Farming for Victory: Rockies Minor League Report Part 1

Well, with the Rockies crumpling under the wallops of the colossal wrecking ball of their in-crap-titude (mouthful, huh?), and Jayson Nix failing to throw South Koreans out at home plate, to where do we turn? Perhaps the minor league system has a few reasons to keep calling yourself a Rockies fan... Perhaps.

Colorado Springs Sky Sox

Pitching

It is more like "Pitching" than Pitching, because what the Sky Sox have is an awful facsimile of pitching. I think, when this masquerade of a pitching staff was being created, someone accidentally spilled coffee on the machine. What came out, should be thrown out rather than used--sort of like the new Indiana Jones movie.

-Former prospect Jason Hirsh is 26-years old. Instead of reaching his prime pitching age in the major leagues, he's working on repeating his delivery in AAA.

-Luckily for Franklin Morales, his parents made him later. So, at 22, he still has time to refine his command. His 70/69 K/BB ratio would be kind of infuriating, if it wasn't so sad.

-Gregory Reynolds hasn't pitched since July 22nd. He is transitioning from a pitcher full of potential to a useless roster spot. In other words, he's becoming a "True Rockie," like how Derek Jeter is a "True Yankee." Instead of how a "True Yankee" is someone who only gets balls to his right and hits a few dingers in the playoffs, a "True Rockie" is someone who is either injured or plays poorly.

-In honor of the Olympics, the Bronze goes to Steven Register for being the only halfway decent on the Sky Sox. The 25-year old has a respectable 3.33 ERA.

Hitting

With Ian Stewart cranking dingers into the second deck at Coors, the Sky Sox don't have many "prospects," but some of their players are hitting pretty decently.

-Joe Koshansky keeps on destroying--.295/.374/.594. This could be because of the humidor-less altitude of Security Service Field. For you RBI fans out there, Koshansky does pretty well at situational hitting (102 RBI).

-Though he can't through out South Koreans, Jayson Nix hits pretty well in the thin air of Colorado Springs. He was slugging .593 before running off to Beijing. Now, if he could only slug like that at Coors field...

Tomorrow: Part 2-Tulsa Drillers...