The Rockies blew the doors off of the winter meetings yesterday, signing journeyman and WORLD SERIES CHAMPION Alan Embree to a one-year deal. Rumor has it that a trade of Willy Taveras to the Washington Nationals is imminent.
With the departure of Brian Fuentes, Embree is now the go-to lefty specialist in the Rockies bullpen. Embree has had a serviceable if unspectacular career amassing a 4.55 ERA over his 15-years of service. Embree now joins Huston Street in the Rockies bullpen, both of whom played the last couple of years in Oakland.
Taveras is rumored to be traded for Nats starter Tim Redding, meaning Ryan Spilborghs has all but won the starting centerfield spot.
It's really amazing to watch this team at work in the off-season. I mean, where else but in Colorado are the months of November and December more exciting than the regular season?! I would much rather be here, with the excited feeling of sitting at a Caribbean Stud Poker table in Vegas, than have the blasé feeling of contentment knowing that perennial Cy Young contenders C.C. Sabathia or Frakie Rodriguez would be joining the squad. Seriously, I'm wicked excited.
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