25 years ago today, there were many free-agent signings in Major League Baseball but the Colorado Rockies made two: one was the signing of starting pitcher Bill Swift and the other was signing of none other than the Rockies first (and thus far, only) Hall of Famer: Larry Walker.
How the signing happened
Less than a week after the 1994-95 MLB Players’ strike officially ended, MLB free agents were signing aplenty with teams since 895 unsigned MLB players (regardless of service time status) were declared free agents in January by the MLBPA executive director Donald Fehr.