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Rockies news and links for October 29, 2017 Sunday Baseball notes | Boston Globe The 2017 post-season will come to an end this week, and with it the offseason festivities will begin. Among the Rockies ’ decisions is what to do with Carlos González. It seems almost self-evident that the Rockies won’t offer CarGo a $17.4 million qualifying offer. But Nick Cafardo writes that “the Rockies “are trying to decide on whether to make him a qualifying offer.” So, according to this, the Rockies are on the fence. It’s worthwhile to draw a comparison to the last time the Rockies made a qualifying offer to an impending outfield free agent. It also seemed self-evident that the Rockies wouldn’t offer Michael Cuddyer a QO after the 2014 season. But they did, and he turned it down. While useful, the Cuddyer/CarGo comparison isn’t perfectly analogous. First, while González is four years younger than Cuddyer was when he got his offer, Cuddyer had a much better season before he hit free agency. Despite his late season turnaround, CarGo still had his worst season as a professional. Second, the Rockies outfield is more crowded now than it was then. The year after Cuddyer turned the Rockies down, Brandon Barnes played in 106 games for the Rockies ( Drew Stubbs , Ben Paulsen , and Matt McBride also took a chunk of outfield reps). Looking to 2018, the Rockies have to be wondering how they’ll find playing time for David Dahl and Raimel Tapia. There doesn ...
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