Monday Musings

The Rockies signed 1B Jason Giambi, and RHP Russ Ortiz over the past two days to help them during the September stretch run. Josh Fogg will start for the Rockies on Wednesday against the Dodgers in place of Aaron Cook. Cook's following start would have been next Tuesday, however the Rockies have some options. They could run Fogg or Adam Eaton out against the Mets, skip the spot in the rotation, since there is an off day on Monday, and move everyone up a day until a 5th starter is needed on Saturday, September 5th, or they could bring up Ortiz or Chacin on Tuesday as rosters expand on Tuesday. My guess is they will skip the spot at this point and postpone the decision.

Rockies have 4 remaining off days, but are in the midst of playing 29 games in 30 days. After next Monday, they have off September 17, 21 and 28.

Since the Dodgers last came to Coors Field on May 27th and Jim Tracy took over, the Rockies have compiled a 27-11 at home, having lost only 1 series (To Arizona July 3-5) and went 2-2 against Atlanta July 9-12. The Rockies are 9-6 against the West at home since then, and 13-13 overall against the West at home including the 1-5 record against the Dodgers.

The Rockies are 14-7 in August with 7 games to play.

The Rockies are 16 games over .500 for only the 2nd time in their history, the first being the 162nd game of 2007. The only day the Rockies were better than 16 over was after the Tiebreaker at 90-73.

At this point in 2007 the Rockies were 63-61. They finished 26-12 in the final 38 games, but only after they were 12-11 in the first 24. If the Rockies split the final 38 at 19-19, they will finish 89-73, the same record they had before the Tiebreaker game in 2007.