You know those Internet quizzes that ask you to name all 30 MLB teams in a couple minutes? For me, if I don’t get all of them, the one team that I miss is the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies are the Franklin Pierce of baseball teams. It pretty much all their fault too. The biggest story involving the Rockies last year was their trade of their best pitcher to the Indians. Troy Tulowitzki might be the best shortstop in the game but you rarely if ever here his name. The Rockies are also rarely in contention. They stormed out of nowhere in 2009 to win the Wild Card but they have NEVER won the NL West. This offseason, however, they seem to finally be waking up.
The Rockies still haven’t made a big splash in the free agent market but they’ve made some smaller additions that could prove to be big. More importantly they’ve made some major addition by subtraction moves as well. The first in this category is definitely Chris Iannetta. The Rockies sent him to the Angels ...
Found December 22, 2011 on
Off The Bench:
PLAYERS:
Troy Tulowitzki,
Chris Iannetta,
Tyler Chatwood,
Ian Stewart,
Tyler Colvin,
Michael Cuddyer,
Casey Blake,
Todd Helton
TEAMS: Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels, Chicago Cubs
TEAMS: Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels, Chicago Cubs
Original Story:
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