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bombboy85 · 08-20-2013, 11:07 PM

Mid Offseason update
January 1st, 2014

The Rockies have had a busy offseason attempting to upgrade the team that lost in the wild card round last season. The team decided to execute the team options for all 3 players that had the stipulation in their contracts reupping Jorge De La Rosa, Rafael Betancourt and Matt Belisle for another season. With Betancourt looking to be out for half the season the team hopes that they can be doing well when he comes back and just get that much better.

In other big team news the Rockies re-signed 40 year old future Hall of Famer Todd Helton to a 2 year deal worth $1,750,000 per year. This likely will make sure he retires as a Rockie. Below is a summary of moves made this offseason by the club.

Arbitration
- The team did not offer arbitration to SP Chris Volstad, 2B Jonathan Herrera, and LF Tyler Colvin.
- The team offered and won arbitration cases with SP Juan Nicasio, RP Josh Outman, and SS Reid Brignac.

Free Agents
- The team signed RP Jhan Marinez, a free agent from the Chicago White Sox organization. Marinez had a rough season last year in AAA pitching 57.2 innings with a 5.77 ERA but in 2012 in AAA he threw 63 innings with a 2.86 ERA. Marinez signed for 3 years totaling $2,450,000 through the life of the deal.
- They also signed RP Jose De La Torre for 1 year $750,000. Jose pitched for the Pawtucket Red Sox AAA team last season and pitched 59 innings with a 4.27 ERA.
- Not an immediate impact for the team but they signed a promising young closer to a minor league contract. Christ Withrow was a 1st round pick in 2007 by the Los Angeles Dodgers out of high school and pitched in the 2013 southern league all-star game.

Other acquisitions
- The management group of the club likes to scour the waiver wires... and it paid off when someone in the Chicago Cubs organization made a mistake. The Rockies claimed 21 year old prospect RF Jorge Soler from the Cubs, he was rated the #32 prospect in the MLB last season and hit .323/.380/.497 with 17 HR and 67 RBI's in AA last season.
- During the Rule 5 draft the Rockies also picked up RP Dan Jennings from the Miami Marlins. Jennings has bounced back between AAA and the big leagues the last couple of years even though he was succesful in the bigs. At the major league level he has totaled 46.1 innings and a 2.53 ERA.

Trade
- The last move the Rockies completed happened in early december when they traded 2B Josh Rutledge (.246 14 HR 57 RBI in 2013) to the Baltimore Orioles for the 22nd overall prospect in MLB, SP Kevin Gausman. Gausman is 22 years old and could develop into a front line starter within a year or two. He was the #4 overall pick in 2012 and immediately became the Rockies top prospect.

With 2 more months before spring training starts could we see the Rockies make any more moves?

08-20-2013, 11:07 PM	#12
bombboy85 Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 455	Mid Offseason update January 1st, 2014 The Rockies have had a busy offseason attempting to upgrade the team that lost in the wild card round last season. The team decided to execute the team options for all 3 players that had the stipulation in their contracts reupping Jorge De La Rosa, Rafael Betancourt and Matt Belisle for another season. With Betancourt looking to be out for half the season the team hopes that they can be doing well when he comes back and just get that much better. In other big team news the Rockies re-signed 40 year old future Hall of Famer Todd Helton to a 2 year deal worth $1,750,000 per year. This likely will make sure he retires as a Rockie. Below is a summary of moves made this offseason by the club. Arbitration - The team did not offer arbitration to SP Chris Volstad, 2B Jonathan Herrera, and LF Tyler Colvin. - The team offered and won arbitration cases with SP Juan Nicasio, RP Josh Outman, and SS Reid Brignac. Free Agents - The team signed RP Jhan Marinez, a free agent from the Chicago White Sox organization. Marinez had a rough season last year in AAA pitching 57.2 innings with a 5.77 ERA but in 2012 in AAA he threw 63 innings with a 2.86 ERA. Marinez signed for 3 years totaling $2,450,000 through the life of the deal. - They also signed RP Jose De La Torre for 1 year $750,000. Jose pitched for the Pawtucket Red Sox AAA team last season and pitched 59 innings with a 4.27 ERA. - Not an immediate impact for the team but they signed a promising young closer to a minor league contract. Christ Withrow was a 1st round pick in 2007 by the Los Angeles Dodgers out of high school and pitched in the 2013 southern league all-star game. Other acquisitions - The management group of the club likes to scour the waiver wires... and it paid off when someone in the Chicago Cubs organization made a mistake. The Rockies claimed 21 year old prospect RF Jorge Soler from the Cubs, he was rated the #32 prospect in the MLB last season and hit .323/.380/.497 with 17 HR and 67 RBI's in AA last season. - During the Rule 5 draft the Rockies also picked up RP Dan Jennings from the Miami Marlins. Jennings has bounced back between AAA and the big leagues the last couple of years even though he was succesful in the bigs. At the major league level he has totaled 46.1 innings and a 2.53 ERA. Trade - The last move the Rockies completed happened in early december when they traded 2B Josh Rutledge (.246 14 HR 57 RBI in 2013) to the Baltimore Orioles for the 22nd overall prospect in MLB, SP Kevin Gausman. Gausman is 22 years old and could develop into a front line starter within a year or two. He was the #4 overall pick in 2012 and immediately became the Rockies top prospect. With 2 more months before spring training starts could we see the Rockies make any more moves?