CHICAGO (AP) Adley. Tork. Witt. A couple of highly touted draft picks are on the brink of the major leagues. Nice timing, too, with baseball coming back after an ugly labor dispute. Here is a closer look at a handful of rookies who could play a starring role this year:
Belt slam in 10-run 1st lifts Giants over Rockies in opener
Brandon Belt hit a go-ahead single and a grand slam in a 10-run first inning that propelled the San Francisco Giants over the Colorado Rockies 12-4 Tuesday in a doubleheader opener.
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DENVER Charlie Blackmon hit a three-run, two-out homer off Camilo Doval to cap a comeback from a four-run deficit in the final inning, giving the Colorado Rockies an 8-6 win over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night for a doubleheader split.
“We had five guys in a row reach. That was pretty awesome hitting and I just felt things were going our way,” Blackmon said. Brandon Belt hit a go-ahead single and a grand slam in a 10-run first inning that propelled the Giants to a 12-4 victory in the opener, then homered again as the Giants built a 6-2, sixth-inning lead in the second game. Belt had seven RBIs in the doubleheader, shortened to s
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Major League rosters were set on Opening Day, but it s important to remember that they re never set in stone. Active rosters ebb and flow throughout the season as injuries and performance force organizations to make constant moves in search of putting the best possible team on the field.
Prospects play their roles in all of this movement, whether it s coming up to the Majors for the first time or returning to The Show from the Minor Leagues to fill a vacant need. That said, some organizations have established farm systems that will allow them to be more reliant on prospects than others during the 2021 season.
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