Roster Moves

BigRapidsJackass · 04-16-2007, 09:59 PM

Like a homeless man desperately keeping guard over his shopping cart of bungee cords and VHS videos, the Rockies are becoming ever more creative at making sure that noboby -- NOBODY -- steals our worthless crap. Dammit, we're gonna stockpile those pitchers come hell or high water.

Tom Martin: "twinge" in shoulder allows us to stash him in AAA for a month
BK Kim: "contusion" on his thumb allows us to wait another month for someone else's 5th starter to get injured

Brian Lawrence: "rehabbing" a now-healthy shoulder; or is he really rehabbing a not-so-healthy ERA?

Josh Fogg: to the bullpen, lest we lose Kim or Lawrence for nothing.

And then, weirdly, there's room for AAA mediocrity Zach McClellan on the roster? I kind of like McClellan, but remember, this is O'Dowd's club that "just doesn't have any room on the roster" and needs to dump talented enigmas like Chin-Hui Tsao.

What steps will O'Dowd go take to keep LaTroy Hawkins out of our competitors' grubby little hands? I vote for "pinched nerve in his neck." That'll allow us to let him work out his inability to strike out anyone by visiting a that time machine in Colorado Springs. Hey, maybe Steve Finley can visit that Cocoon swimming pool, too!

[What a frickin' moronic theory: we'll have great pitching "depth" consisting of everyone else's cast-offs and replacement level rookies. Yeah, that'll work ..]

TheIncredibleRox · 04-17-2007, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by BigRapidsJackass

but remember, this is O'Dowd's club that "just doesn't have any room on the roster" and needs to dump talented enigmas like Chin-Hui Tsao.

Well said. Yeah, the Tsao thing ticked me off. I mean... Jayson Nix. Jayson friggin NIX!

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Originally Posted by BigRapidsJackass

[What a frickin' moronic theory: we'll have great pitching "depth" consisting of everyone else's cast-offs and replacement level rookies. Yeah, that'll work ..]

That was my main point about this offseason. True, most of the moves made were fine on an individual level-- in some cases, semi-great. But in the end, we just wound up with way too many 4th and 5th starters than we knew what to do with.

Buccholz and Hirsh aside, it's not like these are exciting, young, 'live arms' with potential long-term value. Or great 'stuff' guys who just might work it out. They're mostly retreads with meager upside.

The Lopez trade was pretty decent by itself. But considering our roster, I'd MUCH rather have kept my two young live arms in the high minors (with quite decent track records, mind you-- not like they were total projection guys) and my $4.75m.

Speaking of $4.75m, anyone notice who was playing CF for our opponents tonight?

BigRapidsJackass · 04-17-2007, 09:05 AM

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Speaking of $4.75m, anyone notice who was playing CF for our opponents tonight?

Thanks for bringing that up. I thought it was too early for me to gloat, particularly since Dave Roberts isn't off to a tremendous start or anything like that. But then again, his OBP is double Willy T's, so maybe my gloating is right on time ...

Dante Bichette · 04-17-2007, 06:46 PM

Dumping Tsao was a horrible decision. Why in the world would we keep Afeldt and Martin over him? Because we need a left handed specialists, even though Hurdle doesn't know how to use one?

Heltonfan · 04-17-2007, 07:08 PM

Tsao still has a minor league option. So the question isn't why we would keep Affeldt or Martin over him, it's why we would keep Jayson Nix, Darren Clarke, or Alvin Colina over him. Which, of course, only makes it more exasperating.

BigRapidsJackass · 04-17-2007, 08:42 PM

HF, Ringolsby explained that even though Tsao has only been active (not DL'd) on the major league club for 2 or 3 months, he weirdly accrued enough service time to be arbitration eligible. So this was done for salary reasons.

Penny wise and pound foolish, as even with arb eligibility Tsao wasn't going to make much; in fact, less than Tom Martin.

04-16-2007, 09:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
BigRapidsJackass Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,147	Roster Moves Like a homeless man desperately keeping guard over his shopping cart of bungee cords and VHS videos, the Rockies are becoming ever more creative at making sure that noboby -- NOBODY -- steals our worthless crap. Dammit, we're gonna stockpile those pitchers come hell or high water. Tom Martin: "twinge" in shoulder allows us to stash him in AAA for a month BK Kim: "contusion" on his thumb allows us to wait another month for someone else's 5th starter to get injured Brian Lawrence: "rehabbing" a now-healthy shoulder; or is he really rehabbing a not-so-healthy ERA? Josh Fogg: to the bullpen, lest we lose Kim or Lawrence for nothing. And then, weirdly, there's room for AAA mediocrity Zach McClellan on the roster? I kind of like McClellan, but remember, this is O'Dowd's club that "just doesn't have any room on the roster" and needs to dump talented enigmas like Chin-Hui Tsao. What steps will O'Dowd go take to keep LaTroy Hawkins out of our competitors' grubby little hands? I vote for "pinched nerve in his neck." That'll allow us to let him work out his inability to strike out anyone by visiting a that time machine in Colorado Springs. Hey, maybe Steve Finley can visit that Cocoon swimming pool, too! [What a frickin' moronic theory: we'll have great pitching "depth" consisting of everyone else's cast-offs and replacement level rookies. Yeah, that'll work ..]

04-17-2007, 06:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dante Bichette Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 268	Dumping Tsao was a horrible decision. Why in the world would we keep Afeldt and Martin over him? Because we need a left handed specialists, even though Hurdle doesn't know how to use one?

04-17-2007, 07:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
Heltonfan Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Yerevan, Armenia Posts: 855	Tsao still has a minor league option. So the question isn't why we would keep Affeldt or Martin over him, it's why we would keep Jayson Nix, Darren Clarke, or Alvin Colina over him. Which, of course, only makes it more exasperating.

04-17-2007, 08:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
BigRapidsJackass Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,147	HF, Ringolsby explained that even though Tsao has only been active (not DL'd) on the major league club for 2 or 3 months, he weirdly accrued enough service time to be arbitration eligible. So this was done for salary reasons. Penny wise and pound foolish, as even with arb eligibility Tsao wasn't going to make much; in fact, less than Tom Martin.