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In what may be the most shocking move in the young history of MLDSB, the Colorado Rockies have shipped the face of the franchise and arguable the most popular Rockie in team history, Troy Tulowitzki, to the hated division foe, the Los Angeles Dodgers for one of the top pitchers in all of MLDSB, SP Zack Greinke.  Desperate for a great arm to compliment the decent arms in the starting rotation, the Rockies decided that they had sufficient hitting to offset the loss of Tulowitzki to acquire Greinke who has been incredible so far in the 2013 campaign.  Other players were involved in the trade including the Rockies getting cash back from the Dodgers but clearly the key to this trade involved these two outstanding players.

GM Dan Stamey was asked at the news conference last night during the ...

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WEEKLY RECORD: 5-2
SEASON RECORD: 15-11

TRANSACTIONS

Recalled SP Dan Straily from Triple A Colorado Springs.

Placed SP Jon Garland on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to 04/18/2013.

RESULTS

VS ATL: W (8-4) WP – J. Nicasio (3-0) LP – J. Teheran (1-1)
VS ATL: L (6-3) WP – T. Hudson (1-1) LP – D. Straily (0-2)
VS ATL: W (7-1) WP – J. De La Rosa (2-2) LP – K. Medlin (3-2)
VS ARI: W (8-5) WP – W. Lopez (2-0) LP – M. Reynolds  (0-1)
VS ARI: L (13-4) WP – B. McCarthy (1-0) LP – J. Chacin (2-1)
VS ARI: W (5-2) WP – J. Nicasio (4-0) LP – I. Kennedy (3-1)
VS ARI: W (6-4) WP – D. Straily (1-2) LP – H. Bell (0-3)

STUDS OF THE WEEK

Hitter
SS T. Tulowitzki (.394, 2 HR, 7 R, 8 RBI, 3 BB)

1B M. Cuddyer (.429, 2 HR, 7 R, 5 RBI, 5 BB)

Pitcher
J. Nicasio (14.7 IP, 7K, 3.07 ERA, 0.89 WHIP)

DUDS OF THE ...

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The Colorado Rockies traded away their future for a chance to win now, trading top prospects 3B Nolan Arenado, CF David Dahl, SP Drew Pomeranz and veteran SP Jeff Francis to the New York Mets to acquire SP Jonathan Niese.  Niese instantly gives the Rockies starting rotation a solid #2 or #3 starter and allow the Rockies to send recently acquired Dan Straily to AAA Colorado Springs to allow him to mature into a major league starter.  Niese also adds a second lefty to the rotation along with #1 stater, Jorge De La Rosa.

In addition to Niese, Colorado acquired veteran reliver Scott Atchison.  The 37 year old is a solid addition to the bullpen and he should help stablize what is currently a shaky bullpen, at least after one week of the 2013 season.

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The Colorado Rockies addressed a concern in their starting rotation by completing a trade with the Oakland A’s that will bring 24 year old SP Dan Straily to the club in exchange for big time prospect SS Trevor Story.  Straily saw limited time in the majors last season with just 7 starts in which he went 2-1 with 3.89 era.  Straily will boost the back end of the rotation forcing MR Adam Ottavino to AAA and SP Jeff Francis to the bullpen.  With the acquisition of Straily, the Rockies starting rotation will look as follows:

#1) Jorge De La Rosa (L)

#2) Jhoulys Chacin (R)

#3) Jon Garland (R)

#4) Juan Nicasio (R)

#5) Dan Straily (R)

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For the Colorado Rockies, it’s time for a change. And that change came today, when the team announced that Daniel Stamey has just inked a deal to become their new general manager.

Only time will tell what impact this will have on the franchise.

Posted in Colorado Rockies, NL Team News, Uncategorized on May 5, 2013 Comments: No comments