Is Halladay About To Be A Rockie?

Here’s an interesting tidbit from MLBTradeRumors vis BP

According to Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus, the Rockies pulled pitching prospect Jhoulys Chacin from his start tonight “as a precaution for possible, future organizational moves.”  Chacin tossed one inning for the Double A Tulsa Drillers, tallying just nine pitches.

The line “as a precaution for possible, future organizational moves” is pretty telling. Read between the lines and it should say “Chacin might be about to get traded and if he suddenly got hurt that would suck.”

After a rocky (pun intended) start the Rockies find themselves right in the thick of things as the deadline approaches. With Fowler with the MLB club Chacin is the Rockies top prospect. Chacin is not overpowering but has five pitches, inlcuding a sinker, that does lead to strikeouts. Scouts also praise his poise and maturity on the mound. Ideally Chacin could be a front of the rotation starter. At AA this year Chacin is 8-6 with a 3.14 ERA and 86 strikeouts.

[Update: Could the injury to Manny Corpas have anything to with this?  The Rockies needed a reliever before he went down and have been linked to Chad Qualls and George Sherrill but Chacin seems like an awful lot give up for either of those guys.]

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