The Rockies had four picks on the first day of MLB’s draft Monday. And they used all of them on high school players. Colorado only did that once before, in 1998, when they drafted Matt Roney, Choo Freeman, Jeff Winchester and Jermaine Van Buren.
They’ll have to hope it works out better this time.
And judging by upside, it could. The Rockies got perhaps the biggest ceiling of potential in the draft with prep shortstop Brendan Rodgers, a power-hitting, power-throwing shortstop from Lake Mary High in Florida. He was drafted third, behind two more proven college shortstops.