Durango53
05-02-2005, 05:28 PM
• Shortstop Clint Barmes, though, started to get some attention.
His .410 average was the second highest for a rookie in the opening month of the season, five points fewer than Andres Galarraga's average with Montreal in 1986.
• Obviously, the reclamation of Byung-Hyun Kim is no quick-fix proposition. One of the selling points of Kim was his command. He has walked 13 batters, hit two and thrown four wild pitches in 10 innings.
• The only reason Brad Hawpe didn't get more attention is because of Barmes. Hawpe hit .380 in the month, and he tied Barmes and Dodgers left fielder Jason Repko for the rookie lead with four home runs. Hawpe also collected 13 RBI, second only among major-league rookies to Barmes, who had 14.
• Seven blown saves by five relievers, all of them in the seventh or eighth innings, go a long way in explaining a 6-15 record.
• Marcos Carvajal didn't need so much protection after all. Making the jump from Class A, he never pitched in a game the Rockies led, but he allowed only three hits in 72/3 shutout innings.
• The Rockies already have shipped four of the seven relievers who were on the Opening Day roster. Javier Lopez was lost on waivers to Arizona. Allan Simpson was traded to Cincinnati. Ryan Speier and Scott Dohmann were assigned to Class AAA Colorado Springs. Bobby Seay, who was added to the roster after Opening Day, was placed on the disabled list.
• The Rockies have been credited with three caught stealings - all pickoffs by pitchers. Jason Jennings caught the Dodgers' Jeff Kent on Friday night. Jeff Francis nabbed Matt Kata of Arizona on April 13 and J.D. Drew of the Dodgers on April 24. Catchers Todd Greene and JD Closser failed to throw out any of 17 basestealers.
• There is no excuse for Joe Kennedy losing Saturday's game to Los Angeles. With one out and runners on second and third, he went 1-2 in the count against pitcher Brad Penny, then hit him in the back foot with a pitch. Then Cesar Izturis, 1-for-16 lifetime against Kennedy at the time, fell behind 0-2 in the count before lining a two-run single to left that keyed a five-run inning in which no runs should have scored.
His .410 average was the second highest for a rookie in the opening month of the season, five points fewer than Andres Galarraga's average with Montreal in 1986.
• Obviously, the reclamation of Byung-Hyun Kim is no quick-fix proposition. One of the selling points of Kim was his command. He has walked 13 batters, hit two and thrown four wild pitches in 10 innings.
• The only reason Brad Hawpe didn't get more attention is because of Barmes. Hawpe hit .380 in the month, and he tied Barmes and Dodgers left fielder Jason Repko for the rookie lead with four home runs. Hawpe also collected 13 RBI, second only among major-league rookies to Barmes, who had 14.
• Seven blown saves by five relievers, all of them in the seventh or eighth innings, go a long way in explaining a 6-15 record.
• Marcos Carvajal didn't need so much protection after all. Making the jump from Class A, he never pitched in a game the Rockies led, but he allowed only three hits in 72/3 shutout innings.
• The Rockies already have shipped four of the seven relievers who were on the Opening Day roster. Javier Lopez was lost on waivers to Arizona. Allan Simpson was traded to Cincinnati. Ryan Speier and Scott Dohmann were assigned to Class AAA Colorado Springs. Bobby Seay, who was added to the roster after Opening Day, was placed on the disabled list.
• The Rockies have been credited with three caught stealings - all pickoffs by pitchers. Jason Jennings caught the Dodgers' Jeff Kent on Friday night. Jeff Francis nabbed Matt Kata of Arizona on April 13 and J.D. Drew of the Dodgers on April 24. Catchers Todd Greene and JD Closser failed to throw out any of 17 basestealers.
• There is no excuse for Joe Kennedy losing Saturday's game to Los Angeles. With one out and runners on second and third, he went 1-2 in the count against pitcher Brad Penny, then hit him in the back foot with a pitch. Then Cesar Izturis, 1-for-16 lifetime against Kennedy at the time, fell behind 0-2 in the count before lining a two-run single to left that keyed a five-run inning in which no runs should have scored.