July 12, 2021 12:31 AM
We have hit the unofficial sports bettor s vacation week as the MLB All-Star Break formally begins. This is usually the time of year where bettors take a break, recharge their batteries and begin to prepare for football or readjust their bankroll. Today we no longer have 15 MLB games to choose from like we have for the past three and a half months. Instead we have just one big event to get down on: The MLB Home Run Derby. For an updated breakdown of Monday s betting action, be sure to tune in to the VSiN Market Insights Podcast with Josh Appelbaum. It will be posted at 1 p.m. ET. I ll also be co-hosting the Lombardi Line alongside Dave Ross from noon-2 p.m. ET.
Former Rockies player sells downtown condo to lawyer for $3M
Courtesy of LIV Sotheby’s International Realty)
After signing a new contract with the Kansas City Royals, a former Rockies closing pitcher has sold his condo at the edge of downtown Denver.
Wade Davis and his wife Katelyn received $3.1 million for their 29th-floor unit in One Lincoln Park, the 32-story tower at 2001 Lincoln St., according to public records.
The couple purchased it in 2018 for $2.4 million, records show.
Davis signed a three-year, $52 million contract with the Rockies prior to the 2018 season. He was released from the team in September 2020. And in January, he signed a minor-league contract with the Royals the team he helped pitch to the 2015 World Series title.
Darren Holmes Courtesy of Baseball Reference: “Colorado Rockies Yearly Pitching Staff - Most Common Pitchers” The Baseball Reference list doesn’t include closers who filled in for a shorter period of time (i.e.
), so technically the Rockies have had more than 16 closers in team history.
A consistent bullpen can be hard to come by when reliever performance can face serious year-to-year volatility. A hitter-friendly Coors Field can magnify those effects, particularly in tight save situations. If you’re a premier closer at the peak of your career, why would you try and prove yourself in Colorado when literally any other ballpark is more favorable for pitchers? When such rationale can lure top arms away from Coors Field, are we forced to look at ‘shorter’ tenures when identifying the best Rockies closers? How many years does a closer need in order to qualify?