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Mets acquire Eric Young from Colorado Rockies

credit: getty images The New York Mets have acquired Eric Young in a trade with the Colorado Rockies. Young was sent to the Mets in exchange for pitcher Collin McHugh. While with the Rockies the speedy Young hit just .242/.290/.352 over 57 games. In order to make room for Young on the roster the Mets designated outfielder Colin Cowgill for assignment. The Mets figure to offer Young...
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Colorado Rockies get strong performance from Jorge De La Rosa in loss

Jorge De La Rosa was phenomenal on Monday night.When your team is 1/2 a game out of first place, there is no such thing as a positive loss. However, if there was such a thing, it happened to the Colorado Rockies on Monday.The Rockies left the country for the first time in six seasons, and in the process, accomplished something that feels like hasn't happened in another six years...
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Roy Oswalt will make Rockies debut on Thursday

It has to be hard for a veteran player to be relegated to the minors, but that has been the case for pitcher Roy Oswalt. The 13-year veteran has been in the farm system for the Colorado Rockies for the last six weeks, but it looks like his time there could soon be coming to a close. Troy Renck 
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Colorado Rockies Purchase Logan Kensing, Option Chris Volstad

The Colorado Rockies have purchased the contract of right-handed reliever Logan Kensing from their Triple-A Colorado Springs minor league affiliate. To make room for him, they have optioned right-handed reliever Chris Volstad to the same minor league affiliate. Kensing has been dominant in Triple-A this year, keeping his earned run average to a very respectable 2.57. Kensing, who...
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Chacin the Machine: Colorado Rockies get exactly what they need with performance from ace

Jhoulys Chacin gave the Rockies exactly what they needed on Sunday.Look around Coors Field at the start of the 9th inning on Sunday and there were certainly long-time Colorado Rockies fans rubbing their eyes, wondering if they were being deceived by what they saw.Jhoulys Chacin, the Rockies starter on Sunday, walked to the mound looking for the first Rockies complete game in nearly...
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2 days ago  |  Discuss

Tulowitzki Injury Will Be Fatal To Colorado Rockies

Thearon W. Henderson- Getty Images Once again the Colorado Rockies have lost shortstop Troy Tulowitzki to a major injury. The the accident-prone star infielder has a broken rib that will probably sideline him for a couple of months. This is very bad news for a Rockies team that has been fighting for first place in the NL West for the past two months. Colorado (currently second in...
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Troy Tulowitzki headed to DL with broken rib

An MRI on Thursday revealed that Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki has a broken rib on his right side, reports The Denver Post. “I’m just really upset. I worked so hard (to get back),” Tulowitzki said in a text to The Post. “I’m in a lot of pain right now; I’m not sure how 
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Rockies injuries: Carlos Gonzalez, Dexter Fowler banged up

When the Colorado Rockies started the year off so hot, we all wondered when the injury bug would strike again. Most of their problems competing over the last few seasons have been for that exact reason. Well on this day it is seemingly like déjà vu for this organization. Carlos Gonzalez left Thursday's game with a bruised left foot after getting hit by a foul ball while...
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It is a real shame about Troy Tulowitzki

Troy Tulowitzki is the best shortstop in the Major Leagues since Alex Rodriguez. The problem is that A-Rod almost never got hurt early in his career and Troy Tulowitzki cannot seem to avoid the injury bug. After only playing 46 games a year ago, Tulowitzki has just been diagnosed with a broken rib and will miss another four to six weeks after playing just sixty games this season...
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Colorado Rockies watch season go down the drain as Troy Tulowitzki goes down with broken rib

Troy Tulowitzki will miss 4-6 weeks with a broken rib.The other shoe has dropped, Colorado Rockies fans.For the better part of three months, Rockies fans have been thinking that something has to give. This was a team that struggled to beat the worst teams a year ago. They would routinely find new ways to lose in 2012, and they showed no signs of life.It was baffling to Rockies fans...
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5 days ago  |  Discuss

Rockies' Gonzalez hit on leg, leaves

Rockies star Carlos Gonzalez left Thursday's game with a bruised left foot after getting hit by a foul ball while on deck in the first inning. Gonzalez was struck near the ankle by Jordan Pacheco's foul liner. A team trainer attended to Gonzalez, and the left fielder exited after walking around in front of the Colorado dugout. The Rockies said X-rays were negative. He was...
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Rockies OFs Gonzalez, Fowler leave with injuries

Colorado Rockies outfielders Carlos Gonzalez and Dexter Fowler have left Thursday's game against Washington after getting injured. Gonzalez was hit near the ankle by a foul ball while on deck in the first inning and exited with a bruised left foot. The Rockies said X-rays were negative and listed the All-Star left fielder as day to day. Fowler was hit on the right hand by a...
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Carlos Gonzalez Leaves Game After Being Hit By Foul Ball

Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez was forced to leave the game after being hit with a foul ball in the lower left leg off the bat of Jordan Pacheco while he was on deck. Gonzalez  laid writhing in pain and was attended to by a team trainer.He was able to walk off under his own power  after walking around the front of the Colorado dugout.  He was replaced by Tyler Colvin...
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Are These Colorado Rockies For Real?

The Colorado Rockies walked off in extra innings yesterday afternoon behind a 4-hit day from Dexter Fowler, a home run from Troy Tulowitzki and a 9th inning, 2-run double from Carlos Gonzalez.  The Rockies (34-30) sit in third place in the NL West right now, a percentage point behind the Giants and 1.5 games back of the Diamondbacks.  They’ve gotten this far thanks to unbelievable...
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