Colorado Rockies News & Notes

Lots of things going on from a fantasy baseball perspective of late with the Colorado Rockies in regards to recent call ups and injuries.

Eric Young Jr. got the start at second base Tuesday night and hit lead off, going 2-for-4 with two RBI. Clint Barmes is struggling this season hitting just .189 and a permanent switch to Young would mean the potential for anywhere from 25-40 plus steals and a plethora of runs atop the Rockies batting order.

Miguel Olivo has taken over as the starting catcher with Chris Ianetta being sent down to Triple-A. Olivo went 1-for-2 with two RBI and is hitting .319 on the season with five home runs and 12 RBI.

Seth Smith has some value over the next two weeks while filling in for Brad Hawpe who was placed on the disabled list. I would love to see Smith get 500+ at bats one of these seasons, knowing he would hit 280+ with 20+ home runs.

Recent call up Jhoulys Chacin threw a scoreless inning of relief with two strikeouts and will get the start on Sunday against San Francisco. While he might rack up some strikeouts, I think his other numbers will suffer until he is able to fix his control. In 21 1/3 innings in Triple-A this year he had walked 11 hitters.

Jorge De La Rosa and Jason Hammel both hit the 15-day disabled list with injuries. De La Rosa with a torn tendon on a finger on his throwing hand and Hammel with a strained groin. It has been an injury marred season so far for Colorado’s staff with Huston Street and Jeff Francis already out of action, although both are throwing as they work their way back.

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