Denver Post: Rox to drop [Kip] Wells from roster

Kip Wells’ career as a Rockie expired Saturday night, the final chapter in an experiment that never worked for the pitcher or the team.

The Rockies told Wells that he will be the roster casualty to make room for Livan Hernandez, who starts the series finale Sunday against the San Diego Padres. Wells went 1-2 with a 5.27 ERA in 15 games. He missed 74 games with a blood clot in his pitching hand that was corrected through surgery.
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The Rockies signed Wells to a one-year, $3.1 million contract over the winter, with the idea that he could serve as either a fifth starter or a seventh-inning reliever. He showed up at spring training with a different delivery, drawing the ire of the organization. By mid-March he was eliminated from the rotation competition despite having better numbers than his competitors.

His preference was to start, and as a reliever he never settled into a role. The Rockies will have to eat roughly $900,000 on his contract.

Next stop, NRI-ville.