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Time to kick off PuRPs season with the players who didn’t quite make the cut

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Prospect news and statistics from the Rockies minor league affiliates from May 24-30, 2021

The question is what to do about it. The answer — use or lose Jhoulys Chacin. Just to provided updated stats on the relief corps, the Rockies have the worst ERA in the NL and second-worst in baseball at 5.46. They are tied for second-worst WAR at -0.7 and tied for third in the majors for most losses with 12. They rank No. 25 in strikeouts per nine innings at 8.71 and are No. 26 in walks per nine innings at 4.57. They are also the only bullpen in the majors not to currently have at least one l...

This was a better week record-wise for the Rockies’ minor league affiliates, as the Isotopes and Indians both posted winning records for their six games. However, the real news comes from some movement amongst PuRPs, namely LHP Ryan Rolison’s (No. 1 PuRP) promotion to Triple-A and RHP Karl Kauffmann’s (No. 11 PuRP) promotion to Double-A. So how did they do in their first appearances at their new levels? Triple-A: Albuquerque Isotopes (4-2, 5-11 overall) Lefty Ryan Rolison (No. 1 PuRP; 1st...

Earlier this week, Justin Wick took a look at what the Colorado Rockies have in reserve for bullpen arms if a call-up is to be made. The bullpen has been an atrocity, especially lately, so seeking an answer to the question of “What else we got? ‘Cause this ain’t working” is pertinent. That got me thinking about the other side of the ball. We’ve already seen Alan Trejo, Connor Joe and Matt Adams receive the call to the big leagues this season, so what other reinforcements do we have la...

Prospect news and statistics from the Rockies minor league affiliates from May 10-16, 2021

Introducing your Fresno Grizzlies Starting pitching. I suspect this group will dominate. Four of them Etheridge, Kilkenney, Eusebio, and Ruff would have been in Asheville in 2020 if there was a 2020. Will Etheridge was a 2019 5th round draft pick. in 2019 he pitched 9 games for Boise and had a 4.40 ERA and a 6.2/1.8 K/BB ratio. Etheridge ranks 24 on the PuRP list but that was before the Arenado trade so we drop him to 26. Breiling Eusebio was the darling of Rockies prospects in 2017 when he had...

40 A series of swing changes have led to Vilade’s current “toe twist” stride, a very simple cut that leans into his great natural bat control and strength-derived pop. He can make contact with pitches all over the zone but typically does his damage slugging pitches on the inner half, especially wayward lefty fastballs in there. Watch how his groundball rate trends in 2021. The 2019 swing that may have helped bring his groundball rate closer to average (50% previously, down to 42% in ’19...