DENVER -- Rockies No. 14 prospect Gabriel Hughes, a right-handed pitcher who was the team’s top Draft pick in 2022, experienced a stop sign on what looked like a quick trip to the Majors last season. But it may have been the pause Hughes needed. Hughes missed the 2024 Minor

DENVER – In an organization that has regularly made ready-or-not calls to its pitching prospects, Rockies No. 19 prospect Welinton Herrera pitched in the Arizona Fall League like a guy who just might be ready when the call comes. Herrera, 21, a left-handed reliever, became a fast-rising prospect this year.

LAS VEGAS – New Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta has immediate assignments of hiring a general manager and a field manager, plus setting policies to revamp information gathering and teaching throughout the organization. But the biggest duties – improving the talent, or making the talent better – will

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DENVER -- The fast lane became the normal path to the Majors for Rockies players in recent years. Righty reliever Cade Denton began at a careful pace, but he is pressing the accelerator in the Arizona Fall League. Three members of the 2023 Draft class have appeared -- righty starting

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Fall League’s five-hit club should come with a jacket. Entering Wednesday, there had been only seven individual single-game performances on the prospect showcase circuit since 2017. One was by the Braves' NL Rookie of the Year candidate Drake Baldwin last year. Three more came from

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DENVER -- During the time that the Rockies’ future is being contemplated, No. 8 prospect Jared Thomas and No. 2 prospect prospect Charlie Condon have provided a window into the possibilities. Playing for the Arizona Fall League’s Salt River Rafters, Thompson and Condon each launched grand slams in a 12-9

For some players, the Arizona Fall League can act like a last-chance saloon. The AFL is known widely as a showcase circuit, providing opportunity for some of the game’s best prospects to get in more work before the offseason begins. It’s also a shot for Minor Leaguers with upcoming Rule

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ATLANTA -- As Termarr Johnson and Xzavion Curry walked out of Benjamin E. Mays High School’s main building earlier this week, students on the baseball team and cheerleading squad followed. Outside, a large truck sat at the curb. Johnson and Curry, two Mays High alums, stopped behind the truck and

DENVER -- Rockies No. 1/MLB Pipeline No. 17 prospect Ethan Holliday watched part of the flight of the last and most memorable blast of an impressive batting practice at Coors Field on Friday.

In an offensive outburst that resembled playing MLB The Show on Rookie Mode, the Rockies’ Triple-A affiliate, the Albuquerque Isotopes, racked up 27 hits and plated 21 runs, scoring in all nine innings in its 21-10 victory over El Paso on Wednesday afternoon at Southwest University Park.

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There was plenty of offensive fireworks and impressive pitching performances during the penultimate Friday in August. Lazaro Montes (Mariners) led the way with another mulithomer contest and Max Clark (Tigers) returned from a brief injury with a dinger of his own. Andrew Painter (Phillies) rebounded with his best performance in

There was no shortage of top performances during a busy night around the Minors, headlined by a memorable debut from this year's No. 1 overall Draft pick Eli Willits (Nationals). The action also featured the first multihomer games from Top 100 prospects Aidan Miller (Phillies) and Charlie Condon (Rockies), plus

DENVER -- Kyle Karros’ dream was wild. “I had dreamed of hitting a walk-off home run against the Dodgers, like, forever since I got drafted by the Rockies,” said Karros, whose father, Eric, played most of this career with the Dodgers. The elder Karros often had sons Kyle and Jared

It's mid-August, the dog days of summer. But players are acting like the season just began, still motivated and energized. On Sunday, the best performances from across the Minor Leagues came from familiar faces excelling at higher levels, both at the plate and on the mound. Here is a sampling

DENVER -- Feeling overlooked has always inspired Rockies rookie infielder Ryan Ritter to make himself impossible to miss. Ritter’s next chance to forge a place for himself began Friday night. Activated after spending time on the injured list with a lacerated right middle finger, Ritter started at shortstop against the

Kevin McGonigle, the newly anointed No. 2 prospect in baseball, paced a homer-happy night around the Minors, slugging a pair for the first time in his professional career. Fellow Top 100 prospects JJ Wetherholt, Franklin Arias, Owen Caissie, Cooper Pratt and Jeferson Quero got in on the long ball fun,

Rockies first-round pick Ethan Holliday made a splash in his professional debut on Tuesday night, collecting a pair of hits for Single-A Fresno.