Troy Renck of the Denver Post has a couple notes at the bottom of his column today worth mentioning.
First, the Rockies remain interested in pitcher Julian Tavarez, who was recently DFA’d by Boston. Colorado is not willing to give up pitching prospect Brandon Hynick in any deal, however.
Also, former Rockies reliever Jose Capellan elected for free agency […]
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As reported by the Boston Herald, the Red Sox have designated reliever Julian Tavarez for assignment. This was done in order to make room for Sean Casey, who has been activated from the disabled list.
We know the Colorado Rockies have had interest in acquiring Tavarez. A deal could still be worked out between the two teams within […]
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Rob Bradford of The Boston Herald has an update on the Julian Tavarez/Colorado Rockies trade rumor, reporting that the Rockies remain interested in the versatile sinkerballer, who has been seldom used by the Red Sox recently.
The rash of injuries and ineffectiveness of the Rockies pitching (starters and relievers) would seem to make Colorado’s interest in Tavarez […]
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ESPN’s Buster Olney has a few interesting tidbits in his blog today. Here’s a rundown:
It’s pure speculation, but Olney sees a potential fit between the Indians and Rockies, involving Garrett Atkins. Of course, it should take a bit more time before the Rockies even consider trading off veterans like “The Diet.” But if the Rox do […]
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The San Diego Padres, looking for help in centerfield, have contacted Colorado, who feature depth at that position with Willy Taveras, Scott Podsednick, and Corey Sullivan.
The Rox have a week to determine the fate of pitcher Mark Redman. Redman’s contract has a clause in it that allows Colorado to release him within 45 days of […]
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According to Troy E. Renck of The Denver Post, the Colorado Rockies are actively seeking trades to strengthen the depth of their starting pitching. The team has apparently been discussing trades for Cincinnati’s Josh Fogg (who rejected a $5M offer in the offseason to fleece himself) and Boston’s Julian Tavarez.
The Rox has also talked about dealing […]
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According to Troy E. Renck at The Denver Post, the Colorado Rockies have agreed in principle to a minor-league contract with infielder Juan Castro. Castro’s agent seemed to have said it all, “We are going to Colorado.” With the devasting injury to shortstop Troy Tulowizki fresh on the club’s mind, they felt they needed to […]
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According to Tracy Ringolsby at the Rocky Mountain News, Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki has a torn tendon in his left quadricep, which could potentially keep him out until at least the All-Star Break (July 14-16).
Tulo suffered the injury in the 1st inning of Tuesday’s game against the San Francisco Giants. The worst part of […]
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According to Jason Beck at MLB.com, the Detroit Tigers traded 31-year old reliever Jason Grilli to the Colorado Rockies for 21-year old minor-league prospect Zach Simons, a righty relief pitcher. Grilli has been with the Tigers since the 2005 season. He had a 3.29 ERA in 13 2/3 innings pitched in ‘08.
The trade has opened […]
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According to Tracy Ringolsby, it was a difficult night for the Rockies. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki injured his quad fielding a groundball in the 1st inning. He later aggravated the injury on a grounder up the middle, having to leave the game. His injury status is not known. They’ll most likely see how he feels today […]
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According to Tracy Ringolsby of the Rocky Mountain News, the Colorado Rockies have designated second baseman Jayson Nix for assignment. Nix had won the starting 2B job in Spring Training, but has struggled mightily with bat this season, hitting an atrocious .111. He did play some excellent defense, however. Clint Barmes will now resume the […]
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Buster Olney recently wrote a piece for ESPN The Magazine where he named five players that could now be, or might potentially soon be, on the trading block. He gives “selling points” for each player, as well as things interested teams should be wary of. Click the link to get all the great insight for every player.
The […]
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As per the Rocky Mountain News, the Rockies have announced that Brian Fuentes will once again inherit the closer’s job. This due to, in large part, two consecutive blown saves by Manuel Corpas against the Chicago Cubs. In total, Corpas was just 4 out of 8 thus far in save chances. He had blown 3 […]
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UPDATE: (4/19) 3:52pm (EST) - As per Stephen Ellsesser at MLB.com, Matt Belisle will in fact take Fogg’s spot in the starting rotation on Monday against the Dodgers. Nice work Josh!
Apr 17, 3:04pm (EST) - According to John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Reds pitcher Josh Fogg may have pitched himself out of the rotation with […]
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The 2008 payrolls were released earlier this month by Major League Baseball, and there were a few surprises. What isn’t much of a surprise is that the New York Yankees were once again #1 on that list, topping $209 million (yet another payroll record).
Of interest though is that both the Detroit Tigers and New York Mets have leap-froged the […]
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As far as the Colorado Rockies go, it doesn’t get much better than the work our friend Tracy Ringolsby does covering the team for the Rocky Mountain News. Check out the 24/7 Colorado Rockies Blog he and Jack Etkin have going. It’s a very good read. You can also find the link to this blog under our “Fleece’s […]
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UPDATE: (Apr 2, 5:07pm EST) - Tracy Ringolsby of the Rocky Mountain News is reporting that it seems like a relative certainty that the Royals will get Jorge De La Rosa from the Rox, but there’s no rush to get a deal done.
UPDATE: (Mar 30, 12:00pm EST) - The Kansas City Star is reporting that the […]
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Just a couple of news items to get you caught up on most of today’s roster activity from around the league:
The Cardinals announced that Anthony Reyes will join the team’s bullpen as their long reliever.
Colorado Rockies optioned OF Cory Sullivan to AAA, and Scott Podsednik will man the fifth outfielder spot for the club.
The Washington Nationals […]
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According to the NY Daily News, the New York Mets have sent Rule 5 draft pick Steven Register back to the Colorado Rockies. The Mets had hoped to work out a trade with Colorado to keep the relief pitcher Register and send him to their AAA affiliate in New Orleans. The two sides were unable to […]
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On March 24th, MLB Fleece Factor kicked off the 2008 Sweet Sixteen of Offseason Fleeces. This tournament - whose winners will be determined by you - is Fleece Factor’s version of the NCAA March Madness Tournament. The last FLEECE standing in this tournament will be awarded the 2008 Offseason Golden Fleece Award.
After an incredibly impressive turnout for first […]
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According to Tony Jackson of the LA Daily News, we can add yet another infielder to the medical staff’s treatment list, as Dodger Tony Abreu will now open the season on the disabled list as well. Abreu has a strained grown, and won’t be available to return to the lineup until April 11th (vs. Padres). He […]
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UPDATE: (3/27) 12:11am (EST) - As per rotoworld, the Rockies released Marcus Giles, as they were not able to complete a trade with the Dodgers. Of course, Giles could still sign in L.A. before Opening Day.
UPDATE: (3/25) 6:24am (EST) - Marcus Giles’ agent, Joe Bick, has told the L.A. Times that a deal between the Dodgers […]
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Because March Madness shouldn’t just be for college hoops fans…
MLB Fleece Factor introduces the Sweet Sixteen of Offseason MLB Fleeces!
We’ve set up the brackets, and we’re leaving it up to you to determine the winner of this honor…let’s call it the 2008 Offseason Golden Fleece Award!
Here’s a complete set of brackets for you:
Click Here For Your “2008 Sweet […]
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As per The Denver Post, the Colorado Rockies pitching rotation for the 2008 season appears to be shaking out. Kip Wells, who was signed this past offseason to compete for a spot in the rotation as a possible #5 starter, was just named to the bullpen. He will serve as the team’s long reliever.
With right-hander […]
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Tracy Ringolsby of the Rocky Mountain News provides a few interesting notes on the Rockies tonight:
Mark Redman is the favorite for the 5th starter job. But the three candidates for this position will have two more opportunities left in Spring Training to prove themselves. Ringolsby believes Josh Towers has a shot, but that Kip Wells will […]
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Jayson Stark, of ESPN.com “fame,” brings us all some more juicy rumors as Opening Day rapidly approaches:
The Chicago Cubs are getting really frustrated with the whole Brian Roberts saga, as are we! After seemingly 3 months of negoitations, and with the regular season less than 2 weeks away, the Orioles supposedly have still not even told […]
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Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe delivers some knowledge down to all of us:
Mets GM Omar Minaya thinks that Moises Alou will be back much sooner than most people think. He is still, however, looking to add a right-handed hitting OF/1B.
Said Boras about his client Jeff Weaver, “There’s been a lot of interest. Pitching is […]
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Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post has the following minor tidbits out in his column today regarding Colorado Rockies trade rumors:
Rockies GM Dan O’Dowd tells Saunders that “he has no plans to trade infielder Clint Barmes.” Barmes had been rumored to be possibly heading to the Angels or Orioles. I’m not sure why O’Dowd would close […]
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It turns out that a Rockies fan pulled the old switch-a-roo to secure Barry Bonds’ tainted 762nd homerun ball - which might be Bonds’ last career homerun ball, and could land the fan some serious cheddar.
The Rocky Mountain News tells us that 24-year-old Boulder, Colorado resident Jameson Sutton pretty much fleeced two other fans in the chase for this ball […]
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The Fleece Factor crew continues to work hard to complete in depth previews of all thirty major league teams as the 2008 season quickly approaches. These MLB team outlooks should be finished soon, at which point we will put ourselves on the line and make our own individual predictions. So stay tuned for those!
We have […]
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According to Tracy Ringolsby, the Colorado Rockies have gotten what appears to be some good news in regards to two of their pitchers. SP Aaron Cook(right shoulder soreness) and RP Luis Vizcaino (elbow tightness) both pitched in a minor league game on Wednesday. Neither appeared to report any discomfort with their injuries, and should be […]
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UPDATE: (3/13) 9:24am (EST) - According to the Denver Post, Rockies’ GM Dan O’Dowd expects Hirsh to begin the year on DL. Hirsh should be back by late April, as he is slated to begin throwing again in the next two weeks.
Mar 11, 12:37pm (EST) - According to Thomas Harding at MLB.com, Colorado Rockies right-hander […]
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According to Troy E. Renck of The Denver Post, Colorado Rockies left-hander Brian Fuentes is attracting interest from teams, and the New York Yankees are one team that is “keeping an eye on him.” The Yanks organization apparently had a scout at yesterday’s game, and saw Fuentes pitch a scoreless inning.
However, it should also be […]
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UPDATE: (3/11) 10:07am (EST) - Troy Renck is back again on Barmes, and adds the Orioles as another suitor for his services. But unlike with the Angels, Barmes might be the starting SS for the O’s.
Mar 9, 12:56pm (EST) - According to Troy E. Renck at The Denver Post, the Los Angeles are looking around […]
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Just wanted to get out some stories (mostly injury updates) from around the major leagues today. Here goes:
Hideki Matsui (knee) is expected to make his spring debut this Sunday as the Yankees DH.
Nationals pitcher Shawn Hill has lingering soreness in his forearm, and may be “shut down” for quite some time.
Rockies relief pitcher Luis Vizcaino […]
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