Heir Apparent

While most of us were thankful to keep our jobs last year, Troy Tulowitzki signed a massive contract extension that will keep him in a Rockies uniform through 2020. Sound familiar? For more than a decade, the Rockies’ franchise was based around Todd Helton, a first-round draft pick in 1995 out of the University of Tennessee. And he delivered: In his first five years in the majors, he won a Gold Glove, went to two All-Star games, and was awarded two Silver Sluggers. His exploits earned him a nine-year, $141.5 million contract extension in 2003. But as Helton swings into the twilight of his career, Tulo has emerged as the Rockies’ next meal ticket. When it’s all said and done, the Rockies will have paid the two Ts more than $300 million. How do the two stack up? You decide.