2009 mlb draft Stories - Talking Chop
Keeping Tabs on the 2009 Draftees: Part 3
All right, who's ready for round three? In round one, we took a look at the Mets' first ten rounds and followed it up with a look over the hitters of interest from later rounds. In this, our final look at the 2009 draft debacle, we'll look for potential sleepers from the ranks of the pitchers taken...
Keeping Tabs on the 2009 Draftees: Part 2
Last time, I took a long look at the Mets' draftees from the first ten rounds. But thanks to the lack of a first-round draft pick, a couple guys the team couldn't get signed, and a few guys who signed too late to debut in 2009, there just wasn't a whole lot to look at. So, as promised, here's a...
Keeping Tabs on the 2009 Draftees: Part 1
<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> In case you don't know, I'm a draft junkie, in much the same way Ralphie's dad was a turkey junkie in A Christmas...
Purple Row interviews Marc Gustafson, Part 3
In our final installment of our interview with Rockies Director of Player Development, Marc Gustafson, we round out our questions about the draft and the talent acquired, and ask Marc to give some reflections on the Major League club and how his involvement has shaped the product on the field...
Purple Row interviews Marc Gustafson, Part 2
As you read in our first in this 3-part series, Rockies Director of Player Development Marc Gustafson took time to answer some questions for Purple Row. In this installment, Mr. Gustafson answers a lot of questions about specific farmhands, and we begin to touch on players recently...
Friday Rockpile: Who says the four-letter network doesn't give the Rockies any love?
Jason Hammel and the Rox made the front page of ESPN.com. How about that? I know some people around here have an insane hunger for "national attention," and if that doesn't satisfy it, I dare you to keep on reading... Baseball Tonight Clubhouse: Colorado Rockies still rolling along - MLB - ESPNTim...
Morning Prowl: Inge's Knee, Golden Sombreros, Who Gets Squeezed, and D-Train's Setback
Brandon Inge doesn't want to hear this talk of Aubrey Huff playing some third base. And if he has to do weird things like getting glucose injected into his knee in an attempt to stimulate healing, well, that's how serious he is about this. Although when Inge had trouble legging out that double...
Braves 2009 draft was out of character
We all knew it was a weird draft, but Keith Law ranks the Braves 2009 draft as the fifth worst in the majors last year: Mike Minor at No. 7 overall was a huge reach, and Atlanta -- normally one of the strongest and shrewdest-drafting teams -- went ultra-conservative; the Braves didn't take a...
Lunchtime Prowl: D-Train's Hip, Lambert DFA'ed, Brawl Photos, and Lots of Huff
Dontrelle Willis's rehab assignment is stalled before it could even get going. He was originally scheduled to pitch last night for Toledo, only to have it pushed back to Wednesday because of a sore hip. But that was soon nixed, as well. Until that hip feels better, the D-Train won't be...
Some incomplete thoughts on the Brewers' 2009 Draft
The deadline has passed with the Brewers signing each of their first 23 picks in the 2009 draft, and 32 of 53 overall. I'm not a draft expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I did notice some interesting trends, and I'd like to take a moment to go over them. Join me after the jump to read...
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