Here's Baseball America's top 10 Rockies:
- Ian Stewart, 3b
- Troy Tulowitzki, ss
- Franklin Morales, lhp
- Chaz Roe, rhp
- Ubaldo Jimenez, rhp
- Shane Lindsay, rhp
- Chris Iannetta, c
- Juan Morillo, rhp
- Ryan Shealy, 1b
- Chris Nelson, ss
The big surprise to me is how low Chris Nelson is. I know he was hurt and didn't play, but it seems unlike BA to drop his tools and age behind a 26 year old first baseman(Shealy) and a guy who throws a straight fastball and little else(Morillo). I guess if I were making the list I'd move Shealy up to third, slot Nelson between Jimenez and Lindsay, and slide Ching-Lung Lo into the 10 spot ahead of Morillo, but as always there's a reason they get paid to do this sort of thing I suppose.