Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki's six-year, $30 million contract extension, the largest ever granted a Major League player with fewer than two years of experience, is a physical away from being complete, according to baseball sources.

Troy Tulowitzki and the Colorado Rockies have reached an agreement on the framework of a record-breaking six-year contract, worth $30 million, according to a story on ESPN.

National League MVP runner-up Matt Holliday agreed Friday to a $23 million, two-year contract Friday with the Rockies that avoided arbitration.

The Rockies have spent this winter talking up second base prospect Jayson Nix.

Rockies' General Manager Dan O'Dowd has a common refrain when asked about his pitching staff: there's never enough depth.

Colorado's Yorvit Torrealba finished this past season with a .

Creating competition will be a common thread as the Rockies iron out their final roster wrinkles before the start of spring training.