Comments on: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

By: Tracy Ringolsby

Tracy Ringolsby — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:30:19 +0000

Mark, thanks for the kind words. Hopefully i’ll be back on the pre and post shows.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:08:16 +0000

Hey Cowboy, it was great seeing you during Rox pre and post game shows. Will we be so lucky next year?

By: Dale

Dale — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:33:00 +0000

Tracy,

Just wondering how Corpas and Buchholz are progressing.

By: Rockpile

Rockpile — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:19:23 +0000

f/k/a Mike, Thanx.I appreciate that info. And I looked it up at wikipedia and B. America. It’s easily the most complicated draft in pro sports.

By: Reader f/k/a Mike

Reader f/k/a Mike — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:19:43 +0000

Rockpile, I’d post some links until Tracy has a chance to explain, but it’s kind of tough to post URL’s due to anti-spam measures. I’d try the Wikipedia article, or the mlbtraderumors article for starters.

There’s a minor league and major league phase, so it gets complicated, but basically to be eligible for/unprotected from the draft, players need to have been signed with their team for several years and not included on the 40-man roster. So recently-drafted high school guys like Matzek don’t need to be on the 40-man for a while.

What keeps most players from being drafted is the requirement that they spend an entire year on the MLB active roster. So he’s got to be worth the MLB spot. Usually players who’ve never played above A ball are safe, but like Everth Cabrera and Johann Santana, sometimes you lose them.

Minor league levels have their own version of the reserve list and draft (40-man roster being the MLB team’s “reserve list”), and so AAA teams can draft AA players, AA draft A ball. Not sure of how extensive all that is.

By: Reader f/k/a Mike

Reader f/k/a Mike — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:04:59 +0000

Tracy: thanks, re. the roster issue. If you address the Rule 5 draft, I wonder about requirements like

” were signed at age 19 or older and have been in the organization for four years; or

- were signed at age 18 or younger and have been in the organization for five years.” (As per Wikipedia).

How do they mark years…from the anniversary of signing the contract? What’s the deadline, by the Nov 20 deadline to set the reserve lists (40-man)? I assume that’s how Everth slipped under the fans’ radar; he was likely signed but didn’t play in a visible (i.e., US) minor league for couple years.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:27:27 +0000

Gotta bring betancourt back. Morales will continue to improve and I think the club could probably do without biemel. I think morales just got tired towards the end of the season. Remember, this was the first time morales worked out of the bullpen and for the most part was remarkable. His fastball was approaching the mid to upper 90’s and his stuff was electric. I think he has better stuff than biemel’s and he’s not reached the top of his game yet.

It’s too bad about atkins. He has been a bug part of this club until this season. It would be nice to see him get a fresh start.

By: Agbayani

Agbayani — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:04:08 +0000

Betancourt is a no-brainer re-signing, whether it’s picking up his option or restructuring a new deal. Then again, couldn’t they decline the option and offer him arbitration? If that’s the case and he declines, you get draft picks, right? Still, I think he’s too steady/too valuable to let go.

Not sure about Randy Flores. Maybe you don’t want to pay Beimel, but there’s got to be better LOOGY options than Flores, who just isn’t very effective against lefties. Morales? Now that’s a lefty-killer. But you’d love to see Morales play a larger role than that. If he can handle it.

Matt Reynolds? There’s a guy who flew under the radar. I’ve got to say I had no idea he put up those fine component stats.

And Tracy, I’m pretty excited about the Colorado Springs staff. Chacin, Rogers, and Deduno — and Greg Reynolds, if he’s ever healthy enough — all have big-league talent.

I think Atkins does get left off the 40 man. After this past season, I can’t see him getting more than a 1 year/$3 million type deal. I’m watching a club right now — the Phillies — who could use a RH corner man/bat off the bench like that. I really don’t see Atkins getting a chance to start anywhere other than a really rotten team. Too bad. I always liked him as a player, and I hope he’s able to reestablish himself somewhere.

By: Rockpile

Rockpile — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:53:50 +0000

Tracy and f/k/a Mike mentioned the Rule 5 Draft here. Can anyone here explain the Rule 5 draft for me? I have never understood it.

I know the Rule 5 has something to do with the 40-man roster. But does the draft mean that the Rockies will put an 18-year-old draftee like Maztek on their 40-man just to protect him?

By: dave

dave — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:48:19 +0000

The Rockies bullpen looks strong with the probable return of Corpas and Buchholtz. Belise and daley really stepped up last year and are young and cheap. Morales and Street are in for sure.One more lefty would be nice Biemel/Flores. Betancourt would need to restructure for a lower average cost to bre economically viable for the Rox’s.

But you can never have too much pitching.

Tracy are there other left handers the Rockies might be interested in?