The Final Two Weeks of Spring

It's always been my view that the results of Spring Training exhibition games aren't that important to the regular season as much as the preparation that happens during the Cactus and Grapefruit league games.

But the final two weeks of the spring give you some clue as more and more the regular players are starting, and the pitchers are getting longer and longer starts.

The Rockies in 2010 are off to a decent start. They are currently 11-8, and their biggest concern is who to start as the Closer until or if Huston Street can take over later on. Aaron Cook had one horrible outing and a couple of the other pitchers had a bad start or appearance. Ian Stewart is lighting up Arizona as is Carlos Gonzalez and Chris Iannetta, while Eric Young is struggling at the plate.

Starting today, the Rockies have 14 spring games before heading to Milwaukee for Opening day on April 5th. These are the games that will tell us something.

Or have nothing to do with the regular season.