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February 24, 2009

Team Health Reports

Colorado Rockies

by Will Carroll

COLORADO ROCKIES
Team Audit | DT Cards | PECOTA Cards | Depth Chart

Head Trainer: Keith Duggar
Player Days Lost: 680
Total Dollars Lost: $12.6 million
Injury Cost: $20.9 million

Trend: Neutral. Despite being up and down in the standings over the past few seasons, the Rockies have been fairly stable in the injury ratings. They've managed to keep days-lost to a minimum despite some severe handicaps, including Todd Helton's odd intestinal problem in 2007 and Troy Tulowitzki's injury last season. They have done fairly well with pitchers recently, which is an improvement, because it had been something that the Rockies struggled with for years during the "Humidor Era." However, Duggar and his staff begin the '09 season by losing Jeff Francis to a tough injury that highlights a problem for the DL days measure: the team gets hit with a lost season (180 days or so) because of something that happened last year.

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Werty83

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Tulowitzki's downside is this generation's Jay Bell? Mr. Bell was an 88.8 win player for his career. Doesn't sound so bad to me.

Feb 24, 2009 09:46 AM

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One Flap Down

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I thought the plan was to play Atkins at 1st and Stewart at 3rd when Helton was out of the lineup.

Feb 24, 2009 11:02 AM

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Rob in Alaska

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That's certainly what happened last year. No reason to expect it to play out any differently.

Feb 24, 2009 11:21 AM

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boards

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Doesn't altitude have something to do with recovery time? Does it also lead to higher risk of injury? I would think that the Rockies may have a disadvantage in player health because of where they spend most of their time. Almost all of the green lights are for players that weren't in Colorado last season.

Feb 24, 2009 11:51 AM

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jcoop

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Jimenez is a nice sleeper this year. Oddly, his numbers at Mile High were a full run and 1/2 better than on the road. If he can bring his road numbers down, look out. Not sure how being similar to Garza warrants a yellow though.

Feb 24, 2009 12:09 PM

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cyborg

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Jimenez has mean stuff but needs to figure out how to get his walks down. For the past four years, he's never had a year with bb/9 inn below 4.6. His bb/9 inn was 4.1 in 2007 at COL when he came up and started in Aug/Sept. However, it rose to 4.7 in 2008 which tells me batters made an adjustment and were laying off more.

Feb 24, 2009 13:48 PM

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nicholj

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I love the THR series because it provides a quality of information not available anywhere else. In particular, they layman descriptions of the past injuries/damaged body parts and their potential effects. Disappointingly, other than the excellent analysis of Helton's back, this THR is completely void of any such detail.

Feb 24, 2009 17:29 PM

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Richard Bergstrom

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How is Barmes more risky as a 2B than as a shortstop? Also, which Huston Street injury is being referred to?

Feb 24, 2009 18:53 PM

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birkem3

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I'm just guessing here, but the actuarial baseline is probably riskier in general at second than shortstop. I have two possible reasons why. First, second basemen are usually less athletic than shortstops. Second, second basemen have their backs to oncoming baserunners at second. But those are just my guesses.

Feb 25, 2009 07:01 AM

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birkem3

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As for Huston Street, he had neuritis in his ulnar nerve. At least that's what this injury tool (http://www.fantasypitchfx.com/DL/injury-tool.php) told me.

Feb 25, 2009 07:03 AM

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strougal

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Any word whether Jason Hirsh is healthy this year? I know he's 27 and running out of time, but I'm hoping to see a full year out of him again soon. I just wonder if it'll be in AAA to start the season. I also don't expect many innings out of him with all the time he has missed.

Feb 24, 2009 19:34 PM

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Conundrum

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Increased intolerance from lactic acid build up at altitudes over 4000 feet causes greater musculoskeltal soreness and increased recuperation time. This effect can mask more serious injuries. It is a complicated subject since lactic acid can also be utilized by the body as additional energy when red blood cell concentrations reach certain levels. It is another variable that should concern Rockie's trainers.

Feb 24, 2009 22:56 PM

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