From the Denver Post: Brad Hawpe made a successful debut in Wednesday’s intrasquad scrimmage, doubling and throwing out Jonathan Herrera at second base. The right fielder, who will play in today’s game, is encouraged by how his body has responded to a lighter weight (roughly 208 pounds, compared with 215 last spring) and healthier diet. [...]

This is part of a series of posts wherein we belittle teams for their bewildering offseason buffoonery, or else extol them their their excellent preseason exploits. The Rockies’ moves this offseason ooze competence. After making a surprising run to the NL Wild Card berth last season, thanks to the emergence of young stars like 3B [...]

Believe it or not, the Colorado Rockies had one of the best pitching staffs in the National League in 2009. Away from the launchpad (McQuack?) that is Coors Field, their pitchers held opposing batters to a .256/.323/.390 production line to go along with a 2.23 K/BB ratio and 67 HRs allowed, which puts them among [...]

The emerging consensus around baseball is that former White Sox starting pitcher Jose Contreras is old and just about washed up. Certainly, his traditional stats of a 5-13 ERA and a 5.42 ERA do little to convince you otherwise. Which is why I was shocked when I looked at Alejandro’s White Sox WAR pie and [...]

The Giants and the Rockies are battling it out for the National League wild card, but both teams are refusing to put their best lineup on the field. Seth Smith is the second best hitter on the Colorado Rockies. In 251 at-bats, he has compiled a .909 OPS, and his .394 wOBA is second on [...]

I was going to write this big post about how insanely unbelievable it was that Joe Torre didn’t use George Sherrill (or at least Jonathan Broxton) in the 10th inning of yesterday’s opening game of a three-game set with the Colorado Rockies, but the guy over at “Mike Scioscia’s Tragic Illness” has already said everything [...]