Rockies icon Charlie Blackmon will return for one more season with the team.
The club announced Friday night that Blackmon, 37, had agreed to a one-year contract extension covering the 2024 season. Blackmon was scheduled to become a free agent at the end of the season.
“Charlie Blackmon is synonymous with Rockies baseball and we look forward to watching him continue his great career at 20th and Blake,” said general manager Bill Schmidt in a statement. “Nobody works harder than Charlie preparing for the game and we are excited to see him contribute both on the field and in the clubhouse for another season.”
Blackmon has put up historic numbers with Colorado and has a career slashline of .296/.355/.486 across his 13 seasons with the Rockies. Next season will be Blackmon’s 14th with the season, the second-most in club history behind only Todd Helton.
His 93 games this season, Blackmon has slashed .283/.370/.451 with 24 doubles, five triples, eight home runs and 40 RBIs. He missed 53 games earlier in the season with a right-hand fracture.
On Thursday night vs the Dodgers at Coors Field, he hit the 41st leadoff home run of his career, the 10th-most in major league history.
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