Format = Player Position | Age on 1-4-2026 | Highest level played | Estimated time of arrival
1.SS Ethan Holliday | 19 | A | 2029
Holliday signed the largest contract of any high school player in history ($9 million) and went on to score 39.3 percent of the time through 18 games in Low-A. It’s no problem. He’s a huge left-handed bat at 6-foot-1, 210 pounds, and most of his contemporaries were in the bridge leagues or at the complex. Additionally, he still posted an above-average 108 wRC+.
2. 3B Charlie Condon | 22 | AA | 2026
The 6-foot-1 Condon hit 37 home runs in his junior season at Georgia, slashing .433.556/.1009 despite SEC pitchers doing their best to work around him. Things didn’t go so well after Colorado selected him third overall: .180/.248/.270 with 34 strikeouts in 25 High-A games, but he rebounded well this year, managing the strike zone much better (25.9% K-rate) and hitting 14 home runs in 99 games across two levels. His 133 wRC+ in 55 Double-A games is reason for optimism, even if he hit just .235 at the level. He’s still fallen a bit from the highs 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 is Brito, who slashed .371/.444/.516 with an 18.9 percent strikeout rate in 84 games at two levels. He was just as good (156 wRC+) in 33 Low-A games as he was in 51 games at the complex (159 wRC+). Brito is a 5’11” and 183 pound switch-hitter who looks smooth from both ends and doesn’t swing or miss much anyway. The power may take a while and may never really blossom because he takes such a controlled approach, but the hitting tool will carry him anyway.
4. BY Robert Calaz | 20 | A| 2029
The power comes easily to the 6’2″, 202 pound Calaz, the highest-paid international recruit 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, where he struggled to a 106 wRC+ and ten home runs and seven steals in 99 Low-A games. I think that’s enough for him to move up to High-A, but I’m a little concerned because he was worse than before in the last two months. Maybe he was just tired.
5. VAN Zac Veen | 24 | MLB | 2025
I feel like I could use the Watchmen meme to explain the Veen situation: we thought he was here with us, but it turns out we’re here with him. Maybe forever. No early outs for good behavior. In 12 Major League games, Veen batted .118 with a strikeout percentage of 37.8 percent. He wasn’t that good in Triple-A either. The slash 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 eager to find out.
6. SS Sebastian Blanco | 18 | DSL | 2030
A 6-foot-1, 181-pound right-handed hitter, Blanco signed for $600,000 from Venezuela in January 2025. Six months later, he destroyed the Dominican Summer League, generating exit velocities of up to 110 mph in the big leagues. In 54 games, he hit .345/.449/.453 with three home runs, 11 stolen bases and 34 strikeouts. (13.7%) and 33 walks (13.3%). The Colorado aspect tends to dampen my enthusiasm for selecting a young Rockie a bit, but in Blanco’s case, I can probably overcome that.
7. BY Cristian Arguelles | 18 | DSL | 2030
It’s hard to do much better than Arguelles in 2025, hitting .422/.528/.652 with five home runs and six stolen bases in 52 games. He also walked (14.4%) and then struck out (10.6%). It’s hard to fake these kinds of outcomes, but my instinct is still to stick around over the break and see how the stateside debut goes for the 6-foot-1, 177-pound southpaw.
8. BY Derek Bernard | 20 | A | 2029
A 5’11”, 190-pound left-handed hitter, Bernard has delivered every step of the way since signing for 185K in 2022. In 72 Low-A games this year, he’s 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 continued to improve throughout the season and was at his best late, hitting .338/.427/.492 from August 1 through the end of the season (20 games). He could earn a quick jump to Double-A as a 20-year-old if he starts quickly in 2026.
9. FROM Cole Carrigg | 23 | AA | 2026
A 6’2″, 200-pound switch-hitter, Carrigg is a fleet-footed guy who the Rockies moved from catcher to outfield to maximize speed. In 123 Double-A games, he stole 46 bags and hit 15 home runs while hitting .237/.316/.394 and striking out 27 percent of the time. I’m not a big fan of the hit tool, but his speed and eagerness for run combined with the Coors effect could make him an impactful player.
10. FROM Jared Thomas | 22 | AA | 2027
Thomas was the 42nd overall pick out of Texas in the 2024 draft and cruised through the minors before striking out 34.6 percent of the time in 45 Double-A games. He still produced a 114 wRC+ on the back of a .347 on base percentage, three home runs and 11 stolen bases, so you could 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 start in Triple-A next year with a chance to make his debut, but they’re kind of at a backlog of outfielders, and that won’t stop them from adding a few cheap free agents. Tough road ahead for these guys.
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