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Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Browse more photos » Phillips is in the fold - The Denver Post The Rox signed Paul Phillips to a hefty $13,000/month contract yesterday, which gives the Rockies a contingency plan in the event that Yorvit Torrealba is lost to free agency and Michael McKenry doesn't become superman in Spring Training (which I have a good feeling he won't do, although...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Free agent Yorvit Torrealba still might return. But if he doesn't the Rockies have a backup plan.
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Free-agent catcher Yorvit Torrealba still might return to the Rockies, but if he doesn't the team has a backup plan. Colorado signed Paul Phillips to a minor-league contract Friday.
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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Rockies signed catcher Paul Phillips to a minor league deal today, according to Troy Renck of the Denver Post. Phillips will make $450K if he's on the big league roster. Last year, he posted an .818 OPS in 54 major league plate appearances. Phillips has a .702 OPS in nearly 2800 minor league plate appearances, This doesn't necessarily mean that the Rockies won't bring back free agent Yorvit Torrealba,...
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
It’s been a slow offseason so far. Apologies for the slowness in getting the 2009 review done. One of the main items of interest so far from the Rockies’ perspective is that the team declined Yorvit Torrealba’s 2010 option. The Rockies may still bring Torrealba back, but the team evidently didn’t want to pay the $4 [...]
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Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP One gold glove winner, the Dodgers Orlando Hudson, breaks up the aspirations of a would be winner, the Rockies Troy Tulowitzki, on May 26. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Browse more photos » So for the fifth straight season, NL coaches and managers thought that the Rockies didn't really have any defenders who were the best at their craft . I get the feeling...
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Joel Sherman of The NY Post has a slew of Rockies' rumors from the GM meetings, so let's recap... The Rockies are willing to listen to trade offers for outfielder Brad Hawpe. Just last month, GM Dan O'Dowd said "We have no desire to move [Hawpe] at all." The team's top priority at the moment is to retain reliever Rafael Betancourt, who they've already approached about a multi-year deal. Yorvit...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The mother of former major leaguer Victor Zambrano has been kidnapped. Zambrano's agent Peter Greenberg says Elizabeth Mendez Zambrano was abducted Sunday morning from her son's farm near Maracay in central Venezuela. In Venezuela, which is home to dozens of major leaguers, the families of wealthy athletes are periodically targeted by kidnappers. Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba's son and brother-in-law...
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We Should Be GM's (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Under Contract: 1. Cliff Lee- $9M 2. Greg Dobbs- $1.35M 3. Ryan Howard- $19M 4. Jimmy Rollins- $7.5M 5. Chase Utley- $15M 6. Raul Ibanez- $11.5M 7. Jayson Werth- $7M 8. Cole Hamels- $6.65M 9. JC Romero- $4M 10. Brad Lidge- $11.5M 11. Jamie Moyer- $8M 12. Ryan Madson- $4.5M Total= $105M for only half a roster. Arbitration Eligible: 1. Joe Blanton- will be back, '09 $5.475M. 2. Shane Victorion- will...
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Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Yorvit hopes to be diving face first into a pile of cash this offseason. Browse more photos » Rockies decline options on Torrealba, Embree | All Things Rockies No surprises here, as both players have filed for free agency. Yorvit Torrealba could return to the Rockies for less money, but there's also a decent chance that he will find more money elsewhere....
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MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Ed Ryan, in a post to his blog for Mets Fever, discusses the market for free agent catchers and that Matt Treanor, Yorvit Torrealba, and Ramon Hernandez have all had their options declined by their respective teams. …of the three, i believe that Hernandez is the most attractive…i wouldn’t think that Treanor, who became a free [...]
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
After failing to come to an agreement on a two-year contract, the Rockies declined catcher Yorvit Torrealba's 2010 option Friday, making him a free agent.
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Today was a busy day for options, as eleven decisions were reached. Here's a summary: The White Sox declined Jermaine Dye's $12MM option, paying a $950K buyout. The Phillies exercised their $9MM option on Cliff Lee. The Diamondbacks exercised their $8.5MM option on Brandon Webb. The Royals declined options on Coco Crisp, Miguel Olivo, and Yasuhiko Yabuta. The Brewers declined David Weathers' $3.7MM...
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Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Two more clubs have declined the options on their veteran catchers; Ramon Hernandez, Matt Treanor and Yorvit Torrealba. The Tigers out righted Matt Treanor who refused assignment and is now a free agent. Treanor spent the first five seasons of his major league career as the Marlins back-up catcher. Last year he appeared in four games for the Tigers. The 33 y/o right handed hitter is a lifetime .232...
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