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Rafael graciously obliged, and has contributed the following look at Chacin. A promising Rockies pitcher spends his offseason in a far away place.

May 12, 2009; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Rockies relief pitch Matt Belisle delivers a pitch in the seventh inning against the Houston Astros at Coors Field.

When was the last time you had to wait to find out what is happening in the sports world? When is the last time you wondered what your favorite baseball writer was holding back? Probably quite awhile ago, because in this day and age of sports media, the minute something happens, 5 people are talking about it online.

The words come quickly. Without focus, it's hard to keep up with Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd. The same could be said for his offseason.

One of the largest critiques of the Rockies offseason to date has been with the team adding starters with higher than average fly ball percentage on balls in play.

In February 2012, Ubaldo Jimenez and someone like Greg Reynolds were supposed to be heading to spring training later in the month to battle it out to see who would earn the honor of being the starting pitcher on Opening Day for the Colorado Rockies.

Our next stop in our tour of the National League West brings us to the Colorado Rockies .

Read more: Colorado Rockies , Baltimore Orioles , Jeremy Guthrie , Rockies get Guthrie , Rockies Acquire Guthrie , Matt Lindstrom , Orioles Trade Guthrie , Orioles get Lindstrom , Rockies Trade Lindstrom , Jason Hammel , Rockies Trade Hammel , Orioles get Hammel , Pro , MLB DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies have traded pitchers Matt Lindstrom and ... (more)

I wrote a lot of words about the Rockies yesterday because they traded for Jeremy Guthrie.

We've hit the point in the offseason where we're starting to get the "Spring Training Hope" articles, best shape of players' respective lives, learning cutters, changing diets, and everybody's favorite, broke up with Rihanna.

I don't know how many of you regularly play fantasy baseball, or if you have a favorite platform on which to play said game.

Martin Luther King talked about "experiments and failed experiments, and I didn't want to be a failed experiment," Don Baylor said.

The Colorado Rockies have continued their eventful offseason by trading starting pitcher Jason Hammel and set-up man Matt Lindstrom to the Baltimore Orioles for starter Jeremy Guthrie .

Here are some quotes from Jeremy Guthrie about today's trade that sends him to the Colorado Rockies for pitchers Jason Hammel and Matt Lindstrom On his thoughts when he heard he was traded: "I think, obviously, the first thoughts that go through your head are the five great years I've been in Baltimore and the great teammates that I won't have an ... (more)

A few weeks back, I sat down with Michelle Hoag and Hayden Kane of FanSided's Colorado Rockies blog, Rox Pile to talk Rockies and Giants baseball.

I know ive never posted here before, but im curious to what you think your team is going to do with their rotation Which ones do you think make the Opening Day rotation? I'd say Chacin, Guthrie, Pomeranz, White and Moscoso with Outman to the pen and Chatwood in AAA? What do you think? Minor League Ball's 2010 Rookie of the Year Poster If you didn't ... (more)

The Rockies have one of the best signings of the off season and one of the worst according to a position by position opinion piece by L.A. Times writer Mike DiGiovanna .

For the better part of the last three seasons, Padres fans knew exactly what to expect late in close, winnable games.

The above image shows expected accumulations through Saturday evening before snow tapers off.