IF they do sign Arenado then the question becomes will they do like the historical Rockies teams of the past like you mentioned? To me that means no money for a Blackmon extension, DJ definitely goes away, and not spending much money elsewhere on holes (C and bullpen) in free agency the next 2 years. If they do go cheap in other areas to afford Arenado--what does Arenado think of that? He has said he wants to play on team that is in contention every year. If they save money in other areas to afford Arenado's mega contract will they be in contention? What if they do this and then Arenado balks at staying here because he thinks the team does not have enough to compete and then the Rockies are screwed. Really, really tough decisions for the Rockies front office in the coming 2 years.