De La Rosa re-signs with the Rockies, 3 years/$32M

[And That]

Per MLB Trade Rumors.

 

"De La Rosa agreed to a three-year, $32MM deal. The pitcher maintained

flexibility by securing a player option on the third year, while the

Rockies added a fourth year club option at $11MM."

 

I'm glad the Brewers didn't offer enough to sign him, if this is what it took.

[Invader3K]

Yeah, like I said in another thread, I agree. I could have seen two years max, but that contract would likely not work out well for the Brewers.

[monty57]

If they like hard-throwing-but-erratic lefties this much, maybe they'd give us something for Parra.

 

Seriously, this seems like a lot of risk to take on a guy like de la Rosa. However, if this is the market for pitching, Melvin is going to have a hard time filling out the 2011 rotation.

[pitchleague]

I don't know why, but I totally read the thread title as "DeRosa Re-signs with the Rockies, 3 years/$32M" and basically had a heart attack that somebody paid Mark DeRosa that kind of coin.

 

On topic, de la Rosa is a good pitcher and I was very impressed of what he has been able to accomplish as a member of the Rockies, as opposed to his average-to-mediocre stints with the Royals and Brewers. That said, this is a very risky signing by Colorado. Maybe he's just a late bloomer, so maybe it'll work out fine.

[davego]

It's an odd day when De La Rosa gets 32 million.

[owbc]

JDLR is worth more money than Randy Wolf? If that is the case, there's no point in signing any free agent pitchers this winter.