DENVER – On Dec. 6, 2016, news broke that the San Francisco Giants had signed Colorado-native and top reliever Mark Melancon and the accusations began to fly that Colorado Rockies GM Jeff Bridich had missed the best opportunity to add major value to the area of his team that needed it the most.
Nine days later, the Rockies handed out the biggest contract they’d ever given a reliever … and it was to lefty Mike Dunn. BSN Denver wrote about Dunn as a potential target two months prior but didn’t expect him to be the primary offseason contingency plan for the ‘pen.