{"id":4716,"date":"2023-01-05T13:24:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T13:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/2023-colorado-rockies-top-mlb-prospects\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T13:24:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T13:24:32","slug":"2023-colorado-rockies-top-mlb-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/2023-colorado-rockies-top-mlb-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Colorado Rockies Top MLB Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Shortstops Ezekiel Tovar and Adahel Amador made a breakthrough in 2022, while 2020 draft picks Zak Viehn and Drew Romo cemented their place as top 100 prospects and led an impressive Rocky system.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we&#8217;re announcing the 10 best prospects for the Rocky Mountains as we enter 2023.<\/p>\n<p>We will be hosting a Rockies chat at 3pm ET. You can submit your questions in advance here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-spot\"\/>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how we predict the 2026 lineup, with 2026 ages in parentheses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2026 lineup forecast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>catcher:<\/strong> Drew Romo (24)<br \/><strong>First base:<\/strong> Eleharis Montero (27)<br \/><strong>Second base:<\/strong> Brendan Rodgers (29)<br \/><strong>Third base:<\/strong> Ryan McMahon (31)<br \/><strong>shortstop:<\/strong> Ezekiel Tovar (24)<br \/><strong>left:<\/strong> Sterling Thompson (24)<br \/><strong>Center field:<\/strong> Benny Montgomery (23)<br \/><strong>Right Fielder:<\/strong> Zach Veen (24)<br \/><strong>Designated hitter:<\/strong> Kris Bryant (34)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1st starter:<\/strong> German Marquez (31)<br \/><strong>No. 2 Starter:<\/strong> Kyle Freeland (32)<br \/><strong>No. 3 Starter:<\/strong> Gabriel Hughes (24)<br \/><strong>No. 4 Starter:<\/strong> Antonio Senzaterra (31)<br \/><strong>No. 5 Starter:<\/strong> Jordy Vargas (22)<br \/><strong>Closer:<\/strong> Tyler Kinley (35)<\/p>\n<p>Listed below are prospects using the best tools within their organization. Click here to go straight to Colorado&#8217;s Top 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>best tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best hitters batting average:<\/strong> Adiel Amador<br \/><strong>Best Power Hitter: <\/strong>hunter goodman<br \/><strong>Best Strike Zone Discipline:<\/strong> Zach Veen<br \/><strong>Fastest Baserunner:<\/strong> Bladen Ward<br \/><strong>Best Athlete:<\/strong> Juan Guerrero<br \/><span style=\"font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;font-size:1.5rem\"><strong>Best Fastball:<\/strong> Gabriel Hughes<br \/><\/span><strong>Best Curveball:<\/strong> Jordy Vargas<br \/><strong>best slider:<\/strong> McQuade Brown<br \/><strong>Best changeup:<\/strong> Jaden Hill<br \/><strong>Best control:<\/strong> Gabriel Barbosa<br \/><strong>Best Defensive Catcher:<\/strong> Drew Romo<br \/><strong>Best Defensive Infielder:<\/strong> Ezekiel Tovar<br \/><strong>Best Infielder:<\/strong> Ezekiel Tovar<br \/><strong>Best Defensive Outfielder:<\/strong> Benny Montgomery<br \/><strong>Best Outfielder:<\/strong> Yankiel Fernandez<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-article stories\">\n<div class=\"image-col\"><picture><source data-aspectratio=\"2700\/1715\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/h0dbvkq4\/cade-cavalli-edited.jpg?preset=storyListing1280 1x, https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/h0dbvkq4\/cade-cavalli-edited.jpg?preset=storyListing1280@2x 2x\" media=\"--laptop-small\"><source data-aspectratio=\"2700\/1715\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/h0dbvkq4\/cade-cavalli-edited.jpg?preset=storyListing1024 1x, https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/h0dbvkq4\/cade-cavalli-edited.jpg?preset=storyListing1024@2x 2x\" media=\"--tablet-landscape\"><source data-aspectratio=\"2700\/1715\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/h0dbvkq4\/cade-cavalli-edited.jpg?preset=storyListing768 1x, https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/h0dbvkq4\/cade-cavalli-edited.jpg?preset=storyListing768@2x 2x\" media=\"--tablet-portrait\"><source data-aspectratio=\"2700\/1715\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/h0dbvkq4\/cade-cavalli-edited.jpg?preset=standardPhone414 1x, https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/h0dbvkq4\/cade-cavalli-edited.jpg?preset=standardPhone414@2x 2x\" media=\"--medium-phone\"><source data-aspectratio=\"2700\/1715\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/h0dbvkq4\/cade-cavalli-edited.jpg?preset=standardPhone375 1x, https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/h0dbvkq4\/cade-cavalli-edited.jpg?preset=standardPhone375@2x 2x\" media=\"--small-phone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"lazyload\" data-aspectratio=\"2700\/1715\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/h0dbvkq4\/cade-cavalli-edited.jpg?preset=standardPhone360 1x, https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/h0dbvkq4\/cade-cavalli-edited.jpg?preset=standardPhone360@2x 2x\" alt=\"Edited by Cade Cavalli\" width=\"2700\" height=\"1715\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-col\">\n<h3>2022 Winter Meeting Notes: Cade Cavalli &#8216;Pencil-in&#8217; to Nationals as Rotation Begins<\/h3>\n<p>Nationals manager Davey Martinez said Cade Cavalli will be part of the 2023 starting rotation, and also mentioned Ezequiel Tovar and Endy Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiUGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJhc2ViYWxsYW1lcmljYS5jb20vc3Rvcmllcy8yMDIzLWNvbG9yYWRvLXJvY2tpZXMtdG9wLW1sYi1wcm9zcGVjdHMv0gEA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Shortstops Ezekiel Tovar and Adahel Amador made a breakthrough in 2022, while 2020 draft picks Zak Viehn and Drew Romo cemented their place as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ezequiel_tovar_billmitchell-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}