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Prospect news and statistics from the Rockies minor league affiliates from May 24-30, 2021
Carlos Estévez has been about as long of a long-term project as possible in major league baseball. Since debuting in 2016, Estévez has appeared in 207 games as a Rockies reliever and thrown nearly 200 innings for the club. True to the heart of any reliever, he has been known for his big arm and bouts with volatility. But after a rough 24 innings in 2020 and a three week delay in the beginning of 2021 due to injury, Estévez is back in the bullpen and pitching superbly. So far this season, Estévez has thrown 12.1 innings to the tune of a 2.92 ERA. He has struck out 13 hitters while surrend...
That fastball usage is at near all-time lows in the big leagues is something we all know pretty well. That, of course, means more breaking and off-speed stuff, more of those frisbee-looking pitches that make us fans wonder “how does anyone ever hit a baseball?” and cause more and more whiffs and slow walks back to the dugout. This, of course, is old news. Since pitch types have been tracked starting in 2002, the percentage of fastballs (four-seam and sinkers) has steadily gone down from 64.4% in ‘02 to just 50.9% so far in 2021. And the pitch that is the mastermind behind that sharp de...
Player of the day Triple-A Oklahoma City has a rotation mostly filled with veterans, especially with top prospect Josiah Gray currently sidelined with a right shoulder impingement. On Tuesday, it was right-hander Aaron Wilkerson’s time to shine. Wilkerson took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and settled for 6⅔ scoreless frames with seven strikeouts. He scattered two walks and a hit by pitch through the first six innings, his shot at history broken up by left fielder Ryan Vilade singling to open the seventh. The fourth time turned out to be the charm for Wilkerson, who pitched in par...
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 Round 2020) made his Triple-A debut on May 22 against the Oklahoma City Dodgers. The OKC Dodgers ar...