The Rockies have signed 49-year old lefty starting Jamie Moyer to a minor league deal. Moyer missed all of last season due to Tommy John Surgery that he had in 2010. He last pitched in the majors for the Phillies in 2009. He pitched in 19 games (all starts) for the Phillies in 2009 and he was 9-9 with a 4.84 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP. Moyer has now pitched in 686 games (628 starts) in his first 24 years in the majors and he is 267-204 with a 4.24 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP. This was a decent signing for the Rockies as Moyer always seems to rise when people write him off.
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January 24, 2012
Jorge de la Rosa (credits below) This is part 2 of our 30 part series previewing every starting rotation in the league. Now up: the Colorado Rockies. Jorge de la Rosa has pitched more than 130 innings in a major league season exactly once (185 IP in 2009). The only season in which he recorded an ERA under 4.00 was his 3.51 mark in just 59 innings before injury last year. The...
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January 23, 2012
The Rockies have acquired 36-year old righty swinging 2B/SS Marco Scutaro from the Red Sox for 26-year old righty starter/reliever Clayton Mortensen. Scutaro played in 113 games for the Red Sox last year and he was 118 of 395 (.299 avg, .781 OPS) with 59 runs scored, 7 homers, 54 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. He has now played in 1,103 games in his first 10 years in the majors and he...
The Colorado Rockies announced today that the club has officially agreed to terms on a contract extension for right-handed relief pitcher and closer Rafael Betancourt. The new deal has Betancourt making $4MM this year, $4.25MM in 2013, and includes a $4.25MM option for 2014.
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January 24, 2012
The Rockies have sent 27-year old righty starting pitcher Kevin Slowey to the Cleveland Indians for 24-year old righty reliever Zach Putnam. Slowey was acquired earlier this winter in a deal with the Twins, so he didn’t get a chance to pitch for the Rockies. Putnam pitched in 8 games (0 starts) for the Indians last year (his first taste of the majors) and he was 1-1 with...
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January 24, 2012
Kevin Millwood and the Seattle Mariners have agreed to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.
Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik said during a conference call Monday that Millwood will have a chance to compete for a spot in the rotation.
The 37-year-old Millwood gets a $1 million salary if he makes Seattle's 40-man roster and he can earn an additional...
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January 24, 2012
For the second time this offseason, Kevin Slowey has been traded. This time, he’s going from the Rockies to the Indians. The return for Colorado is 24-year-old reliever Zach Putnam, who had a cup of coffee with the Indians in September. You know what that means? It means that we have 114 pitches worth of PITCHf/x for Putnam’s debut. Before we get into that, though, letâ...
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January 25, 2012
The Colorado Rockies and right-handed reliever Rafael Betancourt have agreed to an $8.5 million, two-year contract that guarantees him an additional $4.25 million.
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January 25, 2012
Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.Making sense of the Marco Scutaro trade. Shorter version - it was a salary dump.What the biggest solar storm since 2005 looked like.This female archer is wicked awesome! HT Chris LindsayRob Gronkowski's famous "I am party" ESPN Desportes interview. Interesting - the Science of Sword Swallowing
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