According to Thomas Harding of MLB.com, the Colorado Rockies have signed outfielder Matt Holliday to a 2-year $23M deal which will cover his last 2 years of arbitration eligibility. Holliday will make $9.5 million in 2008 and $13.5 million in '09.
The Rockies also signed Willy Taveras to a 1-year $1.975M deal for 2008 which includes $150,000 in performance bonuses.
There had been a lot of talk about the Rockies wanting to get a long term deal done with Holliday, but this 2-year deal is a good start. I would imagine that they could begin talks with Holliday and his agent (Scott Boras) about a long term deal after the 2008 season.
