The average age of the Colorado Rockies pitching staff just took a significant increase. The Rockies signed 49-year old Jamie Moyer to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. That means that in just over 4 weeks, a man will take the field at Talking Stick who has nickels under the cushions of his couch that have been there longer than Rockies young pitching phenom Drew Pomeranz has been alive.
Seth Smith becomes the latest victim (or winner?) in the Get Rid of Underperforming Young Talent Sweepstakes. The Rockies have almost completed their 180 degree turn, having already given up on Garrett Atkins, Brad Hawpe, Chris Iannetta, Greg Reynolds and Ian Stewart.
Rockies make a trade as they slip ever further from the glory of 2007 into the mediocrity of their past, and management would do well to continue to make moves to avoid such an ungraceful fall.
In this case, we will remember Ubaldo has the most exciting pitcher to watch in Colorado history.
Dan Olson, Ian Cerveny, Jason Dennee and a multiple personality disorder discuss the Colorado Rockies’ April run. This PSC Rockies podcast was recorded on location at the Familia Camarena Tequila Loft above the Coors Field bullpens during a wintry late-April game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies.
The MLB-best Colorado Rockies have shot out to a 10-2 record over the first two weeks of the 2011 Season. Find out why they’re so damn good, how long the ride will last, and why the Rockies are favorites to win the NL West
The Colorado Rockies have the look of a division winner with just 154 games to go in the 2011 MLB Season.
he rubber match of the season opening 3-game set with the Diamondbacks suffered just such a fate, leaving the series deadlocked at one game a piece until a makeup is scheduled.
The Colorado Rockies 2011 Season will be spent monitoring not who is manning the sprawling lawn at Coors Field, but rather how well these young outfielders develop beyond their 2010 performances at the plate.
While the crisp chill of Colorado winter still hangs in the air, the looming approach of the Super Bowl (am I allowed to say that, or will I get sued?) can mean only one thing – spring training is right around the corner.
