You may think from Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort’s comments on high-spending teams like the New York Mets and San Diego Padres that he would run his baseball team in the most miserly manner possible. The expectation would be that the Rockies would rank in the league’s lowest payrolls along with John Fisher’s “Sacremento” Athletics and Bob Nutting’s Pittsburgh Pirates. However, this is a common misconception.
Over the last eight seasons dating back to the start of the Bud Black managerial era, the Rockies haven’t exactly been cheapskates.