Yard Goats' Adael Amador gets call-up to Rockies; gets hit and steal in MLB debut
It didn't take long for Adael Amador to show why he's the Colorado Rockies' No. 1 prospect, and one of the most highly-thought of in baseball. The 21-year-old second baseman from the Dominican Republic was called up from the Hartford Yard Goats to the big-league club on Sunday, and thrown right into the lineup against the St. Louis Cardinals.