The Rockies have signed beginning pitcher Germán Márquez to a two-year contract extension, the crew introduced. The brand new contract will preserve the right-hander in Colorado by means of the 2025 season. The deal will reportedly pay Márquez $20MM assured over the following two years, with efficiency incentives that would improve the whole to $30MM, in keeping with MLBTR’s Steve Adams.
Thomas Harding of MLB.com supplied a breakdown of the escalators in Márquez’s contract. He’ll obtain a further $2MM every for spending 30 and 60 days on the roster in 2025. He can even earn $2MM every for reaching 145, 150, and 160 innings pitched. As well as, the contract features a $1MM project bonus if Márquez is traded.
“Germán has been an integral a part of the Rockies group each on and off the sector since his first Main League season in 2016.” Rockies Senior Vice President and Basic Supervisor Invoice Schmidt stated within the crew’s press launch. “We’re excited to safe Germán’s future in Denver with this extension and may’t wait to see him again out on the mound.”
The 2023 season was the final assured yr on Márquez’s contract, though he had a $16MM membership possibility (with a $2.5MM buyout) for 2024. Now, he’ll stay with the Rockies for a minimum of two extra years, giving him loads of time to get better from Tommy John surgical procedure. He underwent the process this Could, that means he received’t be again till mid-2024 on the earliest.
Márquez has been within the Rockies group since 2016, when the crew acquired him in a commerce with the Rays. He made his MLB debut that September and pitched his first full season the next yr, posting a 4.39 ERA in 162 innings pitched en path to a fifth-place end for NL Rookie of the 12 months. Over the following 4 seasons, he was some of the sturdy pitchers within the league. From 2017-22, solely three pitchers made extra begins than Márquez: Gerrit Cole, Patrick Corbin, and Aaron Nola. Previous to this season, he had spent just one stint on the injured listing in his large league profession.
If Márquez suffers no setbacks and rapidly shakes off the rust in his return, the phrases of the extension appear completely cheap. A further $27.5MM (presuming he earns all $10MM in efficiency incentives) is a good worth to pay for a season and a half of a dependable beginning pitcher.
Colorado now has three veteran starters beneath contract by means of 2025. Kyle Freeland is signed by means of 2026, with a vesting possibility for 2027. His contract will enable him to decide out after the 2024 season if he finishes within the prime 5 in Cy Younger voting this season, however that may be a extremely unlikely risk. In the meantime, Antonio Senzatela is signed by means of 2026 with a crew possibility for 2027. Senzatela not too long ago underwent a Tommy John process of his personal. The Rockies will hope to have Márquez and Senzatela again to anchor the rotation alongside Freeland sooner or later in 2024.