they'll never sign a free agent pitcher again, but they never did anyway. if you were a pitcher and the rockies drafted you, would you sign with them? what happens if you spend 3 years in the minors doing the 4-man thing, a few seasons in colorado and then want to get the hell out? would another team sign someone that's spent 5 years throwing 75 pitches every 4 days with the intent of putting him in a 5-man rotation?