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The Rockies, like a lot of teams, ought to consider taking a flyer on Brandon Beachy

Brandon Beachy is the kind of low-risk pitcher who might be worth a contract this winter, if only for depth going into Spring Training.

Nobody is expecting Brandon Beachy to start 32 games in 2016 for a Major League club, especially after his long-standing injury history and short track record in the big leagues before that. Durability and consistency aren't attributes that have thus far been associated with the right-handed pitcher; Beachy falls just on this side of James Shields and Felix Hernandez in that department.

But the Colorado Rockies, who are ostensibly in the business of winning games, aren't yet in the position to attract a pitcher anywhere near the caliber of Shields, or Hernandez, or any other every-fifth-day veteran stud.