2013 Colorado "All or Nothing" Rockies

[NYgiantsfan5689]

After last season's roller coaster ride, the only big change is bringing in Matt Holliday and finally cutting ties with the suddenly disasterous Carlos Marmol. It's like once I touched the team he became a balloon which someone blew up and let go without tying. So I didn't want any part of that. Shane Lindsay, the scapegoat of last year's playoff debacle, is by the grace of God still on this team. Although it's only because of the release of Marmol and the consequential need for bullpen (hint, hint to all you potential trade partners).

Here's the lineup and rotation

Lineup:

Num	Position	Name	Age	Bats	Ratings
1	2B	Ruben Tejeda	23	S	8-10-5-4-7 (8-10-6-7-7 talent), 9-9-9 speed
2	SS	Brandon Wood	28	R	8-9-10-5-5
3	3B	Aramis Ramirez	34	R	8-7-10-7-9
4	RF	Matt Holliday	33	R	9-9-10-7-6
5	1B	Carlos Pena	34	L	8-7-10-8-6
6	LF	Fernando Martinez	24	L	8-8-10-6-5
7	CF	Hunter Pence	29	R	9-10-10-5-6
8	C	Jeff Mathis	30	R	8-7-9-6-6

Bench:

Position	Name	Age	Bats	Ratings
CF	Derrick Robinson	25	R	8-9-4-4-7, 10-9-9 speed
INF/RF	Ryan Theriot	33	R	7-7-4-7-8, 8-8-8 speed
SS/3B	Kevin Ahrens	23	S	9-8-7-5-7
OF/3B	Dallas McPhearson	32	L	8-7-10-7-6

Notes on the batting:
-It's REALLY old
-It's all or nothing/will strike out a lot but pound out a lot of homers
-It lacks speed besides Robinson and Tejeda

Rotation:

Num	Throws	Name	Age	Ratings
1	L	Cole Hamels	29	10-7-9, 91-94 MPH, 9 end, 52 GB%
2	R	Carlos Zambrano	31	10-7-9, 93-96, 10 end, 53 GB%
3	R	Brad Penny	34	8-9-8, 93-96 MPH, 7 end, 63 GB%
4	L	Mark Buehrle	34	7-8-10, 88-91 MPH, 10 end, 51 GB%
5	R	Willie Torkelson	25	6-6-10, 91-94 MPH, 10 end, 53 GB% (Knuckler)

Bullpen:

Pos	Throws	Name	Age	Ratings
CL	R	Kerry Wood	35	10-7-8, 91-94 MPH, 5 end, 47 GB%
SU	L	Cesar Jimenez	28	6-10-10, 91-94 MPH, 6 end, 58 GB%
MR1	R	Jon Huber	31	8-7-9, 88-91 MPH, 6 end, 68 GB%
MR2	L	Jiminez
MR3	R	Juan Cruz	34	8-4-8, 95-99 MPH, 7 end, 64 GB%
MR4	R	Jason Davis	32	8-8-7, 91-94 MPH, 5 end, 60 GB%
MU1	R	Shane Lindsay	28	9-5-9, 93-96 MPH, 8 end, 66 GB%
MU2	R	Justin Orenduff	29	8-9-7, 88-91 MPH, 7 end, 52 GB%

Notes on the pitching:
-It's REALLY old
-The bullpen won't be getting tired anytime soon
-I'm excited about some of the ground ball percentages, which are really improtant at Coors
-I relegated Shane Lindsay to mop-up until he gets himself out of the doghouse
-Kerry Wood is closing. Yay!

Any thoughts from outsiders on this team? Suggestions? Comments? Constructive criticism?

[Porter]

And I thought I had a lot of 10 power hitters in this league.

[Kingdom]

Nice 2B.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

ha yeah, that's an experiment

[Kingdom]

Intentionally sabotaging your lineup though?

[NYgiantsfan5689]

how is it sabotaging my lineup?

[Kingdom]

Leading off with a sub .300 obp guy who gets caught stealing half the time he steals.. I mean, what other reason would he be leading off?

[NYgiantsfan5689]

In all of his 1 season. Big sample size there.

[Kingdom]

His ratings suck also is a good sample size.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

making a change after deliberating with a consultant. leading off tejeda instead of robinson

[browntown653]

If you don't lead the league in homers, there is a serious problem.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

yeah. that problem would be called underachievement. it's happened to me before.