Thairo Estrada will join forces with Kyle Farmer to help the Colorado Rockies replace Brendan Rodgers' production at second base in 2025, all in an attempt to bounce back from a rough 2024 with the San Francisco Giants.
Estrada, 28, got waived by the San Francisco Giants in August. At the time, he had been hitting .217 with a .590 OPS and -0.5 WAR while battling through hamstring, thumb and wrist injuries.
Per Feinsand, Estrada's 2025 salary will come in at $3.25 million. The former New York Yankees top prospect has a mutual option for 2026 with a $750K buyout, although he will become arbitration-eligible rather than a free agent if it is declined by either party.last month. The 28-year-old hit .267 with a .721 OPS and a 1.1 WAR across 135 games in 2024 and won a Gold Glove in 2022, but was projected to earn somewhere between $5.5 million and $6.8 million via arbitration in 2025.
While Colorado won't be paying Estrada that much, it is worth noting that they gave 34-year-old utility man Kyle Farmer a one-year, $2.5 million deal with a $4 million mutual option and $750K buyout for 2026 soon after letting Rodgers go. So, effectively, the Rockies took the money they would have owed Rodgers and split it between Estrada and Farmer.
Between 2021 and 2023, Estrada hit .266 with a .736 OPS, averaging 18 home runs, 69 RBI, 23 stolen bases and a 2.5 WAR per 162 games. In that same span, Farmer hit .258 with a .718 OPS, averaging 16 home runs, 74 RBI, three stolen bases and a 1.7 WAR per 162 games. Rodgers, meanwhile, hit .271 with a .751 OPS, averaging 18 home runs, 76 RBI, zero stolen bases and a 3.3 WAR per 162 games between 2021 and 2023.Sam Connon is a Staff Writer for Fastball on the Sports Illustrated/FanNation networks.
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