The Colorado Rockies starting rotation is pretty well set, but the team has plenty of options if someone gets hurt or falters in spring training. How do you rank the alternatives the Rockies have for the rotation?

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.

Five starting pitchers accounted for 155 of the Colorado Rockies’ 162 starts in 2009, unheard of stability for a franchise whose pitching staff at times has been one of baseball’s most tired jokes. The Rockies likely will see one change in their starting rotation in 2010, and that to welcome back an old friend.

Family matter forces Chuck Kniffin to leave convenient job he coveted with Colorado Springs.

Samuel Deduno named Texas League pitcher of the year, and Jordan Pacheco is MVP of the South Atlantic League.

Starts also set for Smith and Deduno at Tulsa

Drillers and Springfield will decide first-half title Friday in unusual circumstances

Left-hander misses second scheduled start at Modesto

Texas League All-Star Game will be played July 1

Mild oblique strain not expected to sideline him long

From the Rockies’ 7-2 win over the Cardinals at Busch Stadium