Will the Colorado Rockies ever get it together?
Do you remember the Blake Street Bombers? Do you remember when Don Baylor got fired for winning only half of his games as Manager of the Rockies? Do you realize that the Rockies won 1 more game last year than their inaugural season? I'm trying to keep the faith but they're going backwards. I know it's spring training but they're already down 12-0 to the ever-powerful Brewers in the top of the 3rd inning.
The geniuses signing paychecks at Coors Field made huge tactical errors over the years. Signing Mike Hampton, Denny Neagle, Jeff Cirillo to name a few. Only to turn around and give Cleveland All-Star SP Jake Westbrook, and OF Jody Gerut for the no longer in the league great, lifetime .200 hitter OF Jacob Cruz. Do they have anyone who can evaluate talent? It was a terrible trade for the Rockies. Although it is similar to most of their trades, which were also bad, they should get a better value in a trade.
One of their worst trades was in 1993 when they traded P Andy Ashby, C Brad Ausmus, and P Doug Bochtler to the Padres for P Bruce Hurst and P Greg Harris. Hurst pretty much retired after tearing up his shoulder, and Greg Harris was a meatball pitcher at best. Meanwhile Ausmus has 2 Gold Gloves, 4 playoff appearances, and an All Star selection. Ashby is a two time All Star, with 3 playoff appearances.
In 2004 they also gave up on IF Chone Figgins much to the delight of Angels. I'm just curious whose brilliant idea was it to turn 2003 All Star P Shawn Chacon into a closer. The dude is a starter. He made the All Star game as a starter, and since other teams in the division have good closers they made him the closer. They took 11 wins out of the rotation in 2003 to get 35 saves along with 9 blown saves in 2004. I don't think it worked out like they thought.
It's almost like GM Dan O'Dowd doesn't want a winner on the field. They misevaluate talent and are often left holding the bag on overpriced talent. They want moderately priced athletes that'll hopefully do all right. After eating a ton of payroll with the contracts of Neagle, Hampton, Walker, Helton the fire sale conditions were ripe. It's hard to believe the Rockies and the Marlins joined MLB at the same time. The Marlins have 2 world championships, and somehow the Rockies always trade their good leadoff hitter to them during a championship run.
In 1997 the Rockies trade IF Craig Counsell to the Marlins and he proved to be a clutch hitter during that championship. In 2003 they traded P Mike Hampton and CF Juan Pierre to Florida for CF Preston Wilson, C Charles Johnson, P Vic Darensbourg and 2B Pablo Ozuna. The Marlins then traded Hampton to the Braves for P Tim Spooneybarger and minor league P Ryan Baker. The Rockies were looking to reduce payroll, while the Marlins were looking for pieces of their championship teams. It'd be nice for the Rockies to be on the right side of a trade, or signing one of these days. They need to make it to the postseason sometime, or the fans won’t come back.
The geniuses signing paychecks at Coors Field made huge tactical errors over the years. Signing Mike Hampton, Denny Neagle, Jeff Cirillo to name a few. Only to turn around and give Cleveland All-Star SP Jake Westbrook, and OF Jody Gerut for the no longer in the league great, lifetime .200 hitter OF Jacob Cruz. Do they have anyone who can evaluate talent? It was a terrible trade for the Rockies. Although it is similar to most of their trades, which were also bad, they should get a better value in a trade.
One of their worst trades was in 1993 when they traded P Andy Ashby, C Brad Ausmus, and P Doug Bochtler to the Padres for P Bruce Hurst and P Greg Harris. Hurst pretty much retired after tearing up his shoulder, and Greg Harris was a meatball pitcher at best. Meanwhile Ausmus has 2 Gold Gloves, 4 playoff appearances, and an All Star selection. Ashby is a two time All Star, with 3 playoff appearances.
In 2004 they also gave up on IF Chone Figgins much to the delight of Angels. I'm just curious whose brilliant idea was it to turn 2003 All Star P Shawn Chacon into a closer. The dude is a starter. He made the All Star game as a starter, and since other teams in the division have good closers they made him the closer. They took 11 wins out of the rotation in 2003 to get 35 saves along with 9 blown saves in 2004. I don't think it worked out like they thought.
It's almost like GM Dan O'Dowd doesn't want a winner on the field. They misevaluate talent and are often left holding the bag on overpriced talent. They want moderately priced athletes that'll hopefully do all right. After eating a ton of payroll with the contracts of Neagle, Hampton, Walker, Helton the fire sale conditions were ripe. It's hard to believe the Rockies and the Marlins joined MLB at the same time. The Marlins have 2 world championships, and somehow the Rockies always trade their good leadoff hitter to them during a championship run.
In 1997 the Rockies trade IF Craig Counsell to the Marlins and he proved to be a clutch hitter during that championship. In 2003 they traded P Mike Hampton and CF Juan Pierre to Florida for CF Preston Wilson, C Charles Johnson, P Vic Darensbourg and 2B Pablo Ozuna. The Marlins then traded Hampton to the Braves for P Tim Spooneybarger and minor league P Ryan Baker. The Rockies were looking to reduce payroll, while the Marlins were looking for pieces of their championship teams. It'd be nice for the Rockies to be on the right side of a trade, or signing one of these days. They need to make it to the postseason sometime, or the fans won’t come back.
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