Colorado Rockies: Top 10 Rookie-Eligible Prospects for 2018
We have reached the point of the offseason where prospect lists abound. We continue our top 10 prospects for every team with the Colorado Rockies!
Our team top 10 prospect lists at Call to the Pen are spearheaded by Benjamin Chase. Today, he gives us the top ten prospects for the Colorado Rockies.
This season, we will be going through teams by division, in order of 2017 record. The AL East will be first, followed by the AL Central and AL West. Then the focus will shift to the National League in the same order.
The format will be as it was last season for the same lists, with a system review, which will include last season’s list. The top 10 will follow in reverse order, two players per page in order to give adequate space to each player. Major trades or international signings will lead to an updated top 10!
Finally, don’t go away after #1 is revealed as each list will also contain a player either signed in the 2017 international free agent class or drafted in 2017 that isn’t part of the top 10 and should be tracked. Last season’s mentions in that area made over half of the top 10s this season, so this is a great way to get to know a player who could be making a big splash in the organization.
System overview
The Colorado Rockies have built a deep system, and they capitalized on that depth in 2017 when they used a number of young pitchers from their farm system to build their pitching staff that carried them to a National League Wild Card berth.
The Rockies still have a load of talented arms in their system along with some very impressive bats. While there’s only one top 50-ish prospect in the system, there are 2-3 more players that fit in the 50-100 of a number of lists.
While the Rockies are coming off of a playoff berth, they will need some significant contributions from their farm system in order to get back.
Let’s take a look at that system….
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