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Which Rockies hitter is more likely to emerge from his funk: Ian Desmond or Carlos Gonzalez?
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Hot Stove Preview: Free agents, targets for each NL East team - Sports Illustrated
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Let's (Try To) Fix the Rockies - Off The Bench Baseball
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Ian Desmond - Colorado Rockies Center Fielder - ESPN
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Ian Desmond: Contract with Rockies doesn't make much sense - Sports Illustrated
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Communication failures, poor decisions and messy breakups: How it all went wrong for the Colorado Rockies - The Athletic
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Rockies' Ian Desmond opts out of season and forgoes $5.6 million salary due to COVID risks
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Ian Desmond wants consistency but remains flexible for Rockies in 2018 - Mile High Sports
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Rockies sign Ian Desmond for five years, $70 million - NBC Sports
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The Reiter 50: MLB's top 50 free agents for this off-season - Sports Illustrated
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Ian Desmond agrees to deal with Colorado Rockies - ESPN
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Ex-National Ian Desmond announces retirement - Federal Baseball
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Ian Desmond agrees to deal with Colorado Rockies - ESPN
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Colorado Rockies make decision on Ian Desmond, who's opted out of past 2 seasons, Rockies