Rockies Lock Up Tulowitzki and Sign De La Rosa

The Rockies have also re-signed Jorge De La Rosa to a three-year contract worth between $32 million and $33 million, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.

De La Rosa is represented by Paul Cohen and Bobby Barad, the same agents that handle Tulowitzki. Obviously a huge day for the Colorado Rockies they lock up their best player for ten years, and hang onto one of their most reliable starters.

With De La Rosa now a Rockie again, and Ted Lilly, Hiroki Kuroda, Javier Vazquez, Jon Garland and Jake Westbrook also off the table, there’s not much left out there as far as healthy pitchers go.

Most of what’s left are pitchers who pose some kind of risk or are still dealing with arm injuries.

Finally, Anthony DiComo cautions Mets fans not to expect much in the way of player signings at the Winter Meetings next week. He quotes Sandy Alderson who said,

“I’ve tried to be clear from the outset that we are not going to be big players in the free-agent market this year,” Alderson said last Tuesday. “Our goal is to be players every year. We have a little less flexibility this time around. The free-agent market is certainly something we’re keeping our eye on. The free-agent market extends through January, so we’ve got a lot of time to go. We’ll see where we are at the end of that time frame.”

As DiComo articulates, there isn’t much flexibility as far as making moves ”due in large part to the mistakes of offseasons past”. The Mets may have as little as $5 million to $10 million to spend on players this winter, which would put their payroll at around $135 million — same as last year.