The Rockies and right-hander Jason Hammel avoided arbitration today by agreeing to a two-year contract, according to the team’s Twitter feed. Exact terms haven’t been disclosed, but the new contract will cover Hammel’s final two years of arbitration.
Hammel filed for $3.7 million and was offered $3.1 million by the Rockies when arbitration figures were exchanged on Tuesday. The 28-year-old right-hander made $1.9 million through the arbitration process last winter.
Acquired from the Rays in April of 2009, Hammel has a 4.57 ERA over his first two seasons with the Rockies. He went 10-9 with a 4.81 ERA and 141/47 K/BB ratio over 30 starts in 2010.
UPDATE: As this tweet from Rockies Roster correctly observes, Hammel was a Super Two last offseason, so he will still be under team control in 2013.
UPDATE II: Troy Renck of the Denver Post has the terms. Hammel signed a two-year, $7.75 million contract. He’ll make $3 million in 2011 and $4.75 million in 2012.
