Colorado Rockies Rumors: Looking at Turnbow until Buchholz returns?
ByUpdate 1/25 22:14: According to Thomas Harding of MLB.com, Turnbow is expected to make a decision within 48 hours. Turnbow recently had a workout that 20 teams attended. In addition to Turnbow, the Rockies have expressed interest in Eric Gagne.
1/17 10:09: Troy Renck of the Denver Post reports that the Colorado Rockies attended former Milwaukee Brewers’ closer Derrick Turnbow’s open-audition for teams on Friday. The Rockies are in need of a reliever until Taylor Buchholz returns in June from Tommy John surgery.
Turnbow, 32 by Opening Day, last played in 8 games for Milwaukee in 2008. His best year was in 2005 when he went 7-1, saved 39 games and had a 1.74 ERA.
Turnbow could be a cheaper alternative to those clubs that may be interested in Octavio Dotel or Kevin Gregg.
You can see Turnbow’s complete statistics here.

