The Colorado Rockies and third baseman Ian Stewart avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $2,287,500 deal. The Rockies' top pick in the 2004 draft, Stewart has had a series of ups and downs the last four seasons. Since his major league debut in 2007, Stewart has hit .245 with 54 home runs and 181 RBIs. Twenty-five of those homers came in 2009, when he hit .228. He hit .256 last year, when he missed five weeks with a strained muscle in his right side. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6088014
