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.

25-year old switch hitting Jonathan Herrera has taken well to his new job as the Rockies’ starting 2B. He has played in 19 games this season for the Rockies and he is 18 of 59 (.305 avg, .633 OPS) with 7 runs scored and 2 RBIs. Herrera goes up to the plate hacking as he has only walked 2 times this season. The Rockies won’t care much about Herrera’s plate discipline as long as he keeps hitting the ball well and playing good defense. The Rockies are likely still looking to trade for a 2B or SS despite Herrera’s recent success.

27-year old lefty swinging Seth Smith is probably the best outfielder in baseball without a starting job. He has played in 59 games for the Rockies this season and he is 44 of 162 (.272 avg, .860 OPS) with 29 runs scored, 10 homers and 31 RBIs. Smith has now played in 266 games in his major league career and he is 175 of 613 (.285 avg, .871 OPS) with 107 runs scored, 29 homers and 101 RBIs. Seth Smith has been a big time player for the Rockies despite not playing every day and that will likely continue at least the rest of this year do to the glut of outfielders on the Rockies’ roster.

When the Rockies signed 31-year old righty swinging catcher Miguel Olivo was signed it was to light a fire under Chris Iannetta. But, Olivo played so well that the Rockies sent Iannetta to AAA and Olivo has been the everyday catcher since then. Olivo has played in 29 games for the Rockies this year and he is 29 of 102 (.284 avg, .897 OPS) with 16 runs scored, 8 homers and 20 RBIs. The Rockies have likely put Chris Iannetta on the trading block with the Texas Rangers definitely a interested party.

Starting 3B Ian Stewart is really swinging a hot stick right now for the Rockies. He has played in 20 games for the Rockies so far this season and he is 21 of 67 (.313 avg, .972 OPS) with 13 runs scored, 4 homers, 12 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. His batting average is a major surprise so far this season and the Rockies aren’t expecting him to hit anywhere near .300 this season. But if he can hit .250-.260 he will be huge asset to the Rockies because of his big time power potential. He played in 147 games last season for the Rockies and he was 97 of 425 (.228 avg, .786 OPS) wtih 74 runs scored, 25 homers, 70 RBIs and 7 stolen bases. The Rockies think he will eclipse all of those numbers in 2010 because he’s not sharing P.T. with Garrett Atkins this year.