Offseason Awards and Updates
November 9th, 2017
Before we review this years award winners throughout the Majors we want to throw out a big congratulations to Rockies longtime SS Troy Tulowitzki, even at 33 years old he is putting together great season and was rewarded this year with his first MVP award, something long deserved. Tulo hit .310 including 32 doubles, 2 triples, 39 home runs and 118 RBI's.
NL Gold Gloves
P - Juan Nicasio (New York Mets)
C - Travis D'Arnaud (New York Mets)
1B - Justin Morneau (San Francisco Giants)
2B - Dustin Pedroia (Atlanta Braves)
SS - Roman Quinn (Philadelphia Phillies)
3B - Anthony Rendon (San Francisco Giants)
LF - Brett Jackson (Chicago Cubs)
CF - Jose Soto (Colorado Rockies)
RF - Matt Szczur (Chicago Cubs)
AL Gold Gloves
P - B.J. Hermsen (Minnesota Twins)
C - Wellington Castillo (Toronto Blue Jays)
1B - Cam Schiller (Texas Rangers)
2B - Ben Zobrist (Tampa Bay Rays)
SS - Humberto Arteaga (Kansas City Royals)
3B - Matt Dominguez (Houston Astros)
LF - Li-Chi Ti (New York Yankees)
CF - Mike Trout (Los Angeles Angels)
RF - Ryan Boldt (Minnesota Twins)
NL Rookie of the Year - 3B Jim Mullins - St. Louis Cardinals (.324 31 HR 83 RBI)
AL Rookie of the Year - CF Li-chi Ti - New York Yankees (.298 48 HR 118 RBI)
NL Cy Young - Clayton Kershaw - Los Angeles Dodgers (20-6 3.01 ERA)
AL Cy Young - Chris Archer - Boston Red Sox (19-8 2.80 ERA)
NL MVP - SS Troy Tulowitzki - Colorado Rockies (.310 39 HR 118 RBI)
AL MVP - CF Li-chi Ti - New York Yankees (.298 48 HR 118 RBI)
Now a look into the upcoming offseason decisions for the Rockies, some major ones to decided as they have a number of players eligible for arbitration all expected to be in the millions. As well they also have OF Carlos Gonzalez who is free agency eligible and comes with a high price tag but is a Colorado favorite. The Rockies did make one extension signing during the playoffs as they signed 31 year old utility infielder Jordan Pacheco to a 3 year extension worth $1,000,000 per year which is a steal for the Rockies, Pacheco can play 1B, 3B, 2B, and Catcher and has average 90-100 games played in each year while owning a career .300 average making him a great bench player.
Arbitration
SP Jose Fernandez - $8,400,000 estimate
SP Drew Pomeranz - $6,000,000
RP Thomas Keeling - $1,400,000
RP Chris Withrow - $2,000,000
2B Marco Hernandez - $6,600,000
3B Wilmer Flores - $2,940,000
CF Jose Soto - $5,280,000
RF Corey Dickerson - $5,775,000
Free Agents
RP Brandon League - requesting 4 years @ 1.2 million per year
OF Carlos Gonzalez - requesting 4 years @ 11.5 million per year
$$ Available for Free Agents - $25,920,000
$$ Available for Extensions - $15,920,000