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Jered Weaver, 5 years, $85M. I can't help but wonder if this is the kind of extension that Ubaldo Jimenez would've ended up with had he stayed with the Rockies.

9 months ago 35l7yvb_tiny Andrew Martin 4 comments 0 recs  | 

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…yes. Again, after the Tulo and CarGo contracts the Rockies made a VERY public show about “taking care”of Jimenez. Mid-point during the season it became clear that he for 365 days he had not been the same pitcher. The choice was clear: trade Jimenez while his value was at its peak or be forced to trade him while the rest of MLB could simply bide their time and wait for him to hit the market (see Boston with A-Gon and the Yankees’ mis-played moves surrounding not trading for Cliff Lee) and receiving half the package they got in return or nothing at all. After the first half of this season, particularly in light with his performances at Coors stretching back, U-Ball was never going to throw a pitch for the Rockies in 2012. It doesn’t matter how many years he had left on his deal.

Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."

by jasontheuncatchable on Aug 21, 2011 11:47 PM MDT via mobile reply actions  

Whatever he got was going to be big

Thanks for sharing the Jon Heyman tweet Andrew.

Jered Weaver has at least proven himself worthy of big dollars – not that kind of money but big. He’s a quality pitcher having a breakout season.

The Rockies didn’t want to overpay Jimenez and they also didn’t want to hold on to a depreciating asset when they could deal him now for a quality return, which them might very well have done.

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by Mjay424 on Aug 21, 2011 11:59 PM MDT reply actions  

Regardless of the trade

and Ubaldo’s performance this year, I would have called the management insane to sign Ubaldo to a deal like this.

by roxintober on Aug 22, 2011 5:04 AM MDT reply actions  

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