Colorado Rockies: Four quotes that explain so much about the bullpen

"“Davis. Four years. Dunn. Three years. We have some multi-year deals. They’re here.”"

Yes, Colorado signed relievers to multi-years deals in the offseason. Davis is signed through the 2021 season, as is Bryan Shaw and Jake McGee. Mike Dunn will be here through the 2019 campaign.

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Colorado is paying these relievers an enormous amount of money to perform and they’re not going to just cut them and eat that money. It may have happened with the end of Jose Reyes in Colorado, but there was also the specter of domestic abuse hanging over him as well (it hasn’t stopped the Mets from still playing and paying him … but that’s a whole other story). Cutting players and eating that much salary doesn’t happen with small market teams like the Rockies.

These multi-year deals are a bit scary. If Colorado’s veteran relievers don’t find their way, it’s not like the Rockies will be able to work their way out of the contracts in the near future. They have committed a lot of resources to these players … and they will all be back in the 2019 season and beyond.

Yes, Colorado general manager Jeff Bridich rolled the dice in a big way … not only for this season but for seasons to come. Black and Rockies management needs that investment and gamble to pay off soon.