Rockies - Signed Fogg, Hart
Colorado Rockies - Signed P Josh Fogg to a 1-year contract; signed 2B Bo Hart, OF Pete Zoccolillo, and OF Barry Wesson to minor-league contracts.
Fogg’s unlikely to start the season in the rotation as the Rockies have said that Kim will probably be in the rotation, leading to a probably Francis-Jennings-Cook-Kim-Day rotation. In all likelihood, Fogg will still see a good bit of time in the rotation, so look for one of those 50 G, 15 GS type of seasons for Fogg. He’s no worse than any other random fill-in.
Bo Hart certainly didn’t make the most of his huge first month in the majors, playing himself of the majors in just another month. Despite the disappointment that he really wasn’t Rogers Hornsby (shocking), Hart is a good utility infielder who won’t embarrass anybody as a 5th outfielder. Zoccolillo can hit a bit, making Coors Field a nice place for him to be in, but he’ll be in Colorado Springs as the Rockies don’t need him. Barry Wesson is less interesting, 5th AAA outfielder material.
2006 ZiPS Projection - Josh Fogg
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W L G GS IP H ER HR BB SO ERA
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7 14 31 31 171 205 108 25 65 86 5.68
2006 ZiPS Projections
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Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG
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Hart 464 80 129 30 2 7 49 31 74 7 .278 .326 .397
Wesson 387 46 104 20 2 7 43 20 79 5 .269 .306 .385
Zoccolillo 384 60 110 29 0 15 56 40 65 1 .286 .357 .479
Dan Szymborski
Posted: February 10, 2006 at 05:15 PM |
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1. zonk Posted: February 10, 2006 at 06:10 PM (#1857613)On one hand - we pretty much know that pitchers that live on breaking stuff and movement are doomed in Coors.
On the other hand - while Fogg throws an awfully straight fastball and certainly doesn't rely on movement, it's certainly not hard enough to miss many bats (note his always anemic K numbers), which would be bad in Coors.
Does it all cancel out -- and mean that Fogg would be one of those rare pitchers that isn't as "hurt" by Coors and stays near his historical level of performance, which is pretty crappy anyway?
That's possible. Fogg's pattern has been to get unmercifully torched by good-hitting teams and pitch very well against bad-hitting teams. Basically, he's fine against hitters who'll chase breaking balls out of the strike zone. Against the rest . . . well, a six-run first inning counts the same in Coors as everywhere else.
Carroll hit .251 in 113 games last season. The Nationals have signed infielders Royce Clayton, Marlon Anderson and Damian Jackson in the offseason.
General manager Jim Bowden praised Carroll as "the ultimate teammate whose integrity and work ethic were contagious."
If the same thing could be said about " Action Man's" stupidity, the whole Nationals organization is in deep do do.
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