Halvorsen spent his first year or so in professional baseball on a rocket path up the minor-league ladder. The nearly 25-year-old righty reliever was the first member of the Rockies’ 2023 draft class to reach the big leagues in late August 2024, less than 14 months after the Rockies picked him in the seventh round last year out of Tennessee to join his college teammate Chase Dollander and gave him an under-slot $200k bonus.
Mid-season 2024 Rank: NR
High Ballot: 3
Mode Ballot: 18
Future Value: 40+, late inning reliever
Contract Status: 2023 Seventh Round, Tennessee, 40 Man Roster, three options remaining
MLB ETA: Now
It was a more windy road for Halvorsen before his success in the minor leagues.