Tulowitzki and De La Rosa agree to new deals

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The Rockies committed more than $150 million Monday to keep shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and left-hander Jorge De La Rosa in Colorado for the long haul.

The Denver Post reports the Rockies finalized a seven-year, $134 million extension with Tulowitzki that runs through the 2020 season and also have a deal in principle to keep the free agent De La Rosa on a two-year deal that could run to four years with a pair of options.

Tulowitzki's deal will be officially announced at a Tuesday news conference that should serve only to reinforce the notion that the 26-year-old has become the face of the franchise. The value of his new contract trails only the previous holder of that mantle, Todd Helton, whose nine-year, $141.5 million deal wraps up next season.

The new agreement piggybacks on the six-year, $31 million deal Tulowitzki signed after his 2007 rookie campaign, which at the time was the largest ever for a player with less than two years of major league service. Tulowitzki will make $5.5 million in 2011 under the terms of that contract.

De La Rosa made $5.6 million in 2010 in his final year of arbitration eligibility and will get quite a bump after going 8-7 with a 4.22 ERA in 20 starts. His new deal guarantees him $21.5 million over the next two seasons. It also includes a player option for 2013 and, if that is exercised, a team option for 2014.

The 29-year-old lefty had drawn interest from several teams as a potential second-tier option on the free agent market but ultimately chose to stay in Colorado.

In yo face Jeter lol.

 

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So, starting in 2015, when Tulowitzki will be 30, the Rockies will give him nearly $20 million a year. Thats 1/4 of the Rockies payroll right there. Goodbye Ubaldo Jimenez and goodbye Carlos Gonzalez. Tulo couldve also gotten more in the free agent market when his current contract wouldve ended. But to each their own.