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1. Didi Dodo Doodoo (1k5v3L)Aside from that, does anyone ever get excited about COL's pitching prospects?
It bears noting that the Cal League is a far better environment for hitters than the Carolina League - to a lesser extent, the TL is easier for hitters than the Southern.
What will be done with Matt Macri (he's blocked at third by Stewart and short by Tulowitzki)?
His head isn't screwed on straight. So he has problems recognizing pitches.
This also results in a bunch of errors on wild throws to 1st.
I also think Iannetta has a chance to be very good. Unfortunately, he was injured late in the year, or he might be ready TODAY to catch for the Rockies.
Jimenez has good stuff, but he didn't really PITCH all that well in Tulsa, and was in fact one of the least impressive rotation starters last year.
That's correct. A pitchers' park in a hitter's league may still be a good hitting environment, because the park factors are calculated in the league context. The Texas League and Cal League are hitters' leagues - so while Tulsa and Modesto have park factors <1 in their league contexts, they are still good hitting environments.
WHat are the head problems you've heard about Nelson?
There have been some issues raised as to whether or not he's coachable, and whether or not he is willing to make adjustments.
-- MWE
Go Joe!
Ideally, a club wants to put its prospects into environments in which they can develop their skills to the maximum extent possible. I think extreme hitters' environments can work against pitchers (as I said above) and also hitters, too. Hitters can succeed in extreme hitters' environments while still maintaining bad habits (I think that was part of Stewart's problem in the first part of 2005), and it's a lot harder to make necessary adjustments when there is a minimal penalty for doing things the old way.
-- MWE
All this will do is guarantee that they'll remain oblivious to their problems 50% of the time. Its like pumping up the Coors "hangover" on steroids.
If there is a tactic to Coors field its grooming groundball pitchers. But, in any case, they need just plain good pitching. The Rockies have never had that; the Coors numbers simply exaggerate the fact.
I disagree. A ball in play is more likely to be a hit at Coors Field than anywhere else in MLB, regardless of whether it's a ground ball or a fly ball - so the idea would be to focus on guys who can get outs without putting the ball in play (e.g. strikeout pitchers).
-- MWE
1) It's close at hand, so you can shuffle guys in and out of the pen to keep arms fresh.
2) It's a valuable source of intel about what sorts of pitchers/pitches work well at altitude. This isn't such an important consideration now, but back when they were starting things up, it must've been huge.
Coors has consistently depressed strikeout rates - though some of that may be a function of pitchers changing how they pitch when in Denver - so I'm not sure that's *the* way to go either.
I don't think there's an easy answer to pitching at Coors (apart from using good pitchers), but probably would try to emphasize power groundballers, while slowing the infield grass as much as possible. Of course, as Spivey notes, good luck finding them - particularly if you're worried about walks. As for flyball pitchers (after all, they'll likely want a fast outfield anyway to deal with the expansive layout), a lot of those guys work off breaking stuff which is more likely to be affected by altitude.
I absolutely agree with Vlad (post 25).
Koshansky has quite a bit of power, but I'm not optimistic he'll make enough contact to make the majors, although he could turn into a Russell Branyan type of hitter. He does seem to field 1st base well.
Coors depresses Ks because the ball breaks less at altitude- but some pitchers get Ks based on pure heat and changing speeds...
also how about an extreme groundball pitcher like Webb?
In 10 career starts at Coors Field, Randy Johnson has pitched 67 2/3 innings and allowed 29 earned runs and 8 unearned runs. That's a 3.86 ERA and 4.92 RA/9.
Greg Maddux has never pitched well in Colorado; in fact, Bobby Cox on a couple of occasions juggled his rotation so that Maddux would not start in Coors.
-- MWE
Asheville is the home run capital of the SAL - Jose Valdez, a 6-1, 150-lb stringbean out of the DR with very little real power, hit 21 there - and Koshansky was old for low-A at 23, so you really have to downplay those numbers. 15 Ks in 45 ABs at Tulsa suggests that he has some work to do.
-- MWE
It's easy to say the Rockies should get good pitchers, but who exactly should they get? It's not obvious - the most successful guy on this list with at least 30 IP is Tommy Glavine, whose best "skill" is not giving up home runs with runners on base.
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