Commentary and analysis of the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club.

November 02, 2005

Miscellaneous Ramblings

With the completion of the World Series, now comes the the start of the off-season for baseball. While most of the other major sports have a relatively quiet period during their off-season, baseball never really settles down very much. Since the commissioner's office forbids any major announcements during the WS, GM's and owners chomping at the bit to make changes at the top announce them in a flurry as soon as the October Classic is over. So, we have already been seeing a pretty hefty game of musical chairs with the GM's. The two that probably were the biggest surprises were DePodesta's firing in LA and Epstein stepping down in Boston. With owners becoming more and more involved in the daily operations of their teams, the ground that GM's stand on is becoming shakier and shakier.

As well as the various management changes, we have free agency to keep us busy. There are a total of 206 players eligible for free agency, with 151 having already filed. Players have until November 10 to file and can start negotiating November 11. Four of the six Rockies eligible have already filed; Todd Greene, Dustan Mohr, BK Kim and Dan Miceli, while Mike DeJean has already re-signed with the Rox and Jamey Wright has yet to file. Of the 151 players who have filed, I counted 19 former Rox while there are another 10 who could still file. For a rundown of the Rox' minor league free agents, read UITR. I have added a Free Agent Tracker on the website to keep up with all the free agent activity.

Speaking of the website, at the risk of sounding like I can't make up my mind, I have done another redesign. This one however, is a complete structural redesign while the previous one was more of a change of color scheme only. It should be much easier to get around. Let me know what you think.

I can't help but wonder what is going on in the Rox' front office when Jerry DiPoto, after only one year in the organization, decides to take the job of color analyst for home games and then ends up darting to the dreaded snakes for a similar job he had with the Rox.