Rockies sign Jacob Stallings to one-year contract with mutual option for 2026
DENVER – It was announced today that the Rockies have agreed to a one-year contract with Jacob Stallings covering the 2025 season with a mutual option for 2026.
Stallings, 34, returns to the Rockies for a second season after setting full-season career-highs in batting (.263), OBP (.357), slugging (.453), OPS (.810) and home runs (nine) in his first year with the club … in 2024, he also set a career-high with 12 catcher caught stealings, good for the 12th-most among NL catchers … the veteran catcher has played in 534 career games across nine seasons with the Pirates (2016-21), Marlins (2022-23) and Rockies, posting a career slash line of .239/.319/.353 with 78 doubles, two triples, 33 home runs and 184 RBI … in 2021, he was awarded the National League Rawlings Gold Glove Award at catcher, leading the position with 21 defensive runs saved and a 95.5% pitch block rate while not allowing a passed ball … additionally, he holds the Major League record of 247 games at catcher without allowing a passed ball, spanning from Aug. 18, 2020-April 4, 2023 … in his career behind the plate, he holds a .993 fielding percentage in 4,024 innings caught while catching 71 of 338 attempted base stealers (21.0 CS%).
The Rockies have a full 40-man roster.