Rockies Agree To Extend Carlos Gonzalez

[BrewCrewFan]

The Rockies have agreed to an extension with Carlos Gonzalez. The outfielder's Twitter account announced that a contract "is almost a fact" and confirmed that it will be in the seven-year, $80MM range. Troy Renck of the Denver Post says it sounds like the deal will be completed this week (Twitter links). The deal is pending a physical.

The deal would keep Gonzalez in the Rockies' lineup through 2017. He and Troy Tulowitzki, who is under contract through 2020, will be cornerstones in Colorado for the foreseeable future.

Gonzalez is not yet arbitration eligible, so the contract would cover one pre-arb season, three arbitration seasons and three free agent years. Agent Scott Boras has a tendency to let his clients hit the open market, but this deal would put Gonzalez's free agency off until he's 32. However, Boras proved with theJayson Werth deal that it's possible for early thirties outfielders to cash in via free agency.

The precise breakdown of the proposed deal remains unclear, but the Rockies don't appear to be getting a hometown discount. It seems that Gonzalez will earn close to $20MM for each of the free agent seasons in the agreement.

Source: MLB Trade Rumors

 

[Phil The Thrill]

Great move by the Rockies, not much else to say.

 

[cruzg24]

Very good deal by the Rockies. He will be playing in a great hitters ballpark and even because of it his numbers arent that skewed when we look at his splits. He had an excellent year and you can definitely see why he is a top 3 CFer in this league.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Good for him. Kid had a monster of a year. I just hope for the Rockies' sake he doesn't plummit down to mediocre numbers next season. I expect him to drop a little bit as pitchers make the necessary adjustments to him, but don't expect that drop to be anything drastic.

 

[Ace Shap]

Lot of potential, great move. Sucks for the shitty teams in this division