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Thursday Rockpile: Jeff Francis undergoes the knife, Juan Morillo undergoes the pressure
Jeff Francis underwent labrum surgery yesterday, and at least came out alive. Dr. Thomas Noonan was repsonsible for that part, and the coming months will tell how well he put back together our LHP. Francis shouldn't be expected to return this season, and if the Rockies are in a pennant race in...
Rockies Blog Review: Francis Reactions Mixed among Rox fans
Jeff Francis' decision to have shoulder surgery seems to be having a greater impact outside the Rockies blogosphere than it is within it, as it seems most well informed Rockies fans saw this as somewhat inevitable. There hasn't been the same sort of pronouncement of doom here among Rockies bloggers...
Thursday Rockpile: Francis leaning to surgery? Torrealba returning; Padres trying to keep Cabrera
Jeff Francis' shoulder situation seems to be nearing a resolution, just in time for his February 19 deadline. Francis may either throw a side session today or not depending on the outcome of an evaluation this morning according to Troy Renck, but either way the tone of the news over the last few...
Jeff Francis - Hurt but Not Showing It?
Jeff Francis is not only out of the WBC, he may go under the knife and miss some serious playing time. Without going into gory details, I took a quick look at Francis' PITCHf/x numbers to see if there's anything jumping out. Here's pitch speed at 55 ft. from the plate (sMPH) and at the front edge...
Saturday Rockpile: Francis' shoulder iffy, but Helton progressing nicely
The Rockies seemed to have a bad news/good news cycle over the last 24 hours, with word from Jack Etkin that Jeff Francis is behind other pitchers due to the shoulder problems that flared up last season, meanwhile as jrockies posted in a Fanshot, Troy Renck reports that Todd Helton is taking...
Lost in Translation - Is Francis joining Team Canada after all?
Despite Jeff Francis reportedly being ineligible according to a blog report from Troy Renck last month, apparently both the pitcher and Team Canada are preceding as if all things are go for the Rockies left-hander to participate in the WBC. via www.checkoutmycards.com In a report focusing on...
Friday Rockpile: Atkins staying put; 9th starter Redding or Marquis
Tracy Ringolsby reports that the Rockies are hanging onto Garrett Atkins not only as Todd Helton insurance, but also for a second reason that I hadn't previously associated with our incumbent third baseman, that uncertainty over Jeff Francis means that the team doesn't know if it will be needing to...
Left-handed comebacks: How good will Francis, De La Rosa, Smith and Morales be?
So the direction my NL West preview posts have been taking me leads me to believe that a good part of the Rockies fate in 2009 lies largely in four left arms, namely those of starters Jeff Francis, Jorge De La Rosa, Greg Smith and Franklin Morales and how well they are able to fill three slots in...
Remembering Rocktober: NLDS Game 1: Rockes 4, Phillies 2
"I don't think the lineup struggled so much because of nerves. Yeah, when you first get in there, you're nervous. But I think that kind of subsided. We just ran into a team that was hot. The Rockies were on a tear last year." Ryan Howard, before facing the Brewers in this year's NLDS The...
Monday Morning Rockpile: Start counting. Plus, it takes two to be convincing.
Between the end of our brief World Series appearance last fall and today, everything that's been said about the moves made by the Rockies should have included a caveat, such as in theory or well, that's what I'm seeing, anyway tagged to the end. Jayson Nix' defense will make us say, "Kaz who?" in...
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