Jorge De La Rosa News

The Rockies' maintained faith in catcher Chris Iannetta despite his struggles in 2009.

From avid viewer to the National League's top manager - it has been quite a year for Rockies manager Jim Tracy.

Salary arbitration has been collectively bargained since 1974. It has been misunderstood for nearly as long.

Jorge De La Rosa was traded straight up for ex-Ray Tony Graffanino in 2006. View full size photo>> 2000 Trade: Tony Graffanino for Tanyon Sturtze Pre-Trade: Tony Graffanino was signed as a free agent by the Rays prior to the 1999 season.

Coming off perhaps his finest season in a decade of running the Rockies, general manager Dan O'Dowd was named executive of the year by Sporting News in a vote by his peers.

Coming into my 2009 drafts, I found a very interesting article over at www.thebaseballanalysts.com which categorized pitchers by their K/9 and GB ratios.

The red-haired waif was right. It didn't happen until 11:27 a.m., but, finally, the sun did come out tomorrow.

Baseball Prospectus' Pre-season Projection : 71-91, fifth place Actual record: 92-70, second place Coors Field is an advantage, sure, but this team can play some ball.

Upon the news that Jorge De La Rosa would be unavailable for the series due to a groin injury, the piece made a whole lot less sense and the Rockies were put at an immediate disadvantage.

South Kitsap YAHOO! Pitcher Jason Hammel was 10-8 with a 4.33 earned run average in his first season with the Rockies.

Sixteen-game winner Jorge De La Rosa will miss Colorado's first-round playoff series against Philadelphia because of an injured left groin.

Colorado's Jorge De La Rosa winces before leaving Saturday's game with the Dodgers.

Jorge De La Rosa's tight left groin could force the Rockies to push back or even hold out their best pitcher since June 1. He went 16-3 after starting 0-6 and was throwing brilliantly until he hurt himself against the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday night.De La Rosa was scheduled for a bullpen session yesterday to test his groin.

Just as it was in 2007, the Phillies enter the fray with a division title while the Rockies used an incredibly strong second half to win the NL Wild Card.

Also, he has a 1.71 road ERA in 2009. 2. LHP Jorge De La Rosa, who's 16-3 since losing his first six decisions, is out for the NLDS with a groin strain, one win short of team's single-season record.

Tonight in the Colorado Rockies vs Los Angeles Dodgers game it was supposed to be a match-up between Dodgers young lefty Clayton Kershaw and Rockies lefty Jorge De La Rosa .

Just like they did in 2007, the Colorado Rockies open the playoffs in Philadelphia as the hottest team in the National League.

Even before Jorge De La Rosa threw his first pitch, it hadn't been a good day for the Rockies.

Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy said minutes ago there was a "good chance" that Ubaldo Jimenez will be their Game 1 starter against the Phillies in the NLDS, our Jim Salisbury reports from Los Angeles.

Colorado Rockies pitcher Jorge De La Rosa left Saturday night's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth inning because of tightness in his right groin.