Hello once again, loyal readers! A road trip that should have been better is over, and a homestand that should be awesome is ready to begin! The Rockies continue to play frustratingly average baseball, and continue to hover around the .500 mark, but luckily, the rest of the NL West seems to be hovering just slightly above that mark, so as of today, the Rockies are only four games out of first place.
The most frustrating aspect of this season continues to be the hitting. There were a lot of winnable games on the Chicago/Houston/KC road trip, but with only 16 runs in the first six games of the trip, they just aren't getting people around the bases. The 11-run finale in KC was nice, but far too often we've seen a game that looked like the clue that the bat were about to break out, only to see them return to scratching out 2-3 runs per game for the next week or so.
Now, the NL West comes to town, with three against both the last-place Diamondbacks and the Dodgers, who have had a very good month so far. The Rox then head to the road, with six more divisional games. If the Rockies are going to make a move up the standings, this would be a good time to do it.
The Beard would like to take just a moment to welcome Kaz Matsui back to the Rockies organization. He was pretty awful in Houston this year, but since they're paying his salary, I think it's a good move for the Rockies to bring him to Colorado Springs and see if he can help at all. EY Jr doesn't seem to be ready for the big leauges, nor does Clint Barmes... so creating some veteran depth at a position which the Rockies have always been pretty thin, is a good thing.
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After several years of having the Rockies continue to pay salaries after players left the team (Mike Hampton being the big one that comes to mind), it's nice to see that another team is repaying the favor.
Is Matsui expected to join the Rockies immediately, or should we expect him to report to the Sky Sox? He must have stunk for the Astros if they'd rather pay him to play in Colorado rather than in Houston . . . and, even worse, how bad do you have to stink to get booted off of this season's Astros? Yeesh.
Still, if Matsui can regain his Rockies form from a few years ago, I'll be happy to see him back.
I have serious doubts that Kaz will make the big league team before the rosters expand at the end of the year, if then. Based on what I've read out of Houston, he's lost it... but then again, that's what reports out of NY said a few years ago.
He might make the club as a utility infielder if Melvin Mora continues to be less than stellar for them. It doesn't really hurt the Rockies to take a flyer on the guy, but it does make me wonder what the team feels about EYII.
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