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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Nick Selbe Colorado came out of nowhere Wednesday to sign the former NL MVP to a seven-year, $182 million deal. But we’ve already seen this story. View the original article to see embedded media. It’s been 14 months since the Rockies shipped away a star third baseman on a nine-figure contract. On Wednesday, they acquired another one in an apparent attempt to avoid the mistakes of the past. Colorado’s reported seven-year, $182 million deal to sign Kris Bryant is, at best, a puzzling one. The Rockies’ trade of Nolan Arenado just over a year ago had nearly everything to do with cutting salary,…