Nieves out for the birth of his kid, so wonder kid/future Nieves replacement Wilson Ramos (booty in the Matt Capps trade) comes up and gets a start today. Ironically (and potentially an omen) Ramos gets #3, which has been Flores‘ number since he was picked up in 06. Hmmm. Doesn’t bode well for Flores’s future here.
Willingham to the DL, done for the year but coinciding with Morgan‘s return. So we’ll be throwing out an outfield of Bernadina, Morgan and Morse for the time being. Not bad.
But I did see an interesting note that the Rockies are getting ready to flat out release Brad Hawpe. Why? Partly because they know they can’t resign him in the off season and are wary of offering him arbitration. But mostly becuase he’s underperformed this year and the Rockies want to play a up and comer named Eric Young Jr. Either way, his numbers are not THAT bad, i hope we sign him just so we could offer him arbitration and get the draft picks (he projects as a type A) or even if he accepts arbitration he’s better than Morse in right field, right?
Probably though, he signs on with a contender to be a 4th outfielder.