Yorvit Torrealba is staying in Colorado, agreeing Thursday to a two-year deal worth about $7 million with a mutual option for 2010. Torrealba, who filed for free agency after helping the Rockies reach the World Series, was set to sign a three-year contract for about twice the money with the New York Mets this month. The Rockies got back into the mix when that deal fell apart and the Mets traded for Johnny Estrada instead.
Torrealba hit .255 with eight home runs and 47 RBIs in 113 games, all career highs. He had some clutch hits in the postseason, knocking in eight runs and hitting the go-ahead, three-run homer in Game 3 of the NL championship series against Arizona, his first postseason home run. Yet Torrealba, who missed most of 2006 with an injured throwing shoulder, threw out just 13 of 74 base-stealers, including two of his last 32.
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