Colorado Rockies and Charlie Blackmon settle at $3.5 million, avoiding arbitration

Per Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, the Colorado Rockies have avoided arbitration with outfielder Charlie Blackmon. The two parties have reached an agreement on the figure of $3.5 million for the 2016 season.

Source: Charlie Blackmon and Rockies settle at $3.5 million. Midpoint was $3.3 million.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 25, 2016

The 2014 All-Star had a very good year in 2015 slashing .287/.450/.797 while swiping 43 bases. Even though the Rockies filed for a salary of $2.7 million and Blackmon filed for $3.9 million, the team seems to be getting a good deal at $3.5 million. Consider, MLB Trade Rumors projected that the arbitration settlement between the two would be at $4.5 million. This was the first season Blackmon was arbitration eligible.

Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal confirmed the report.

#Rockies and Blackmon settle at $3.5M, per source.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 25, 2016

DJ LeMahieu remains the only player on the Rockies yet to settle. Including 2016, Blackmon has three more years of team control.