The Colorado Rockies have been sitting OBP-adverse CFer Cory Sullivan for most of the week. Surprisingly, his production is nearly on par with what he did last season.
Despite this, I intuit he is not long for the job. The immediate heir apparent is Ryan Spilborghs.
Looking at Spilborghs, the most obvious statistic is his age. he will be 27 in Septmber - very old for a rookie and often a sign there is little room for improvement.
Checking his past seasons, I noticed he came out of college at 23 and moved one level at a time until last season where he split it between AA & AAA.
In 2005, he maintained his breakout performance at AA in AAA , .960 OPS vs .956 OPS- a positive sign.
His 2006 AAA performance is below his 2005 one, but it is still good at .317/.378/.458.
With Colorado as his major league address, I can see Spilborghs being a net-positve as a free agent pick-up at the bottom of your roster.
If only Jeff Salazar hadn't hurt his elbow, he'd probably have gotten the chance Spilborghs is currently getting - and my deep sleeper prognostication ability to be Nostradamus-esque1
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