Good First Half

[jwkfs]

Despite going into the break being swept in 3 games at home by the Diamondbacks, the Rockies have had a good first half. They are one game over .500 (44-43) including a 20-19 road record, and only 3.5 games behind the NL West leading Padres.

This is only the (3rd? 4th?) time in Rockies history that they have been over .500 going into the second half.

The Rockies pitching staff has posted 7 seven shutouts already this season -- the Rockies record for a full season is 8. Their starters are in the top 5 in innings pitched in the league, and the bullpen is much improved as well with the addition of Ray King and Jose Mesa and the development of Ramon Ramirez.

The entire pitching staff has posted this line:


CG SHO ERA SO BB AVG
3 7 4.27 507 290 .269


For the 2005 season, they posted this line:

CG SHO ERA SO BB AVG
4 1 5.14 981 604 not available


Go Rockies!

[Texas Rangers]

are the rockies going to be buyers or sellers?

[jwkfs]

They've been on a bad stretch recently, 3-7 in their last ten. It's hard to say, though, because the NL West is still fairly close; they're only 5.5 games out of first.

From what I've heard, they are not going to trade away any of their young guys like Spillbourghs, Shealy, etc, to bring in veterans; if anything, they'll be looking to fill some holes from their farm system.