http://www.rockieslocker.com Daily Blog for Colorado Rockies Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:48:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Rockies have signed 29-year old righty swinging 1B Brad Eldred and 27-year old righty swinging 3B Travis Metcalf to minor league deals. Eldred played in 106 games last season in AAA-ball and he was 95 of 353 (.269 avg, .832 OPS) with 53 runs scored, 17 homers, 59 ... http://www.rockieslocker.com/2010/03/02/the-colorado-rockies-sign-a-couple-of-infielders-to-minor-league-deals/ 30-year old righty swinging Brad Hawpe will be the starting RF once again in 2010 for the Rockies. Hawpe played in 145 games for the Rockies last season and he was 143 of 501 (.285 avg, .903 OPS) with 82 runs scored, 23 homers and 86 RBIs. Expect ... http://www.rockieslocker.com/2010/02/28/brad-hawpe-will-anchor-rf-again-for-the-colorado-rockies-in-2010/ The Rockies hope that 23-year old switch hitting Dexter Fowler grabs the full time gig in CF for them in 2010. Fowler played in 135 games for the Rockies last season and he was 115 of 433 (.266 avg, .770 OPS) with 73 runs scored, 4 homers, 34 RBIs ... http://www.rockieslocker.com/2010/02/28/the-colorado-rockies-have-a-lot-of-talent-in-cf-for-2010/ It appears as if 24-year old lefty swinging Carlos Gonzalez will be the starter in LF for the Rockies in 2010. Gonzalez played in 89 games for the Rockies last season and he was 79 of 278 (.284 avg, .878 OPS) with 53 runs scored, 13 homers, 29 RBIs ... http://www.rockieslocker.com/2010/02/28/the-colorado-rockies-are-set-up-well-in-lf-for-2010/ 24-year old lefty swinging Ian Stewart enters spring training as the Rockies' starting 3B. He played in 147 games for the Rockies last season and he was 97 for 425 (.228 avg, .786 OPS) with 74 runs scored, 25 homers, 70 RBIs and 7 stolen bases. But, for ... http://www.rockieslocker.com/2010/02/21/ian-stewart-is-getting-his-big-chance-with-the-colorado-rockies-in-2010/ 25-year old righty swinging Troy Tulowitzki is coming off the best season of his career and the Rockies expect him to keep up the good work in 2010. Tulowitzki played in 151 games for the Rockies last season and he was 161 for 543 (.297 avg, .929 OPS) with ... http://www.rockieslocker.com/2010/02/21/the-colorado-rockies-are-in-great-shape-at-ss-for-2010/ The Rockies talked to some free agent 2B this winter before deciding to stay with 30-year old righty swinging Clint Barmes as the starter. He played in 154 games for the Rockies last season and he was 135 for 550 (.245 avg, .734 OPS) with 69 runs scored, 23 ... http://www.rockieslocker.com/2010/02/08/the-colorado-rockies-will-have-the-same-look-at-2b-in-2010/ The Rockies have signed 26-year old lefty swinging outfielder Bronson Sardinha to a minor league deal. He played in 2007 for the Yankees appearing in 10 games in which he was 3 for 9 (.333 avg, .750 OPS) with 6 runs scored and 2 RBIs. Sardinha has also ... http://www.rockieslocker.com/2010/02/06/the-colorado-rockies-sign-bronson-sardinha/ The Rockies have signed 31-year old righty swinging Josh Phelps to a minor league deal. He played in 17 games in Rookie + A-ball last season and he was 13 for 53 (.245 avg, .748 OPS) with 10 runs scored, 2 homers, 6 RBIs and 1 stolen base. ... http://www.rockieslocker.com/2010/02/06/the-colorado-rockies-sign-josh-phelps/ The Rockies have signed 31-year old righty swinging outfielder Alex Escobar to a minor league deal. He last played in the majors in 2006 with the Nationals. He played in 33 games that season for the Nationals and he was 31 for 87 (.356 avg, .959 OPS) with ... http://www.rockieslocker.com/2010/02/06/the-colorado-rockies-sign-alex-escobar/