Rooftop Deck is a, well, deck (or stack or summary or whatnot) of articles and tweets, primarily about the Colorado Rockies that are either thought-provoking or funny. (Or at least, I think are thought-provoking or funny).

Zach Marburger of Mile High Sports believes the Rockies should explore the trade market for Michael Cuddyer. The rationale is sound. However, I think the timing is past. Cuddyer would have been best to move during the offseason since he was coming off a career year. If he regresses in 2014 as pretty much everyone and his mother believes because of his unsustainable .382 BABIP, he’ll fetch much less at the trade deadline.

Our own David Schoenfield in ESPN’s SweetSpot blog wrote in his Thursday morning thoughts that the Rockies could be a surprise sleeper team in 2014. I’ll admit that I am a bit more optimistic than the various projection systems and have pegged the Rockies for a 80-82 record. Normal caveats about injuries apply but just swapping out the fifth starter for Anderson could do it and potential midseason callups Eddie Butler and Jonathan Gray could make the Rockies even better.

For those in the Denver area, Jonah Keri will be signing his new book “Up, Up & Away” about the unforgettable Expos at the Falling Rock Tap House on April 5th from 3pm-5:30pm with copies for sale provided by the Tattered Cover. If you haven’t already, check out our review written by Eric Garcia McKinley.

Morgan Chan at MLB.com writes about how some players use Twitter. Brett Anderson talks about how he uses Twitter as a social outlet even if he gets some flak from fantasy baseball fans.. I also like the interviews with Jeremy Guthrie and Eric Hosmer. As you might recall, when Guthrie was a Rockie, he used Twitter to find someone in Denver to play catch with and that’s just the tip of the iceberg in that story. As for Hosmer, he likes how Twitter livens up Spring Training. I’ll admit, I’m more of a Facebook guy than a Twitter guy, so I don’t know the etiquette of players tweeting and whether it’s ok to send them messages at 2am or not…

Been a busy week at the Denver Post. Troy Renck moved from the Rockies to the Broncos. There’s been a fair amount of Fowler coverage, some of it perhaps a bit unfair. They’ll also be hosting a baseball talk breakfast for the Rockies home opener.

Time for some chirps!

I’ll be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch on April 7th! Please come & use the hashtag #ACHFirstPitch to let @Rockies know you’re there — Adam Cayton-Holland (@CaytonHolland) March 24, 2014



Show your support because if the front office will listen to a comic, surely they’ll listen to us unfunny types.



As noted at @RockiesZingers, the soft, non-grinding, un-gritty Fowler appeared in the most games for COL from 09-13. http://t.co/0Ib2l4p27j — Chris Chrisman (@chrischrisman) March 25, 2014

Fowler’s grittier than I am. I was never healthy enough to play in a single Rockies game.



It’s not good to agitate the followers of Deshaies.

There’ll even be a firepit to trip out next to. Oh wait, drugs are bad. Drugs near open fires are a modern form of natural selection.

Ex-Twin @LaTroyHawkins32 picks up the win on Opening Day ’01, pitching 1/3 inning. That was 13 yrs ago, he’ll be the #Rockies closer in ’14 — Ex Twins News (@Ex_Twins_News) March 26, 2014

I remember years ago when LaTroy Hawkins didn’t have “the closer mentality”. I wonder if he took a correspondence course.

@connordoinwork But would it be a clean profit? — RockiesZingers (@RockiesZingers) March 26, 2014

So that’s why the baseball card market had issues in the late 90s… all the card prices were “enhanced”.

@TroyRenck Don’t worry, you have the companion of a faithful dog as you walk off into the Baseball Stars sunset. pic.twitter.com/TzzL4lNYre — Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) March 25, 2014

Brings a tear to mah eye.