Hot item now is the Rockies willingness to trade reliever Fuentes. This should be done by All Star break. The Rockies have been awful so far this year.

This came from Yahoo Sports!

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The Rockies will decide at the All-Star break whether or not to trade players such as Fuentes, according to the Rocky Mountain News.

Recommendation: The Red Sox, Yankees, Mets, Phillies, Rays, Cubs and Cardinals have interest in the lefty reliever. Of that group, the Cardinals have the most uncertainty at closer and several teams wouldn’t even consider Fuentes as a closer. Given the Rockies’ awful record, Fuentes should be prepared for a trade before July 31.

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He is 1-4 as I write this with a 3.94 ERA. That is not real good stuff for a reliever. He has 13 saves for Colorado. Any deal is precipitated by who we give up to acquire a new piece.

Yes, he is left handed. I hope we can give next to nothing if the Cardinals are going to acquire Fuentes.

Duncan.

BLah.

TLR said RH’ers do better against Davies that lefties. SO…. why not Stavinoha or Barton in the DH slot?

Even so, if it has to be a LH hitter, make it Kennedy that has raised his average about 30 points in the last 10 days or so.

Duncan. BLAH.

Another thing. Why have ALbert in the field when we could let him rest for 2 more days???

We shall see.

3 walkoff walks- another lose.

Enough said.

Pack your bags for Memphis or springfield or Quad Cities. Just leave the team.

Now.

Rant #1-

We have a Rule V guy who is batting around .240 and can’t be sent down. Tony wants to carry 2 extra pitchers.

We need the stick in the lineup. That is evident from the Royal Flush.

Rant #2- similar to number one

Stavinaho- Why is he not here batting this week in the DH slot? The biggest knock on him is his defense. Great time to play him. We are carrying 39 players on the 40 man roster. Is it his arby clock that keeps him down? If so, that is pretty lame.

It is not just a bug that is hitting, it has become a disease.

13 pitchers have/had this during the year.

Now Reyes???? What did he do, speak out of turn about being miffed on not getting a start? Now he has elbow discomfort.

Whoa is me! What next? Who next?

Will any of them return to their original or better form? We better hope so.

Brad Thompson starts tonight. I am not a big fan of that move. We shall see. I would rather see Hawksworth or Garcia but that starts their arby clock.

One more minor rant…. when it comes time to send someone down or back to Memphis, please let it be Villone.

Reyes and Izzy up.

Hope we didnt rush Izzy. Would rather they all be healthy long before they see the field. That concerns me with Pujols saying he would be back in 2 weeks.

Reyes, let’s start him a few games and let Wellemeyer miss a couple of starts and rest. That I would like to see.

Mather didn’t hit in his 30 some at bats. Hopefully he will come back another time and pull a Ludwick and set the league on fire!

Stavinaho- was hoping he would be our DH for the interleague games.

Oh well, we have to keep winning since the Cubs refuse to lose.

With Pujols hurt, what are our options?

Lots of RH pitchers coming up.

Do you believe it is nepotism if Duncan is called up?

I think it is the correct move. Play Mather and Duncan in a platoon.

what about Glaus playing first and Freese playin 3rd? Not good since Freese is a RH’er.

be concerned about our rotation?

Wellemeyer, Wainwright, Pinero, Clement and the list goes on and on and on.

Do we have the “system” to keep afloat?

I believe so. Boggs, Garcia, Reyes and the new stud in Class AA ball.

Does our medical staff cause you to be concerned about how they handle things? ABSOLUTELY.

I understand the Rule 5 pick. BUT do we really need him? Does he bring anything to the team?

I believe we can get his production elsewhere.

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