact that he actually figures to get a lot of PT with both Troy Tulowitzki and Jeff Baker going down with injuries last night.

Everything's pretty much blown up right now. Thoroughly demolished and the Rockies will certainly have to be creative to patch this stretch of games together. That's even before we get to the rotation issues for Saturday. As far as that goes, the options seem to be Josh Towers or Jorge de la Rosa . I would figure Jose Capellan is another option since he was used as a starter in Colorado Springs.

With Atkins and Iannetta's position switches, last night's game was truly a memorable one, and should go down in the Rockies all time weird games along with Brent Mayne's pitching performance and the Spring Training bee game among others. As is usually the case with those, it's made particularly special by the improbable win. One positive side effect from it, a silver lining to losing Tulo, might be that  this loosens the team up a bit. Thank goodness we were playing the Giants and not a real MLB team.