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.
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.
McKenry, Roe, Escalona, Nicasio and Alburquerque get coveted roster spots
Also, left-handed reliever Matt Reynolds moved up to Tulsa after sustained consistency at Modesto
Drillers and Springfield will decide first-half title Friday in unusual circumstances
Smith, Embree and Speier are tagged in loss to Cubs.



