With the departure of free agent Yorvit Torrealba, the Colorado Rockies have expressed interest in former Met backup catcher and now free agent Brian Schneider according to The Denver Post.  Torrealba recently turned down a 2 year $4.5 million offer from the Rockies.  The Denver Post speculates that Torrealba may be headed to the San Francisco Giants with the departure of free agent Bengie Molina.  Torealba started in the Giant’s system and was with the big league club from 2001-2005.  He’ll be a stop-gap until Buster Posey is ready to take the job full-time.

Schneider hit .218 with three home runs and 24 RBIs in 59 games with the Met’s in 2009.  He’s he’s an average backup at best.  The Rockies other option is Chris Iannetta who started approximately half of the Rockies games last season.