After having the attitude of pinching pennies in the past, Dick Monfort has opened his pocketbook, trusting Jeff Bridich to spend where he sees it necessary. The Rockies have spent big this offseason, dropping $114.5 million to snag some strong pitchers as well as avoid arbitration for four big players. There doesn’t seem like much of a chance for another big contract, but the free agent market is likely to start moving again.
Casey Light outlines some plans for financial moves the Rockies could make to get to where they want to be. One plan is to let both Charlie Blackmon and DJ LeMahieu go and save all our money for offering Nolan Arenado the kind of contract that he deserves.