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Rockies second baseman Clint Barmes' trick this offseason is to treat it the same as last offseason.

Denver Post sports columnist Woody Paige posts Woody's Mailbag on Thursdays at DenverPost.com. The next installment is slated for Dec.

Published November 11, 2008 at 6:32 p.m. Reds interested in Rockies' Atkins but not Torrealba, Taveras RockyMountainNews.com readers had plenty of opinions on Monday's deal that sent Matt Holliday to Oakland ...

In case several hundred thousand of you missed it, the Page One teaser in the other newspaper's sports section Thursday declared: "O'Dowd likes deal." My reaction was: "Oh, the Rockies' general manager really ...

We will be taking a look around all 30 major league teams to see which players and pitchers failed, which excelled, and which youngsters you might want to keep in mind as you begin to prepare for your 2009 ...

It has been a rapid transformation from slugger to walking trade rumor. Garrett Atkins chewed on that idea over dinner Wednesday, aware he has become an appetizer for teams looking for a corner infielder.

We continue our series of Rockies player reviews with a wrapup of all the remaining offensive players.

Published November 5, 2008 at 7:48 p.m. Updated November 5, 2008 at 9:33 p.m. Poll What should be the Rockies' top priority this offseason? The Rockies expect to have an old face in a new lineup in 2009.

Published November 4, 2008 at 9:40 p.m. Poll What should be the Rockies' top priority this offseason? When the Rockies embarked on their build-from-within plan six years ago, the idea was they would develop ...

Odds are pretty decent that, by the time the Rockies report to Tucson in February for spring training, Garrett Atkins won't be among the players reporting.

Bill James, the king of sabermetrics, coined the term "Runs Created", in his Baseball Abstract many years ago.

While the preference would be to trade infielder Garrett Atkins to land a starting pitcher, the Rockies have made it known to opposing executives that Matt Holliday is available.

Hey, that Dustin Pedroia sure was a fantasy star this season. So were Nate McLouth and Kevin Youkilis .

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Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton is expected to be ready for spring training after undergoing surgery on his lower back.

Denver Post sports writer Troy E. Renck posted his Rockies Mailbag every other week on Mondays during the 2008 MLB season on DenverPost.com. This is the season finale.

If there was one moment from Friday's 3-2 loss to the Rockies that encapsulated the way things have gone for the D-backs this month, it was Conor Jackson's at-bat in the eighth inning.

Left-hander Jorge De La Rosa will make his final start of the season on Thursday night as he tries to help the Rockies sweep the Giants in a three-game set.

Right-hander Max Scherzer understands how young pitchers are usually handled and how innings totals tend to grow from year to year in increments rather than bursts.

Doug Davis used a bit of strategy he learned from Roger Clemens to get out of a fourth-inning jam Saturday in yet another quality start.