MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Next up in our Trade Market series, right fielders. The free agent market presents options such as Jermaine Dye, Brian Giles, Vladimir Guerrero, and Xavier Nady. Brad Hawpe, Rockies. Hawpe, 30, hit .285/.384/.519 this year in 588 plate appearances. He's set to earn $7.5MM in 2010 and has a $10MM club option for '11 that he can void if traded. The knock on Hawpe is his poor defense. Last month in response...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
More photos » by Nam Y. Huh - AP This guy most definitely will be a #1. Can the National League contain him? Browse more photos » Rockies zero in on going the distance - The Denver Post Renck offers three steps for the Rockies to make it to the World Series: Win the west and have home-field advantage, have Ubaldo Jimenez become a #1, and takes pitches and strike out less (especially Carlos...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In the comments of my column last week about the Rockies ' contract situations, much of the discussion centered around what the Rockies should do with outfielder Brad Hawpe this offseason. Brad Hawpe #11 / Right Field / Colorado Rockies Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 Bats: L Throws: L Born: Jun 22, 1979 G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG 2009 - Brad Hawpe 145 501 82 143 42 3 23 86 79 145 1 3 .285...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Troy Tulowitzki's a pretty good defender. Browse more photos » Rockies tell season-ticket holders that price will remain the same | All Things Rockies But will we see an uptick in the number of season ticket plans sold? Health key to Gomez's development | ColoradoRockies.com: News We'll have another Fall League Pebble Report soon, but for now here's...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Jhoulys Chacin has produced mixed results in a couple of starts in the Venezuelan League. Browse more photos » Plenty of Rockies participating in Venezuelan League Tracy Ringolsby posted a link to this site in Insidethe Rockies .com, and I figured I'd do the same here. Chino Carvajal, who runs the site, posts daily updates for the VZL games. According...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP about 1 month ago: Colorado Rockies' Eric Young, Jr. hits a solo home run against the Cincinnati Reds in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Denver on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Browse more photos » There is an agonizingly extreme shortage of Rockies -related news today, so I figured I'd dive into a topic that was explored...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
More photos » by Tom Mihalek - AP Oops, did I just give away part of the answer? Browse more photos » Our voting for the National League Rookie of the Year was close at the top. The winner appeared on five of the six ballots, and the second-place winner appeared on five of the six ballots as well. There wasn't much love for any Rockies rookies, though one player received a third-place vote....
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
More photos » by Matt Slocum - AP This is why you don't trade for Brad Hawpe. Browse more photos » Following the Rockies ' playoff elimination, Brad Hawpe trade rumors have been floating around. Impressive performances by some young and talented outfielders in Colorado have made Hawpe expendable, according to Troy Renck at the Denver Post : Given the emergence of Carlos Gonzalez , Dexter...
crashburnalley.com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
At Baseball Daily Digest, I make my selections for AL and NL Rookies of the Year. Looking at WAR, we can narrow our field of eight down to six. The Phillies’ J.A. Happ and the Rockies’ Dexter Fowler are the only candidates with a WAR total under 2. Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates and Randy Wells [...]
SI.com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
It was just a bunt, a little roller in front of the mound off the bat of Dexter Fowler, but it confounded the heck out of reliever Scott Eyre. Before he could even reach the thing, he'd stumbled horribly to the ground, where he grabbed an ankle, writhed about and pounded his fist.
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Even as Woody Paige writes the epitaph to a great 2009 season, Rockies fans looking for some solace after the toughest loss in franchise history can be consoled by looking forward to next year. That's not to say that we shouldn't look back and honor the efforts of our team and what was a magical, pretty unique season. We Colorado Rockies fans are pretty spoiled in that regard, having two likable, heroic...
Minor League Ball (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Here is the Top 50 PRE-SEASON Hitting Prospects list from the 2009 book. Remember, this was the PRE-SEASON list. I always do a post-mortem on the list every year to see how things panned out. Top 50 Hitting Prospects for 2009 1) Matt Wieters , C, Baltimore Orioles Hit .288/.340/.412 in 96 games for the Orioles. He was hot late in the season and I still expect him to be an excellent player. The power...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
DENVER - The moment would have demoralized nearly any other team. In the eighth inning of Monday's National League division series clincher, Dexter Fowler's acrobatic baserunning clouded a key moment for Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins, whose baseball instincts are typically flawless.
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Colorado's season ended in heartbreaking fashion last night, when the normally reliable Huston Street lost his second game in as many days for the first time in his career. Now the front office will focus on trying to improve a team that went 72-38 after July 3rd this season. The club has several young players (like Ian Stewart, Dexter Fowler, and Carlos Gonzalez) estabishing themselves in the bigs,...
Faith and Fear in Flushing (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Century Boulevard? Victory Boulevard? Santa Monica Boulevard? We love them! We love our Southern California baseball teams. Yes, we love L.A. We love Anaheim of L.A. We love the Dodgers. We love the Angels. Nine years after we began this decade with a Subway Series, we are keen to bookend the 2000s with a Freeway Series. Despite the dexterity of Dexter Fowler the fabulous flying Colorado Rockie, we...
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