Comments on: Jorge De La Rosa “well ahead of schedule” coming back from Tommy John surgery http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/13/jorge-de-la-rosa-well-ahead-of-schedule-coming-back-from-tommy-john-surgery/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sat, 18 May 2013 18:33:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mjay424 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/13/jorge-de-la-rosa-well-ahead-of-schedule-coming-back-from-tommy-john-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-258943 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:13:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=110909#comment-258943 Aaron, it still might be attractive to the Rockies too if De La Rosa picks up his option for 2013 if he works through the surgery and proves he can still throw hard and effectively. At his best, De La Rosa can be both very average and outstanding. If he’s at least as good as he was, post-surgery, then he fits well as a no. 3 or 4 starter. Many claimed he was no. 2 quality but his inconsistency over a full season doesn’t merit that status. As a no. 3 or 4, he’s a very good pitcher, if healthy.

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]]> By: redguy12588 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/13/jorge-de-la-rosa-well-ahead-of-schedule-coming-back-from-tommy-john-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-258889 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:06:56 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=110909#comment-258889 The Pirates were in the running for him last year and I think they wanted to give him a 3 year, $30M contract. Thank God he didn’t bite. Now we get to sign AJ Burnett!

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