minorleagueball.com - 12/18/2008
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Colorado Rockies Top 20 Prospects for 2009
All grades are EXTREMELY PRELIMINARY and subject to change. Don’t get too worried about exact rankings at this point, especially once you get out of the top 10. Grade C+/C guys are pretty interchangeable depending on what you are ...
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rockymountainnews.com - 12/19/2008
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With Ian Stewart ready for his big-league opportunity,
the Rockies have what could be a key bargaining...
chip for a major offseason deal with incumbent third baseman Garrett Atkins. The Rockies have put Atkins trade talks on hold in part because the ...
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RINGOLSBY: Rockies cautious on trading Atkins : Rockies ...
rockymountainnews.com - 12/11/2008
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The Rockies lost left-handed closer Brian Fuentes as
a free agent. Left fielder Matt Holliday was dealt...
to Oakland. Center fielder Willy Taveras most likely will be cut loose Friday night, the deadline for tendering players on the 40-man roster ...
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Losses haven't fazed Rockies : Rockies : The Rocky ...
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John Sickels' Colorado Rockies Top 20 Prospects
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John Sickels' Colorado Rockies Top 20 Prospects
Matches up with our list in some places.
Colorado Rockies/Tampa Bay Rays Deal Could Center Around Aneury Rodriguez
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... a good downhill angle.
"The kid throws strikes," Linton said. "That’s another thing, at 18 years old, you get kids who still have a problem with command. And he doesn’t have that. He throws strikes in the zone, but throughout a ballgame, because he’s so tall and lanky, he tends to get long (with his stride). And when he gets long, he gets underneath pitches."
I would expect that his velocity has clicked up a few ticks, especially given what John Sickels said:
8) Aneury Rodriguez, RHP, ...
Closing Time: In which Ozzie Guillen delivers a vote of confidence
Roto Arcade —
... month. • BP's Kevin Goldstein tweets the following: "Rockies RHP Jhoulys Chacin pitches one inning 'removed as a precaution for possible, future organizational moves.'" (Thanks, MLB Trade Rumors). Chacin is a 21-year-old right-hander with a 3.14 ERA at Double-A and 86 Ks in 103.1 IP. He was widely considered the organization's second best prospect entering the season, trailing only Dexter Fowler. (Sickels, Baseball America). Something's up, but a Halladay-to-Colorado move has not ...
Betancourt Trade Analysis Using Trade Value Calculator
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... ) rankings. Sickels ranked Connor Graham as a B-/C+ prospect (fifth in the system overall) going into 2009. Using Manning's chart, this differentiation is rather large ($6.5 million for a Grade B pitcher, $1.3 million for a C pitcher 23 and older). ...
Instant Analysis: Beimel Trade
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... is involved, a player that wasn't even graded by Sickels--basically meaning that he has very little major league value, plus another minor league pitcher likely in a similar situation. ...
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Onward, ho.
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Oh ...
Gonzalez red-hot in Venezuelan league —
Major League Baseball News 12/20/2008
Carlos Gonzalez, a Rockies outfield prospect who could turn out the be the key to the trade that sent Matt Holliday to the Athletics, knocked two home runs and drove in five runs for Zulia in a 9-2 victory over Caracas in Venezuelan Winter League play.
