Not an off day for everybody
Five Rockies pitchers threw today in minor league games, including left-hander Greg Smith, who was scratched from a start three times last week due to flu-like symptoms.
Smith pitched two hitless innings with no walks and four strikeouts against a team of Arizona Diamondbacks minor leaguers.
Josh Fogg allowed six hits and five runs in four innings with two walks and one strikeout.
Greg Reynolds gave up five hits and four runs in five innings with no walks and five strikeouts.
Matt Belisle allowed three hits and two runs in one inning, and Ryan Speier allowed no hits in one scoreless inning.
I don’t see how Josh Fogg makes this team.
By the time they break camp, I see the rotation this way:
Cook, Jimenez, Morales, Marquis, Smith.
Pen: Corpas, Street, Embree, Grilli, Speier, De La Rosa, Rusch.
De La Rosa has until June 1 to show whether he belongs. Then Buchholz gets back. Hopefully. Reynolds just doesn’t have it.
Got to agree with you Bill. I just don’t see it with De la Rosa. He’s got so much talent, he just doesn’t know how to use it. Mo is finally there I think
Its interesting to see an article on the Rockies website about how happy Hurdle is with pitching depth. Unfortunately depth doesn’t equal talent.
Our 4 and 5 candidates are shaky at best and bad at worst.
I know its early and its a long season but with the logjams we have at some positions I can’t help but think a move would help this team.
As soon as I think that I remind myself that trading for good pitching is next to impossible until the trade deadline.
Smith better be the guy – we didn’t trade one of the game’s best for a set up man and two guys that are going to the Springs…or did we?