Jorge De La Rosa Is Donzo

Jorge De La Rosa had sustained a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow. The injury is expected to require Tommy John surgery and sideline De La Rosa for the rest of the season.

Believe it or not, Jorge De La Rosa is a really good pitcher and very important for the Rockies. De La Rosa was the Rockies' top pitcher so far with a 5-2 record and a 3.51 ERA and 52 Ks. He was coming off his first career complete game when he got hurt.

This will certainly make the Rockies a buyer during this years trading deadline as they are most certainly going to be in the NL West playoff hunt.

Please, Not The Millwood Road (UPDATED)

One veteran under consideration, a major-league source indicated Wednesday night, is righthander Kevin Millwood. The Sox were said to be inquiring whether Millwood would be willing to first pitch in Pawtucket, giving the Red Sox a chance to evaluate him further.

Peter Gammons of NESN was the first to report the team's interest in Millwood.

I know we lost 2 pitchers but lets not do this to ourselves. We were laughing at the Yankees when they did this, lets not put ourselves in the same position. Kevin Millwood sucks, last year he was a whopping 4-16 with a 5.10 ERA. I'm fine with Wake and Aceves at the back end of our rotation until Lackey and Dice come back. Or if we are to get a pitcher lets acquire a good one or decent one like one of the White Sox guys or fuck it trade our farm for Felix. Yea, I'm going fantasy baseball, lets trade the rest of our farm system for Felix. Anything but Millwood.


***UPDATE***

Sorry DP, it's Millwood time, as the Red Sox signed Kevin Millwood. They also signed lefty Franklin Morales from Colorado and designated Hideki Okajima for assignment. We all know Millwood sucks. He throws like 85 MPH, so I'm not going to waste my breathe. Morales isn't anything special either, but the Sox needed a lefty and Okajima is all wasted up. Morales is just 25, but he has trouble with his control at times. Last year though he was able to hold lefties to a .171 batting average, so hopefully he can have some value.

Where Do You Rank Troy Tulowitzki?

I was watching ESPN's First Take this morning and they brought up an interesting question. Where do you rank Troy Tulowitzki in terms of the top position players in the game. In his last 40 games, dating back to last September 3, Tulowitzki has 22 home runs. Prorate that over the course of 162 games, that's a pace for 89 home runs, and over 200 RBIs. That's insane. Is he really this good or just really hot?

It's tough for me to answer this, because it's not like I sit back and watch a lot of Rockies games. I know from back in the day that Colorado can inflate numbers, which thinner air and what not, but this guy is going off. On top of that he is a SS, which makes this even more incredible. Not that I expect numbers like this from anyone, but it is less surprising when someone like Pujols does this then a SS. Look at the SS in the AL for a second. Who is the best? Jeter? Yuck, it is really ugly.

For me Pujols is still number 1 even with his slow start, but if this guy keep playing like this (.364 7 HRs 14 RBIs) it's going to be hard to keep him out of the discussion.

So what do you think? Where do you rank Troy Tulowitzki?