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Colorado Rockies rumors: Are they interested in signing Ichiro?

On Monday afternoon, Jim Allen of the Kyodo News (h/t Sankei Sports) reported on Twitter that free agent outfielder Ichiro Suzuki is in talks with the Colorado Rockies for a contract.

Ichiro Suzuki's agent is in talks with the Colorado Rockies a source tells Japan's Sankei Sports. Suzuki is currently training in Kobe.https://t.co/lUb9tXfKG9

Our own Kevin Henry thought of the possibility of the Rockies and Ichiro potentially coming together on a pact all the way back in early November, just a few days after the completion of the World Series.

A look at the past few seasons for Ichiro

Being a man of advanced age for baseball (he turned 44 in October), he has been on the decline for the past handful of seasons, or since about 2011.