Resolution

Rockies extended Betancourt. I dig it as we were poised to experience some significant bullpen attrition in the near future.

Q: Is there anything he can't do and/or be?!? A: No.

The Rockies are 3rd in the majors for defensive runs saved - awesome. The team is a plus at every position except 2b where we're average and right field where we're negative.

Someone puts a lot of effort into examining Helton's 2010 season so far. Pretty interesting stuff.

Hey peoples, they've just added a few new ways of measuring defense on fangraphs.com. Specifically Dewan's +/- system and RZR. Not too clear on the theory behind those (and until I am, RZR is still just something I shave with). But, if you're like me, you want more stuff to look through to confirm that Dexter is an awesome defensive outfielder (Bonus: Dewan's Fielding Bible was awarded to Tulo in '07 - not Rollins)

With the Rockies losing the playoffs, seems like everyone's been pretty busy analyzing what went wrong (though the glass-half-full part of me says a lot more went right). A lot of comment sections have turned into tradition vs. SABR arguments (yawn). Anyway, here's a link to an interview with the Cardinals Assistant GM John Abbamondi where he explains how the Cardinals utilize traditional approaches to player analysis (scouting) and combine it with newer methodology (pitch FX). In it, he also describes the general organizational philosophy of the Cardinals, who as we all know are a fantastic club/organization (with or without good ol' Matt Holliday). This is also reminiscent of RockiesMagicNumber's interview with Marc Gustafson. Enjoy.

During their series with the Rockies, Cardinal head coach Tony LaRussa and Cardinal pitching coach Dave Duncan had an argument with the Rockies' head groundskeeper Mark Razum over the condition of the visitor's bullpen mound. Read up, it's interesting stuff.

And people say baseball's gone soft.

An article at Fangraphs makes a claim that I know will make at least one person here very happy.

I probably should have actually included Iannetta's name somewhere in the heading but I'm too proud. At any rate, perhaps at risk of getting lost in the Manny/PED aftermath - the fine folks at Fangraphs just dropped a brief piece on Iannetta examining his terrible batting average so far. Looks like Baylor has a new job - leveling out the Destructobeam.

Hey all, I've mentioned it a few times sporadically throughout the comments that I'm a fan of Matt Murton and felt he's an above average player who has never really been given a full shot. Although I can understand why he isn't on the team currently (as there is a tremendous logjam), he apparently is dominating in the minors. Here is a link over to fangraphs that just published this piece on Murton. Should he get a call-up in an attempt to alleviate our offensive woes? Can we trade him for anything? What do you guys think?

So there's a chance this may be a re-post since it was a relevant article two years ago. However, I stumbled across it because it's talking about the things that are going to happen in 2007 and says some funny things like Tulo projects as a below average to average defender and that him and Iannetta won't help us to make the playoffs (I guess Iannetta really didn't but whatever). Anyway, I got a good laugh out of it and hope you guys do too.

The guys over at Fangraphs are running a series where they rank all 30 MLB organizations. The Rockies check in at 23. I thought they would have been a little higher (19ish?), but as the author mentioned in an earlier edition, while the teams at the bottom have serious work to do, the things separating the organizations ranked 25 through 15 are very small. Enjoy!

It's a 1 year incentive-laden deal that could be worth up to 8 million. The Dodgers' rotation could use a veteran like Wolf. Good deal if he stays healthy.

Not sure how I feel about it as I have mixed feelings towards the WBC.