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Tulo - 2HR and 7 RBI - only bottom of the 4th (1 Viewer)
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Snotbubbles
Footballguy
Colorado Rockies as a team.
Home: .302, 100 HRs, 425 RBIs
Away: .228, 57 HRs, 242 RBIs
Wake me up when they can actually hit on the road.
Home: .302, 100 HRs, 425 RBIs
Away: .228, 57 HRs, 242 RBIs
Wake me up when they can actually hit on the road.
Arsenal of Doom
Footballguy
Tulo has been destroying the ball all month. Hopefully they can still squeak into the playoff this year, if not though I can't wait see that 3-4 combination terrorizing the NL for the next four+ years.
Arsenal of Doom
Footballguy
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Guy is just sick. Talk about locked in.
fasteddie_21
2006 NM Poker Champ
En fuego doesn't seem to do him justice here. Only the 3rd time since 1900 has a guy hit 14 HR's in a 15 game stretch. Albert Belle and Barry Bonds.Just wow.Well on his way to the September record of 17 HRs and possibly Sosa's single-month record of 20. I doubt he gets 20, but they do have a homestand coming up.En fuego doesn't seem to do him justice here. Only the 3rd time since 1900 has a guy hit 14 HR's in a 15 game stretch. Albert Belle and Barry Bonds.Just wow.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Tulo.
MAC_32
Footballguy
Alright, pardon me as I don't think I've ever owned him, so I'm playing catch up.
Am I understanding right that he finally had surgery on his various ailments this past Fall that have plagued him for the last several years? I've avoided him because of those issues, his draft day price tag, and I've been able to find alternatives I like (for their price) but...shortstop is ####### terrible this year. No matter who you pick you have to pick them earlier than you should. Additionally, it's looking like his price tag is finally accounting for his health hazardness, so I'm looking at paying up but I'm trying to piece together his injury/surgery history and see if there's a better bet he stays on the field this year vs. previous years.
Anybody?
Am I understanding right that he finally had surgery on his various ailments this past Fall that have plagued him for the last several years? I've avoided him because of those issues, his draft day price tag, and I've been able to find alternatives I like (for their price) but...shortstop is ####### terrible this year. No matter who you pick you have to pick them earlier than you should. Additionally, it's looking like his price tag is finally accounting for his health hazardness, so I'm looking at paying up but I'm trying to piece together his injury/surgery history and see if there's a better bet he stays on the field this year vs. previous years.
Anybody?
Mr. Know-It-All
Footballguy
Vested interest in Tulo as he is my son's favorite player - and I have owned him since his 2007 year and pay inflation each year just to keep him as a sentimental nod to my son. In 8 full years, he has played 150+ just twice. Once at 143, and the remaining 5 seasons were 126 or less. The good news is that he hasn't had consecutive years with REALLY low game totals, so I would predict somewhere in the 120-130 game played range which should put him around 525-550 PA. You know what stats he will put up with that number of PAs, which makes him still the elite player at the position. It will come down to a gamble - I personally would pay full price for him but I wouldn't overspend.
Eephus
Footballguy
He's now the wrong side of 30 but there's always the chance he puts up that full monster season he's capable of.
I bought a ticket in a league last year and got a half year of MVP production. I think I'd prefer that to have him deal with nagging injuries and miss games/series here and there.
I don't think there are any single players who can really win or lose a league for you but Tulowitzki is one of the closest things to that.
I bought a ticket in a league last year and got a half year of MVP production. I think I'd prefer that to have him deal with nagging injuries and miss games/series here and there.
I don't think there are any single players who can really win or lose a league for you but Tulowitzki is one of the closest things to that.
ffldrew
Footballguy
Rockies have to dump him by trade deadline IMO. They need him to come out productive and stay healthy until then. He may get rested a bit more to eliminate some of the chances he messes up his groin/hip(provided he doesn't injure himself like he has in the past) If you pick him up be prepared for the move. Very similar to Larry Walker - so much potential so much time on IR.
Arsenal of Doom
Footballguy
Trading Tulo and CarGo if they can manage to put together healthy and solid starts to the season is clearly the smart play for the Rockies. As such, I think it's only a slight possibility.
rodg12
Footballguy
Something I've always wondered and it was a point Brian Kenny brought up on his MLB Network show last night...does playing in Coors in the high altitude make these guys more susceptible to injuries? I could see some merit to that and would be interested to see how Tulo and CarGo fair playing elsewhere.
Arsenal of Doom
Footballguy
I've heard this floated before, usually in regards to pitchers. I'm skeptical that high altitude exposure would have anything to do with normal sports injuries. You'd see it in every sport and I don't know that any of the Denver sports teams have unusually high injury rates. Not to mention we have our national Olympic training center in Colorado at higher altitude than Denver.
Pitchers might be another story. We know that balls don't break as well in high altitude and it's possible that causes pitchers who throw half their games here to do things differently and be at greater risk. I haven't seen it statistically backed up though.
rodg12
Footballguy
Adam Ottavino was on the show with Kenny last night and he lent some credence to the theory. He said he definitely felt more soreness after home games than road games.
He also confirmed the talk about his stuff being quite a big different at home vs on the road and having to adjust what pitches he throws. The other point he brought up about this is the inverse effect it has on the Rockies hitters. They play at home and get used to the way the ball breaks there and then have to go on the road and get exposed to the 'normal' break. Makes it more difficult on them than it otherwise would be just living with the normal break all the time.
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ffldrew
Footballguy
If altitude make you smash your hand up on a water cooler in the clubhouse and break it - then yes.
Eephus
Footballguy
I think that theory would make more sense with sports that were more aerobic. Do Avs and Nuggets players have a higher incidence of injury than other players in their sport.
Tulowitzki's injuries have included a rib fracture, thumb laceration and wrist fracture which probably could happen in the Marianas Trench. His major injuries have all involved his left leg and hip which could be more cumulative than altitude related.
Tulowitzki's injuries have included a rib fracture, thumb laceration and wrist fracture which probably could happen in the Marianas Trench. His major injuries have all involved his left leg and hip which could be more cumulative than altitude related.
