Dexter Fowler Gets Sick, Ages Nine Years

Hey... Rotoworld doesn't make a whole lot mistakes.  When they do, it's my job to make fun of them.

As far as I know, Fowler will still turn 24 on March 22nd.

Rockie Start For Mora

As I pointed out over at Bugs & Cranks this morning, I can't for the life of me understand why Melvin Mora hasn't shown up to camp early.

Mora is being counted on to wear a number of hats for the Rockies this season.  Aside from third base, where Mora has played 99.98% of his games over the past six seasons, he's expected to see time for sure at second base, and possibly first base, shortstop and outfield.

Early in his career Mora was athletic enough to pull off such a role.  However, as his career has moved along, Mora has settled into that one position: third base.   Troy Renck points out that Mora has become quite adept at that position defensively.

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Analyzing Some Rockie Predictions

Tyler Thompson over at Bleacher Report made his 10 Bold Predictions for the Rockies in 2010.

Here's a rundown with some of my thoughts mixed in.

1. Ubaldo Jimenez will take another step forward

Thompson goes on to say Jimenez "should be an easy choice for the All-Star game in July."

Agreed.  Jimenez is only going to get better as he establishes better command and more consistency.  He's special, folks.  Let's just enjoy this guy for as long as we can.

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Todd Finally Gets It!

Can't tell you how happy I was to read this piece from Troy Renck the other day.

Todd Helton learns vital lesson from last year

In the article, Todd Helton admits that...

"I had nothing left at the end of the year."  

That's not much of an admission really.  Everybody watching could see Helton was laboring, particularly at the plate.

"That was partly my fault. I should have kept myself in a little better shape. You just get worn down from playing so much. I want to have more left in the tank when the games matter."

Todd Helton is a lot of things: a leader, gold glover, all-star, batting champion, potential hall of famer, all around nice guy.  Another thing he is, that may even surpass all of those descriptions, is stubborn.

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Other Notable NL West Non-Roster Invitees

Arizona 

• RHP Rodrigo Lopez

Los Angeles

• RHP Scott Dohmann
• RHP Ramon Ortiz
• RHP Russ Ortiz
• RHP Josh Towers
• RHP Jeff Weaver
• C JD Closser
• IF Angel Berroa
• IF Nick Green
• IF Doug Mientkiewicz
• IF Alfredo Amezaga
• OF Brian Giles
• OF Michael Restovich
  

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