Zac Veen #13

Zachary Richard Veen...Ranked first in the country by Perfect Game in the Class of 2020 High School National Rankings...Played in the 2019 Perfect Game All-American Classic in San Diego…played against Drew Romo...Attended the Spruce Creek High School (Fla.), the alma mater of Austin Hays...Initially committed to play collegiately at Florida before signing with the Rockies out of high school.

2025

Made his Major League debut on April 8 vs. Milwaukee and collected his first hit on a bunt single in the sixth inning...Recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque on April 8, his first time on the active Major League roster … ranked by MLB.com as the No. 8 prospect in the Rockies’ farm system at the time of his call up … became the second Rockie to make his Major League debut in 2025, the first position player (also: RHP Chase Dollander)...Reached base safely in six of his 10 games with an at-bat for Colorado … started five games at left field and five games at right field...Recorded his first Major League home run and first stolen base in Game 1 on April 20 vs. Washington, the second Rockie in history to check both “firsts” in the same game, joining Chris Sexton on May 5, 1999 at Chicago-NL...Participated in his third Spring Training, first as part of the 40-man roster … named the recipient of the 2025 Abby Greer award, given annually to the Rockies Spring Training MVP, after slashing .270/.352/.460 with 13 runs, four doubles, one triple, two home runs, 11 RBI and nine stolen bases in his 28 games during the Spring … finished second in stolen bases, tied for fourth in runs and sixth in OBP among all Cactus League players...With the Isotopes, slashed .289/.354/.468 with 23 doubles, five triples, 11 home runs, 59 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 90 games … through a season-best 14-game hitting streak with Albuquerque June 1-July 8, slashed .466/.508/.724 (27-for-58) … included back-to-back four-hit games June 26-27.

2024

Appeared in 65 total games due to injury, spending most of his time with Double-A Hartford (36 G) and Triple-A Albuquerque (21 G)...Slashed .326/.418/.568 through his first 28 games of the season with the Yard Goats, logging four doubles, two triples, five home runs, 12 RBI and nine stolen bases…placed on the 7-day injured list May 19 with back inflammation...Appeared in eight rehab games with the ACL Rockies (three) and High-A Spokane (five) prior to being reinstated from the IL on July 9…played eight games with the Yard Goats before landing back on the 7-day IL on July 27 (retroactive to July 25) with a right thumb sprain...Promoted to Albuquerque prior to his reinstatement from the IL on Aug. 23…slashed .220/.281/.476 (18- for-82) in 21 games with the Isotopes, logging three doubles, six home runs and 15 RBI…was placed on the 7-day IL once more from Sept. 18-25 with a left hamstring injury...On the season, appeared in a total of 28 games in left field, 15 games in right field, 14 games as the designated hitter and eight games in center field.

2023

Played in 46 games for Hartford, slashing .209/.304/.308 with two home runs, 24 RBI and 22 stolen bases before injuring his left wrist...His 22 stolen bases finished tied for 15th in the Eastern League...Slashed .321/.487/.571 with 10 RBI in 28 at bats against left-handed pitching...Had season-ending surgery to repair a tendon in his left wrist on June 8...Appeared in 21 games during Major League Spring Training … slashed .280/.321/.380 with two doubles, a homer and eight stolen bases...Played nine games for Ponce in the Puerto Rican Winter League … went 9-for-21 (.429) with one RBI and three stolen bases.

2022

Recognized as the High-A Northwest League MVP and Top Prospect, an NWL Post-Season All-Star and the AFL Offensive Player of the Year...Slashed .245/.340/384 between High-A Spokane (92 games) and Double-A Hartford (34 games)...Led the NWL in runs (72, first) and stolen bases (50, 1st) despite an early August promotion to Hartford...also ranked among NWL leaders in batting (.269, seventh), RBI (60, T-5th), OBP (.368, third), slugging (.439, eighth), OPS (.807, fifth) and walks (50, T-6th)...Represented the Rockies’ organization at the 2022 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Dodger Stadium and finished the game 2-for-3 with a pair of stolen bases...Named the NWL Player of the Week for the span ending on April 24...went 9-for-23 (.391) with three doubles, one home run and three RBI...Reached base in 23 consecutive games June 5-July 1 (.276/.376/.563), tied for the fourth-longest NWL streak of the season...also tabbed an RBI in nine-straight contests June 24-July 4 (12 RBI), the longest stretch in the league...First career two-home run game on June 14 vs. Hillsboro...collected four RBI in the game...Played for Salt River in the Arizona Fall League and slashed .333/.444/.444 across 21 games, earning AFL Offensive Player of the Year honors.

2021

Slashed .301/.399/.501 (120-for-399) with 27 doubles, four triples, 15 home runs and 75 RBI in his first professional season … ranked third among Low-A West leaders in hits, RBI, OBP and runs (83), ranked second in total bases (200) and stolen bases (36), third in extra-base hits (46), fourth in OPS and fifth in slugging … hit for the cycle on Aug. 24, going 4-for-5 with seven RBI, including a grand slam for his home run … became the fifth player in Grizzlies history to hit for the cycle and the first-ever at home in Chukchansi Park.