Colorado Rockies 2011 (Major League Roster)

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For Opening Day Roster and list of players who departed this offseason, click HERE.

*Players on the 40-man roster are indicated in BOLD.
*Players who are injured are indicated with +
*Click on the player's name to see the injury update
*Baseball America '11 pre-season prospect rankings are indicated in BLUE.
*Baseball Prospectus '11 pre-season prospect rankings are indicated in GREEN.

Resources and Information Page
Colorado Springs (AAA)/ Tulsa (AA)
Modesto (HiA)/ Asheville (LoA)/ Rookie Levels

*40-man roster total (36)

ACTIVE ROSTER (*indicates left-handed batter **indicates switch-hitter)
Starting Lineup (click HERE to see last 7 lineups)
1 CF Dexter Fowler** 
2 2B Mark Ellis
3 RF Carlos Gonzalez* +
4 SS Troy Tulowitzki
5 LF Seth Smith*
6 3B Ty Wigginton
7 1B Jordan Pacheco
8 C Wilin Rosario BA#2 BP#2 

Bench
C Chris Iannetta
1B Jason Giambi*
1B Todd Helton* +
SS Hector Gomez BA#10
IF Thomas Field
IF Chris Nelson
IF/OF Andrew Brown
IF/OF Eric Young, Jr.**

Starting Rotation  
1 RHP Jhoulys Chacin 
2 RHP Aaron Cook
3 RHP Esmil Rogers
4 RHP Kevin Millwood
5 RHP Alex White BA#2-CLE BP#4-CLE
6 LHP Drew Pomeranz BA#4 BP#3  

Bullpen (click HERE to see last 7 days of bullpen usage) 
CL RHP Rafael Betancourt 
SU RHP Huston Street
SU RHP Matt Lindstrom
MID LHP Rex Brothers BA#7 BP#8
MID RHP Matt Belisle
MID LHP Matt Reynolds 
MID RHP Josh Roenicke
MID LHP J.C. Romero
MID RHP Edgmer Escalona
LR RHP Jason Hammel 

Restricted
C Eliezer Alfonso UPDATE 9/14 - suspended 100 games for 2nd positive test for PED use

Disabled List
Position Players  
•IF Jonathan Herrera** + UPDATE 9/6 - placed on 60-Day DL (broken finger)
•OF Charlie Blackmon* BP#7 + UPDATE 7/8 - placed on 15-Day DL (fractured foot) UPDATE 7/15 - transferred to 60-Day DL
•OF Ryan Spilborghs + UPDATE 9/11 - placed on 60-Day DL (plantar fascitis)  

Pitchers  
•RHP Juan Nicasio BA#8 + UPDATE 8/6 - placed on 15-Day DL (fractured vertebrae in neck) UPDATE 8/23 - transferred to 60-Day DL
•LHP Jorge De La Rosa + UPDATE 5/25 - placed on 15-Day DL (will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery) UPDATE 6/8 - transferred to 60-Day DL

Lost off Waivers/Released/Traded
Position Players
•C Matt Pagnozzi UPDATE 9/14 - lost off waivers to Pittsburgh
•1B Mike Jacobs UPDATE 8/18 - suspended 50 games after testing positive for HGH; released
•IF Jose Lopez UPDATE 6/7 - cleared waivers and released
•IF/OF Alfredo Amezaga UPDATE 8/6 - traded to Florida
•OF Eliezer Mesa UPDATE 9/30 - traded to Oakland

Pitchers
•RHP Bruce Billings UPDATE 6/30 - traded to Oakland
•RHP Ubaldo Jimenez UPDATE 7/30 - traded to Cleveland
•RHP Felipe Paulino UPDATE 5/26 - traded to Kansas City for cash 
•LHP Franklin Morales UPDATE 5/19 - traded to Boston for PTBNL or cash