Twelve pitchers, including just one with big league experience, will combine to pitch eight innings Monday for two teams in a Colorado Rockies an eight-inning game that will also feature young position players.
Reliever Manuel Corpas threw his bullpen session as scheduled and said the right hamstring he tweaked in a fielding drill Saturday gave him “no problem.”
Reliever Manuel Corpas will throw a bullpen session Monday as scheduled and take part in other drills but won’t do any running as his right hamstring, which he tweaked Saturday, heals.
The Colorado Rockies enter 2010 with a bullpen that, like the team’s starting rotation, could be the most stable in franchise history. The late-innings trio returns intact while the rest of the bullpen will be comprised of 2009 holdovers, veterans returning from injuries and a pack of young arms trying to find a way to stick in the major leagues.
Left-hander one of six non-roster prospects who will participate in first major-league camp.
The Colorado Rockies had no role in the Thursday’s Rule V draft, neither selecting nor losing any prospects despite leaving minor-league closers Craig Baker and Andrew Johnston exposed.
McKenry, Roe, Escalona, Nicasio and Alburquerque get coveted roster spots
Rockies finalize plans and will send seven players to the Arizona Fall League
Modesto second baseman and closer named to postseason team.
Baseball America publishes its annual Best Tools issue
Mild oblique strain not expected to sideline him long



