Posts Tagged ‘Joe Beimel’

Jan19th

Rockies lock up Street and Betancourt

AUTHOR: David Martin | IN: Rockies | COMMENTS: None Yet

The Monfort brothers, majority owners of the Colorado Rockies, have been called frugal, cheap, selfish and many other names.  On Tuesday they continued their march of proving people wrong.
The Rockies have reportedly locked up closer Huston Street to a three year deal worth around $21 million, and set-up man Rafael Betancourt for two years and $7.55 million.
The moves are proving that the Rockies are not simply a farm team for the rest of the league like so many have accused them of being.
The Rockies embarked on a painful rebuilding process starting in 2002 when it became clear that they were [...]