It seems that every day another team locks up another young player through his arbitration years. The Rockies are joining that fun, as they have agreed on a five-year, $43 million contract with right-handed pitcher German Márquez, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN.
The details are fuzzy right now. If the deal takes care of this season, then it would buy out all of Márquez’s arbitration years, as well as one year of free agency. If it begins in 2020, it would buy out two years of free agency. He’d either be 28 or 29 upon the conclusion of the contract.