The Minor League season kicked off last week, offering the first glimpse at some of the brightest prospects around baseball. Many of them reside within National League West organizations, as the Padres and Dodgers have each built top-10 farm systems, according to MLB Pipeline. Here’s a look at five NL

DENVER -- Rockies outfielder David Dahl declined to be frustrated over another trip to ... “Is it injured list now?” But he insists the only reason he is on the 10-day list (retroactive to Monday) with the left-side core injury is the team just couldn’t afford to go a player

With the 2019 Minor League Baseball season getting underway, here's a look at where the Rockies' Top 30 prospects are starting the year. We also identify the prospect who just missed the Top 30 list, a player who didn't make the big league Opening Day roster but should make an

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Rockies have settled on Tony Wolters and Chris Iannetta as their catchers -- a decision that came into focus Saturday when Major League sources told MLB.com that the club has placed Tom Murphy on waivers to gauge trade interest. Last season, Iannetta appeared defensively at catcher

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A productive Major League camp for infielder Brendan Rodgers, ranked the Rockies' No. 1 and MLB's No. 10 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline, ended Saturday when he and five other players were sent to Minor League camp. Rodgers, 22 and a shortstop by trade, was brought in

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Peter Lambert has passed enough tests this spring to earn a slightly bigger test -- a start in Friday’s Cactus League game against the Royals at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Displaying an advanced fastball-changeup combination, the 21-year-old Lambert, who is ranked the Rockies' No. 4

PHOENIX -- The value of Peter Lambert's two-inning stint Thursday extended beyond its duration. Colorado's top pitching prospect yielded three runs, including Cody Bellinger's two-run, fifth-inning homer. But Lambert also provided glimpses of his potential when he struck out A.J. Pollock and Justin Turner back-to-back in the fifth inning of

The Rockies will be trying to make it three postseason trips in a row in 2019 and, as always, will be relying on a strong nucleus of homegrown players. Trevor Story, Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon lead the way on offense and the rotation is made up nearly entirely of

DENVER -- Rockies top prospect Brendan Rodgers aims to relive Trevor Story's story this Spring Training.Rodgers was barely out of high school and in Minor League camp in 2016, the year Story grabbed the starting shortstop job by batting .340 with six home runs in Cactus League play. Like Story

DENVER -- The Rockies moved closer to turning second base over to young, homegrown players on Thursday when they backed away from veteran James Dozier -- whom sources say will sign a one-year, $9 million contract with the Nationals.With the Rockies' payroll growing because young players are hitting their arbitration

DENVER -- The Rockies can envision Carlos Santana, whom the Phillies would like to move, providing big-time offense production at first base. Trades with the Marlins for catcher J.T. Realmuto or Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard also are attractive ideas, but they're all talk until Colorado answers what it's willing to

DENVER -- Josh Fuentes jokes that most interviews he conducts begin centered around his cousin: Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado. That trend could continue after Fuentes was one of four added to Colorado's 40-man roster on Tuesday, though the Minor League corner infielder is propelling through the pipeline on his

DENVER -- A clear uptick in fastball radar readings has helped right-hander Jesus Tinoco increase his standing on the Rockies' radar heading into next season.Tinoco, who is headed into his second year on the Rockies' 40-man roster and turns 24 on April 30, posted a 1.72 ERA with a .190

DENVER -- The Rockies reached into their past to help righty relief pitcher Justin Lawrence possibly become a key part of their future.• 12th-rounder Lawrence embraces changeLawrence was the Rockies' 12th-round Draft pick in 2015 and has an interesting backstory: He struggled at Jacksonville University, then transferred to Daytona State

The Arizona Fall League offers a chance for players who were injured during the season to accumulate extra at-bats or innings on the field. Unfortunately for Tyler Nevin, that's an opportunity that he has needed to take advantage of more often than he would like.A Rockies supplemental first-round Draft pick

DENVER -- Third-base prospect Colton Welker was happy to establish himself in 2018 as an important part of the Rockies' next wave of infielders.Welker, a fourth-round Draft pick in 2016, led the Class A Advanced California League in batting at .333 and rose to become Colorado's No. 2 prospect according to MLB

DENVER -- Righty pitcher Yency Almonte, the Rockies' No. 9 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, knew the waiting, striving and physical pain could be taxing if one allows it to be. So last July 4, he pinned a tweet:"Don't rush anything to happen. Take it day by day and allow

DENVER -- Similar to past years, the Rockies focused heavily on arms in the 2018 MLB Draft, but position players did not go unnoticed.After drafting Ryan Rolison, a left-hander from Ole Miss, with the 22nd overall pick in the first round, Grant Lavigne, from Bedford High School in New Hampshire

DENVER -- Shortly after the Rockies selected Ryan Rolison with the 22nd overall pick in the MLB Draft on Monday night, it was discovered that the left-handed pitcher from the University of Mississippi had posted an ill-advised tweet about President Obama on election night in 2012.• Draft Tracker: Follow every Rockies

DENVER -- Colorado drafted four college pitchers and four college infield position players on Tuesday during Day 2 of the 2018 Draft. Vice president of scouting Bill Schmidt said that's how the board fell, but the Rockies will be getting more developed players because of it.• Draft Tracker: Follow every

DENVER -- The Rockies will see if Ryan McMahon, the club's second-ranked prospect by MLB Pipeline, has found the swing that wasn't present when he began the season in the Majors.The Rockies recalled McMahon, the No. 37-ranked prospect in all of baseball, from Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday and started him

CHICAGO -- Infielder Daniel Castro trusted the advice from Triple-A Albuquerque hitting coach Darin Everson, even if it meant he had to wait. But the advice paid off when the Rockies called up Castro on Tuesday for his first Major League action since 2016.Castro, 25, left Albuquerque with a 22-game

What makes an organization rank as one of the top farm systems in baseball? Simply put, it's a combination of quality and quantity. The MLBPipeline.com staff ranked the Top 10 systems in the game by considering which organizations have an abundance of elite-level prospect talent as well as depth, in