It was a busy first night in the Rockies' draft room in Scottsdale, Ariz. Monday as Colorado had four of the first 44 picks in the 2015 MLB Draft.
The Rockies made use of those picks to take a quartet of high schoolers, drafting shortstop Brendan Rodgers with the third overall pick, right-handed pitcher Mike Nikorak with the 27th pick, third baseman Tyler Nevin with the 38th pick and wrapped the night by selecting Peter Lambert, another right-handed pitcher, with the 44th pick.
"We're excited about what we were able to do tonight," Rockies vice president of scouting Bill Schmidt said.