Colorado Rockies Quick Hits: Arenado, Reynolds, CarGo, D’Backs, Padres
In the past few days, there have been some news and notes about the Colorado Rockies and their divisional rivals in the NL West.
Yesterday, the Arizona Diamondbacks, who have been rebuilding this offseason as they let go of
and
via free agency and traded first baseman
to St. Louis, have come to terms former Rockies closer
to a one-year deal, according
Robert Murray and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic
. Holland still has to pass a physical but Jon Heyman
that the deal is for $3.25 million and another $3.5 million in incentives so, in total, Holland can earn as much as $6.75 million in the contract.
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Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic
that the Padres are going to meet
and Scott Boras
in Harper’s hometown of Las Vegas. He
that no deal is imminent with the Padres. Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune
that the Padres are, essentially doing “extended due diligence” since Harper has not had many suitors. it is interesting to see that the Padres, who are currently in the basement of the NL West, are at least in discussions on Realmuto, Harper, and
. Acee was the first to
that the Padres are in on Machado. Acee reported in the former article that the Padres are not as interested in Harper as they are on Machado. Dennis Lin of The Athletic also
that the Padres are mulling a face-to-face meeting with Machado as well. Jon Morosi of MLB.com
that there are four main teams on Harper: the Padres, Nationals, White Sox, and Phillies with one other team on the periphery but there is an “overwhelming likelihood” that one of the four named teams will sign Harper.
It looks as if the Hot Stove might actually be heating up so stay tuned to the rumors and news.