Just in: Holliday and Rockies agree on $23 million for 2 years

http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_8009276
First reaction: the Monforts are idiots for not going at least for $100+ mill, 7-year. In a way, this almost guarantees that Holliday is on his way out after 2009.
Second reaction: Holliday was ours for the next 2 years anyhow, the Rockies could have been real a-holes and let the negotiations go to arbitration where they might (or might not ) have been told to pay less than what they offered. So in a way this is the Rockies showing good faith for an awesome season Holliday had.
Third reaction: Taveras deserves a quadrupling of his salary whereas Holliday only double? Sorry but the principle of that statement does not add up. Of course, the Rockies would have had no speed whatsoever with the loss of Taveras, he just better not get injured again.
Fourth reaction: what about Hawpe and Atkins?????? Lock them up, Monforts!
Final reaction: Can it just be Spring Training time already? I'm getting anxious wondering if this is indeed the same team as last year or if mindsets have changed.
-Mendoza's 5280 (reasons to keep these guys together)