Troy Tulowitzki, Jorge De La Rosa Agree to New Rockies Deals

by FanHouse Staff

Filed under: Rockies, MLB Free Agency

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 was the first to report that the Rockies finalized a seven-year, $134 million extension with Tulowitzki that runs through the 2020 season and that they 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 was officially announced at a 4 p.m. ET 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.

 

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