DENVER -- Rockies Hall of Famer Todd Helton was at Coors Field to take in the team’s home opener against the Athletics on Friday. But Helton changed his flight out to stick around for one exciting baseball reason: the Major League debut of right-handed starting pitcher Chase Dollander (MLB Pipeline's

If things had gone the way people thought it would in 2023, Chase Dollander would not be preparing for his Major League debut with the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. After a year at Georgia Southern in 2021, Dollander moved to Tennessee and was absolutely lights out as a sophomore, leading

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Rockies’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Chase Dollander (MLB No. 24), RHP -- Albuquerque (Triple-A)
2. Charlie Condon (MLB No. 28), OF/3B -- Injured (left wrist)
3. Cole Carrigg, OF/SS/C -- Hartford (Double-A)
4. Robert Calaz,

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TAMPA -- The Rockies drafted Hunter Goodman in 2021 and identified him as a hitter, and figured they would work out details such as position later. But Goodman always saw himself as a catcher. On Friday, the Rockies unveiled him as the Opening Day starting catcher against the Rays at

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Rockies’ made a logical decision to reassign MLB Pipeline’s No. 25 prospect Chase Dollander, a right-handed pitcher whose development this spring has justified his being the ninth overall pick in the 2023 Draft, to Minor League camp. But it can be logical and jarring at the

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Antonio Senzatela doesn’t have to look at his Cactus League statistics -- which happen to be the best of his career -- to feel good about Spring Training. Looking around the Rockies’ Salt River Fields at Talking Stick clubhouse at healthy rotation mates is enough. This time

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The first impression is becoming better for Rockies 2023 first-round Draft pick Chase Dollander, MLB Pipeline's No. 25 overall prospect. Dollander struck out seven in 3 2/3 scoreless innings as the Rockies beat the Giants, 3-1, at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on Tuesday night. “It's

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Coors Field may provide the best run-scoring environment in Major League Baseball, but the Rockies haven’t taken advantage of it in recent years. Even without adjusting for Coors, they have fielded offenses worse than the league average the past three seasons, and they scored the fewest runs

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Sunday's Spring Breakout showcase was the perfect unveiling for Rockies No. 5 prospect Brody Brecht. A right-handed pitcher from the University of Iowa whom the Rockies selected 38th overall last summer, Brecht had a nice collegiate resume, an interesting backstory as a former wide receiver for the

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Rockies’ Spring Breakout roster is a stunning display of the team’s Top 30 MLB Pipeline prospects. In fact, 24 of the team’s top 30 players will be on the Rockies’ roster. So pull up your prospect list and see who impresses you at Spring Breakout.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Right-handed prospect Gabriel Hughes (Rockies' No. 16 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline) performed in Major League camp like a pitcher who may be seen in the Majors before long. Hughes threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts and three walks in Cactus League play before being

SURPRISE, Ariz. --The Rockies’ top prospects will take the field Sunday for their Spring Breakout game against the White Sox at Camelback Ranch, but the lineup will not include the system's top-ranked position player.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The assignment for Rockies No. 1 prospect Chase Dollander (MLB Pipeline No. 25) Thursday against the Guardians was to demonstrate that he could correct himself after giving up five runs on four walks and two hits last Saturday. Dollander began Thursday’s game by walking Guardians leadoff hitter

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Zac Veen, Rockies’ No. 8 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, has brought excitement all week, hitting a home run and a double against the Reds on Tuesday and a triple Wednesday against the Padres. The mundane counts, too.

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SCOTTSDALE Ariz. -- Part of evaluating a pitcher who is going to be a big part of a team's future is seeing what happens when things go wrong. That means Saturday afternoon’s struggles of Rockies right-hander Chase Dollander, the No. 25 overall prospect per MLB Pipeline, provided information that could

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A lifetime spent around Major League clubhouses with his father meant many cool experiences for Kyle Karros. Now that Karros, a third baseman who MLB Pipeline ranks as the Rockies’ No. 21 prospect, is in his first Major League Spring Training, he’s learning the importance of being

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The thrills arrived quickly for the first two position players the Rockies selected in the 2024 MLB Draft -- No. 3 overall pick, No. 29 MLB Pipeline and No. 2 Rockies prospect Charlie Condon and No. 12 Rockies prospect and second-round pick Jared Thomas. Just days into

The tendency when talking about the Rockies farm system and the makeup of the Top 30 is to focus on the bats. And there’d be nothing wrong with doing that now when looking at the potential future power in their new Top 30, starting with 2024 first-rounder Charlie Condon and

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies right-hander Chase Dollander is Major League Baseball's No. 25 overall prospect per MLB Pipeline and Colorado's top pitching prospect because of talent and the simple philosophy that more good than bad happens in the strike zone. Allowing home runs to Eugenio Suárez and A.J. Vukovich in

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Chase Dollander's not-long-ago childhood flashed before him when he learned that his Rockies Cactus League debut on Monday would be against the Giants and Justin Verlander. “Somebody told me he debuted in 2005 -- I was [3] years old at the time,” said Dollander, MLB Pipeline's No.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Rockies No. 3 prospect Zac Veen launched a two-run homer on Saturday -- just in time to give manager Bud Black an opportunity for some live commentary from the dugout. “That’s a home run,” Black said through the Rockies.TV headset as Veen’s 433-foot, fourth-inning shot off Diamondbacks