Colorado Rockies

BtB just published a great study today on the weather surrounding all the major league ballparks. This is something could certainly be useful for fantasy baseball purposes if you pay attention.

We have all heard of the Coors effect of course, and even the infamous humidor. Well here is your proof that it is necessary.

Beyond the Box Score : How much do natural effects (temperature, air pressure and elevation) change the distance a baseball is hit?

Question: How much do natural effects (temperature, air pressure and elevation) change the distance a baseball is hit?

Why I asked the question? I wanted this answered for several reasons. Do batters heat up during the summer or does the ball travel farther? Is pitching better in the playoffs or is it just cooler temperature limiting offense? Which parks, do to their elevation, become a hitters park? Does the ball fly further in Tucson (which 1200 ft higher) vice Phoenix area (~10 degrees warmer) during spring training?

He is still very young, and was one of the top rated prospects in baseball only a few seasons back.

FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball Breakout candidate: Ian Stewart | FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball

While Stewart is raw and rather risky, he has a lot of upside, especially given the fact that he plays for Colorado and will qualify at third base. If he can cut is strikeout rate, his batting average won’t fall too much even after his BABIP falls, and if Stewart can continue to hit lots of fly balls he could produce excellent power numbers.

Wow .. Who saw this one coming?

Do the Oakland A's really think that they are going to compete with the Angels in 2009? They shipped off their entire pitching staff, and a year later, the team owner increases payroll, and says "I want to compete" .. what a fool.

SI.com Oakland A's acquired Holliday from the Colorado Rockies

The A's have acquired star outfielder Matt Holiday from the Colorado Rockies, SI.com has learned. It isn't known yet which players will be sent to Oakland in the surprise deal. Holliday will have a physical on Tuesday. Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd called Holliday on Monday to give him the news.

I am not a Bud Black fan. He bores me. I miss Bruce Bochy. We should get that straight right now. Bochy, an ex catcher, had a presence about him. It's like that old commercial, when Bruce spoke, people really did listen.

I believe rightly or wrongly, that the solid Padre bullpens of the past few seasons was Bochy's doing, and not Kevin Towers doing, even though Towers gets all the credit.

As you may or may not have noticed by now, I am not the worlds most consistent blogger. I don't even consider myself to be a blogger to be quite honest.

But in the past I have tried to link everyone to the different things that i come across on a daily basis, through my "Chatters"

Joe Koshansky is hitting .280 with 18 home runs and is leading the PCL with 78 RBIs right now. He was just selected to the Triple-A All-Star Game. Hurdle said. "We definitely brought him up to be involved, more so than last year, when he was a bat off the bench.". Now I don't own Todd Helton in any leagues this season, but I do own plenty of other scrubs, so I will be watching for word on this injury over the next couple of days. no doubt about it

Of course, what a perfect time to showcase Joe for a trade.

Closer is the new running back by committee.

The Rockies slide continued with an 8-2 loss at the hands of Los Dodgers. Consider me heart broken. At least the Rockies have an excuse or two for their poor performance so far this season. Troy Tulowitzki went down to early injury, and now Matt Holliday is out. I guess that means the front office gets a mulligan for missing so badly on those overrated rookie pitchers, eh?

Good. Get him out of the NL West.

The Rockies have indicated they are looking at something in the five-year, $90 million range, but Boras has sent out feelers that he is looking for something closer to the eight-year, $153 million deal Miguel Cabrera received this spring from Detroit.

Teixeira [boras guy] turned down an eight-year, $140 million offer from Texas before he was dealt last summer.