Format = Position Player | Age on 4/1/2026 | Highest Level Played | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. SS Ethan Holliday | 19 | A | 2029
Holliday signed for the biggest contract of any high school draftee in history ($9 million) and then struck out 39.3 percent of the time through 18 games in Low-A. It’s not a big deal. He’s a huge lefty bat at 6’4” 210 pounds, and most of his contemporaries were in the bridge leagues or on the complex. Besides, he still posted an above average 108 wRC+.
2. 3B Charlie Condon | 22 | AA | 2026
The 6’6” Condon mashed 37 homers in his junior season at Georgia while slashing .433.556/.1009 despite SEC pitchers doing their best to work around him. Things didn’t go as well after Colorado selected him third overall: .180/.248/.270 with 34 strikeouts in 25 High-A games, but he bounced back okay this year, managing the strike zone much better (25.9% K-rate) and hitting 14 home runs in 99 games split between two levels. His 133 wRC+ in 55 Double-A games provides reason for optimism, even as he batted just .235 at the level. He’s still fallen a bit from the heights of his FYPD days, but the book is far from closed on Condon.
3. 2B Roldy Brito | 18 | A | 2029
My favorite name in the system belongs to Brito, who slashed .371/.444/.516 with an 18.9 percent strikeout in 84 games across two levels. He was just as good (156 wRC+) in 33 Low-A games as he was in 51 games on the complex (159 wRC+). A switch-hitter at 5’11” 183 pounds, Brito looks smooth from both sides and doesn’t swing and miss much either way. The power might take awhile and might never really bloom because he takes such a controlled approach, but the hit tool will carry him anyway.
4. OF Robert Calaz | 20 | A | 2029
Power comes easily to the 6’2” 202 pound Calaz, the highest paid international signing of Colorado’s 2023 class at $1.7 million. He dominated his way to Low-A in two years but came face-to-face with the reality of full-season baseball in 2025, battling to a 106 wRC+ and ten home runs and seven steals in 99 Low-A games. I think that’s enough for him to graduate to High-A, but I’m a little worried because he was worse over the last two months than he was before. Maybe he was just tired. It’s a long season. He’s a good defender, so that along with the pedigree means he’ll have a ton of runway to figure it out.
5. OF Zac Veen | 24 | MLB | 2025
I feel like I could deploy the Watchmen meme to explain the Veen situation: we thought he was in here with us, but it turns out we’re in here with him. Forever, perhaps. No early outs for good behavior. In 12 major league games, Veen batted .118 with a 37.8 percent strikeout rate. He wasn’t all that good in Triple-A either. The slash line is solid (.289/.354/.468) but only good enough for a 93 wRC+ in that wild environment. Hard to know what we have here, and Colorado doesn’t seem all that keen to find out.
6. SS Sebastian Blanco | 18 | DSL | 2030
A right-handed hitter at 6’1” 181 pounds, Blanco signed for $600,000 out of Venezuela in January of 2025. Six months later, he was laying waste to the Dominican Summer League and generating big league level exit velocities up to 111 mph. In 54 games, he slashed .345/.449/.453 with three home runs, 11 stolen bases, 34 strikeouts (13.7%) and 33 walks (13.3%). The Colorado aspect tends to dampen my enthusiasm for rostering a young Rockie a little, but I can probably overcome that in Blanco’s case.
7. OF Cristian Arguelles | 18 | DSL | 2030
It’s tough to do much better than Arguelles did in 2025, slashing .422/.528/.652 with five home runs and six stolen bases in 52 games. He also walked (14.4%) than he struck out (10.6%). It’s hard to fake outcomes like these, but my instinct is still to hover over the break and see how the stateside debut goes for the six-foot, 177-pound lefty.
8. OF Derek Bernard | 20 | A | 2029
A left-handed hitter at 5’11” 190 pounds, Bernard has performed at every step of the way since signing for 185K in 2022. In 72 Low-A games this year, he slashed .302/.385/.448 with six home runs and 13 stolen bases. The plate skills are pretty standard: 11% walk, 24.1% strikeout. Something I tend to like: Bernard got better throughout the season and was at his best late, slashing .338/.427/.492 from August 1 through season’s end (20 games). He could earn a quick jump to Double-A as a 20-year-old if he starts fast in 2026. He doesn’t turn 21 until August 9.
9. OF Cole Carrigg | 23 | AA | 2026
A switch-hitter at 6’2” 200 pounds, Carrigg is a fleet-footed dude who the Rockies moved from catcher to outfield to maximize the speed. In 123 Double-A games, he stole 46 bags and hit 15 home runs while slashing .237/.316/.394 and striking out 27 percent of the time. I’m not a big believer in the hit tool, but his speed and eagerness to run combined with the Coors effect could make him an impactful player.
10. OF Jared Thomas | 22 | AA | 2027
The 42nd overall pick out of Texas in the 2024 draft, Thomas was cruising right through the minors before he struck out 34.6 percent of the time in 45 Double-A games. He still produced a 114 wRC+ on the strength of a .347 on base percentage, three home runs and 11 stolen bases, so you might even consider it a positive that he was still 14 percent better than league average while going through a tough stretch, contact-wise. In most organizations, I’d say he’ll open next year in Triple-A with a chance to earn his debut, but they’ve got kind of a backlog of outfielders, and that won’t stop them from adding a cheap free agent or two. Tough path for these guys.
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