Colon-o-Scopy

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News: Colon’s Performance in WL Finals
Published 1/23/2008 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... In a report for Baseball Prospectus, Derek Jacques recaps Bartolo Colon’s recent pitching performance during yesterday’s Dominican League Finals. ...

Odds and Ends: Cano, Colon, Lowry
Published 1/23/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Baseball Prospectus' Derek Jacques saw Bartolo Colon pitch in the Dominican League Finals, and lends his evaluation.  Colon was not impressive, but not terrible.  It doesn't seem like he will get the two-year deal he wants. ...

Anatomy of a player: Bartolo Colon
Published 2/5/2008 by Josh Kalk at THT Live
... . Colon, who has been pitching in winter ball with mixed results , has struggled the previous two years and hasn't managed either 30 starts or 200 innings in those years combined. Much has been made of Colon's weight and now, many question if he still can hold up over a season as a 35-year-old. Obviously, this is the most important question teams have to ask when they are pondering whether to sign him. While I don't have particular insight on that, I do want to focus on the second most important question: Does he still have the stuff that made him the 2005 Cy Young? At first ...

Colon reaches preliminary deal with White Sox
Published 2/20/2008 by David Golebiewski at The Transaction Guy
... Colon is very much an unknown quantity at this point. Scouting reports from winter ball were less than flattering, noting diminished velocity but ample girth. The beefy righthander has never been known his commitment to conditioning, but at 34 years old and with a number of elbow and shoulder maladies in his past, he’s going to have to take care of his body to stick around. ...

Colon signs minor league deal with Red Sox
Published 2/25/2008 by David Golebiewski at The Transaction Guy
... Colon is very much an unknown quantity at this point. Scouting reports from winter ball were less than flattering, noting diminished velocity but ample girth. The beefy righthander has never been known his commitment to conditioning, but at 34 years old and with a number of elbow and shoulder maladies in his past, he’s going to have to take care of his body to stick around. ...

Published 3/3/2008 by El Guapo's Ghost at El Guapo's Ghost Rambles on about the Red Sox
... Since the Sox want to keep Buchholz under 180 innings (30 GS / 6 months = 5 per month * 6 IN per start * 5 months = 150 innings plus 15 IN October equals 165), he will not be in the rotation before May. At that time, the low to mid-90’s throwing Colon – it is not uncommon for pitchers to pick up a tick or two on the gun when relieving - could re-appear setting up Papelbon. An in-house power reliever is better than having to pay for one in the form of a top up-and-coming prospect like Engel Beltre and others. ...