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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 ...

Will Niese Save The Rockies?

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.

Pirates Announce 2013 Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day is near as the Pirates open at PNC Park versus the Chicago Cubs. Manager Clint Hurdle announced his lineup for game 1.

1.LF Starling Marte R
2.2B Neill Walker S
3.CF Andrew McCutchen R
4.3B Pedro Alvarez L
5.RF Garrett Jones L
6.C Russell Martin R
7.1B Gaby Sanchez R
8.SS Clint Barmes R
9.P Wandy Rodriguez

Arizona Announces 2013 Opening Day Lineup

At a press conference this afternoon, Jean Brunet, Sr. VP of Baseball Operations and GM of the Arizona Diamondbacks announced the 2013 Opening Day roster. The following is the starting lineup for the Diamondbacks’ first home-game of the season versus the St. Louis Cardinals on April 1st, 2013:

1. M. Choice CF
2. M. Prado 3B
3. E. Hinske LF
4. M. Napoli 1B
5. J. Kubel RF
6. C. Pennington SS
7. A. Hill 2B
8. M. Montero C
9. I. Kennedy SP

We are expecting a big crowd to join all the Opening Day festivities at Chase Field.

Straily Coming To Colorado!

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)

Colorado Hands Reins to Stamey as New GM

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

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