Rockies' Charlie Blackmon: Avoids arbitration

Blackmon and the Rockies avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $7.3 million contract Friday, Jon Heyman of Today's Knuckleball reports.

Analysis:

Blackmon will receive more than double his salary from 2016 in his second year of arbitration eligibility. Blackmon's production in the stolen-base department took a hit last year, but he made up for that by posting career bests with 29 home runs, 82 RBI, 11 runs, and a .933 OPS while batting almost exclusively leadoff. He figures to occupy the same spot in the batting order again this year while serving as the Rockies' everyday center fielder.