Dayton Daily News

COLORADO ROCKIES

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■ Manager: Bud Black (second season).

■ 2017: 87-75, third place, lost to Arizona in wild-card game.

■ Training Town: Scottsdale, Arizona.

■ Park: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.

■ First Workout: Feb. 14/19.

■ He’s Here: RHP Wade Davis, RHP Bryan Shaw, C Chris

Iannetta.

■ He’s Outta Here: OF Carlos Gonzalez, RHP Greg Holland, RHP Tyler Chatwood, C Jonathan Lucroy, 1B Mark Reynolds, RHP Pat Neshek, INF Alexi Amarista, C Ryan Hanigan.

■ Going campin’: The Rockies bolstered their bullpen in an effort to earn back-to-back postseason berths for the first time in franchise history. They signed Shaw ($27 million for three years), Davis ($52 million for three years) and brought back lefty Jake McGee ($27 million for three years). That’s a lot of money tied up in the bullpen. They have plenty of offensive firepower with third baseman Nolan Arenado — one of the best hitters and fielders in the game — and leadoff man Charlie Blackmon, who won the NL batting title with a .331 average. Colorado is counting on bounce-back years from shortstop Trevor Story and outfielder/first baseman Ian Desmond, along with the continued maturation of a young rotation that had four rookies start 93 games. Kyle Freeland, Jeff Hoffman, German Marquez and Antonio Senzatela all won at least 10 games. They still might be in the market for another first baseman and could possibly bring back Gonzalez, whose charisma has long made him a clubhouse leader.

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