Aaron Cook extension, 3 years, $30 million.
Looks like a deal in today's market. The Rockies do absorb some risk here -- for example, if Cook (like Jennings) suffers arm trouble for the first time in his career next season. Maybe Cook was influenced a bit by that and "bought" some insurance here?
At any rate, I really like what O'Dowd (and yes, the Monforts) have done so far this offseason:
-- resist overpaying for Kaz
-- resisit overpaying for Yorvit (not getting into an unwinnable war with the Mets), and then re-signing him for what is objectively a bit over the market rate, but which is a perfectly manageable deal
-- put the real money where it belongs, in Cook's hands
-- resist trading Fuentes unless a very good deal comes around
Plus, swapping one talented pitcher who's never shown any kind of consistency (Bautista) for another (Capellan) is sometimes the kind of thing that works out. But sometimes not...
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