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Baseball on my mind today:

The Rockies of today: Looks like the roster is nearly set after the team signed Jason Giambi to a minor-league contract. My initial reaction to the signing was that with the DH market slow to develop this offseason, Giambi was unlikely to make the roster and was just looking for a place where he was guaranteed to get some at-bats during spring training while looking for a job elsewhere once Vladimir Guerrero and Johnny Damon find jobs. But with another glance through the roster, the team clearly lacks a true left-handed pinch-hitter if Seth Smith is going to get the bulk of the playing time in the outfield alongside Dexter Fowler and Carlos Gonzalez. Giambi has been excellent as a pinch-hitter so I woudn't mind seeing him on the bench, but if he's there, it doesn't bode well for Eric Young Jr.'s hopes to make the team out of spring training.

The Rockies of tomorrow: The only part of the baseball season I like more than the actual season is this part of January when I get my Prospect Handbook from Baseball America and get to take time to think about what the Rockies are going to look like down the road. The handbook should be here any day, but BA posted its top top 10 online as did Baseball Prospectus, which should help me through the wait. Really excited about Wilin Rosario, Tyler Matzek and Nolan Arenado, but Rafael Ortega, who could end up being one of the best players currently in the system, didn't make either list.

The InsideTheRockies.com of tomorrow: Getting close to finishing a redesign of the Rockies website. The redesign adds new features that allow the community we've gathered around the site to keep discussing the Rockies without occasionally prompting from the editors. Reworking the site has convinced me again of the potential of Wordpress as a CMS. I had considered switching the site to Drupal over the winter to make user-generated content easier to allow and isolate, but have found all the plugins necessary to keep the site in Wordpress, which should be a friendlier experience for our readers.