DePodesta approaches first Deadline with Rockies' future in mind

DENVER -- The Rockies acquired pitching and prospect depth by sending center fielder Brenton Doyle to the White Sox, right-handed reliever Antonio Senzatela to the Brewers and right-handed reliever Victor Vodnik to the Marlins before the Trade Deadline.

Here are the basics:

WHITE SOX DEAL
Rockies get: Brewers No. 8 prospect RHP Mason Adams (now COL No. 19 prospect), INF Carlos Vielma
White Sox get: CF Brenton Doyle

BREWERS DEAL
Rockies get: LHP Mark Manfredi, SS Juan Martinez
Brewers get: RHP Antonio Senzatela

MARLINS DEAL
Rockies get: INF Connor Norby, Marlins No. 27 prospect LHP Aiden May (now COL No. 28)
Marlins get: RHP Victor Vodnik

The first Deadline for president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta included four deals, with the acquisition of righty pitcher Nick Frasso and Single-A outfielder Landyn Vidourek.

DePodesta said the team fielded offers for several players, but with the club control of all of their position players could afford to stick to their asking prices.

“If you would have asked me three or four days ago, and I was able to be honest with you, I thought those were the three players that were most likely to be moved, just based on the sheer amount of interest we were getting from teams,” DePodesta said.

Frasso was called up to the Majors on Friday. The rest of the acquisitions are in the Minors. Norby, 26, who has appeared in 198 Major League games over three seasons with the Orioles and Marlins (.203/.313/.325 slash line), is the only one of them with Major League experience -- but a couple of others are close.

Adams, 26, a 13th-round pick out of Jacksonville University, who was on the White Sox’s radar before missing last season because of Tommy John surgery, is considered close. At Triple-A Charlotte, he was 3-3 with a 4.25 ERA in 36 innings over nine games (seven starts), with 36 strikeouts and 17 walks.

Both are headed to Triple-A Albuquerque, as is Norby.

“We think all those guys could help us pretty soon, whether that’s in the final two months of this year or whether it’s early next season,” DePodesta said. “We’ll find out more once we get our hands on them. But all could be impacting us in Denver in relatively short order.”

May, 23, an Albuquerque native who was selected in Competitive Balance Round B in 2024 out of Oregon State, pitched to a 3.80 ERA in 14 starts at High-A Beloit. He has a 3.47 ERA in 24 games (23 starts) since going pro.

Martinez, 19, signed out of Cumana, Venezuela, hit his way out of the Arizona Complex League (.356/.476/.599 in 40 games) and was advanced to Single-A Wilson (.209/.321/.269 in 18 games).

Vielma, a 16-year-old from Bourbes, Venezuela, received a $1.5 million bonus as an international signee in January, and batted .337 with one home run and 21 RBIs while playing mostly third base for the White Sox’s Dominican Summer League club.

The most predictable bit of non-news was that the Rockies held onto catcher Hunter Goodman, who has hit 33 home runs -- two more than the club record for a primary catcher that he established last season. A slugger like Goodman, 26, who is not a free agent until 2030, is a building block for any club.

“So far this year, he’s been as good as any offensive catcher in baseball,” DePodesta said. “He’s here, hopefully, going forward for a little while now.”

Senzatela, 31, spent 10 seasons with the Rockies. He was part of postseason starting rotations in 2017 and ‘18. His career had a resurgence this year -- his first as a fulltime reliever.

“He’s meant so much to this franchise -- been here for 15 years and 10 years in the big leagues,” DePodesta said. “I really wanted to deliver putting him in a pennant race somewhere. I’m so excited for him. I actually got a chance to share that with him.”