27-year old righty swinging shortstop Troy Tulowitzki finished in 8th place in the MVP Voting in 2011. He played in 143 games last year for the Rockies and he was 162 of 537 (.302 avg, .916 OPS) with 81 runs scored, 30 homers, 105 RBIs and 9 stolen bases. Tulowitzki has now played in 697 games in his first six years with the Rockies and he is 770 of 2,632 (.293 avg, .869 OPS) with 438 runs scored, 122 homers, 443 RBIs and 51 stolen bases.

26-year old righty swinging shortstop Troy Tulowitzki finished 5th in the voting for the N.L. MVP Award. Tulowitzki played in only 122 games for the Rockies last season but he was 148 of 470 (.315 avg, .949 OPS) with 89 runs scored, 27 homers, 95 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. He has now played in 554 games in his first five years with the Rockies and he is 608 of 2,095 (.290 avg, .857 OPS) with 357 runs scored, 92 homers, 338 RBIs and 42 stolen bases. The Rockies have been so impressed by Tulowitzki that they have signed him through the 2020 season and they will pay him $157.75 million bucks over the decade.

25-year old lefty swinging outfielder Carlos Gonzalez had a breakout season for the Rockies in 2010 earning him third place in the voting for the N.L. MVP Award. Gonzalez played in 145 games for the Rockies last season and he was 197 of 587 (.336 avg, .974 OPS) with 111 runs scored, 34 homers, 117 RBIs and 26 stolen bases. Gonzalez has now played in 319 games in his first three years in the majors and he is 349 of 1,167 (.299 avg, .864 OPS) with 195 runs scored, 51 homers, 172 RBIs and 46 stolen bases. The sky is the limit for Gonzalez as he was awesome for the Rockies in 2010.

26-year old righty starting pitcher Udaldo Jimenez finished 3rd in the voting for the N.L. Cy Young Award. Jimenez started 33 games for the Rockies last season and he was 19-8 with a 2.88 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP. He has now pitched in 117 games (116 starts) in his first 5 years with the Rockies and he is 50-36 with a 3.52 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP. I wouldn’t be shocked at all to see him win a Cy Young or two in his career as he has outstanding stuff.

UPDATE: (12/1/2010) - Ubaldo Jimenez has also finished 23rd in the voting for the N.L. MVP Award.

The Rockies have two All-Stars. 25-year old shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and 26-year old righty starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez are the two guys. Tulowitzki has played in 62 games this season for the Rockies and he is 72 of 235 (.306 avg, .877 OPS) with 47 runs scored, 9 homers, 34 RBIs and 7 RBIs. He will have to miss his first All-Star Game appearance due to injury. Ubaldo Jimenez deserves to be the N.L. starting pitcher in my opinion despite his recent performance. Jimenez has pitched in 17 games (all starts) for the Rockies this year and he is 14-1 with a 2.27 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP. He has only given up 84 hits in 119 innings pitched so far this season as he has been downright nasty. This will be Jimenez’ first appearance in the All-Star Game.