Colorado Rockies shortstop ranks second to Florida’s Hanley Ramirez in Fantasy Baseball ratings of big league shortstops.

Baseball analyst Bill James ranks Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki No. 17 among top young players in the game and the Rockies organization No. 2 in young talent.

Rockies shortstop will leave camp at some point to attend memorial service.

The Rockies shortstop, who finished fifth in voting last season for the National League MVP, is among the preseason favorites for the award this year.

Three days before Troy Tulowitzki reported for spring training, he had the opportunity to meet with a legend from another sport, former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden.

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.”

Joe Posnanski at SI.com believes he has come up with a good prediction system for the coming season. He has the Colorado Rockies finishing second in the National League West at 87-75 and lists Troy Tulowitzki as the division’s best overall player.

Colorado chapter of the BBWAA honors Troy Tulowitzki, Ubaldo Jimenez, Dexter Fowler and Huston Street with its annual awards.

The Colorado Rockies decided about 10 years ago to build around their slugging first baseman. Now, while the team is no longer built around a single player, Troy Tulowitzki anchors the middle of the lineup and the middle of the diamond, making shortstop the one position where the Rockies have no questions.

First base has been by far the most stable position in Colorado Rockies history — the franchise has had just two regular first basemen in 17 seasons. While no change at the position is likely this year or even next, the Rockies should be beginning to wonder what will happen beyond 2011.

Phillies strike for three in ninth against Rockies closer to move on to NLCS and end Rockies season

Rockies blow 3-1 lead, tie game at 5 in the seventh but give up run in ninth and lose a 4 hour, 6 minute marathon