SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- One source of Rockies optimism is the offseason bullpen beef-up. But caution: Right-handers Jason Motte and Chad Qualls know free-agent contracts don't always pay off.
Motte and Qualls want to show that their signings to two-year deals can work the second time around.
Motte missed the first 44 games, then 46 more just after midseason, because of a right rotator cuff strain -- the residual effect of three years of arm issues since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2013. Qualls did a 34-game term on the disabled list when he came down with colitis just after midseason.