The Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes will welcome back
Warren Schaeffer as manager after he was named to the position prior to the cancelled 2020 season. Returning as pitching coach is
Blaine Beatty, who also was named to the position prior to the 2020 season following one season as Rookie Level Grand Junction’s pitching coach in 2019.
Cesar Galvez will join the Albuquerque staff as a coach after being named manager of Short-Season Boise prior to 2020. Previously, Galvez was a coach for Boise from 2018-19 following a seven-year career as a Minor League infielder in the Rockies organization.
The Hartford Yard Goats announced a new coaching staff for the 2020 season that will be returning for 2021. Prior to last season it was announced that former Major Leaguer
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Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 24, Bret Boswell
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24. Bret Boswell (88 points, 12 ballots)
While Bret Boswell’s selection to the 40-man roster earlier this offseason by the Rockies caught some observers off-guard, it makes sense within the context of how the team has prioritized his development so far. The 26-year-old lefty hitter, righty thrower has moved steadily through the minors, never producing offensively at a rate below league average and generally emerging as a potential impact prospect from origins outside of the top few rounds of the draft.
Pre-season 2020 Rank: NR
Contract Status: 2017 8th Round, 40-man roster, three options remaining
Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 30, Riley Pint
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30. Riley Pint (56 points, 6 ballots)
We start off this edition of the Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list with the most tantalizing, most frustrating profile in the entire system: Riley Pint. Few prospects can lay claim to having had the most potent arsenal in all of minor league baseball including a 102 mph, 75 grade fastball and multiple potential plus secondary offerings including a 70 grade curveball but many will never pitch above A-ball, which is the highest level attained by Pint in the last five years. It’s a sizable gulf between a MLB ace and A-ball flameout, but unfortunately the 6’4” righty looks to be much closer to the latter than the former.