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DENVER Todd Helton’s career is the gold standard for the Rockies. He was drafted and developed by the club, was a productive and inspirational figure during good times and a standard bearer when things were tough.
And they not only retired his No. 17 at the end of his 17th and final season, but they presented him with a horse, for goodness sake.
The Draft has produced some of the best players to wear Purple Pinstripes, even if all of them didn’t gallop into the sunset like Helton.
Here are the top five Rockies homegrown Draft picks, as ranked by their Baseball-Reference wins above replacement totals in a Colorado uniform.