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Who here remembers Franklin Morales? You know, the erratic lefty that was on the team for five years? No? Let me refresh your memory.
Morales was signed by the Rockies as an amateur free agent in 2002 out of Venezuela. He was impressive early in his minor league career, making it as high as No. 30 on Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects list in 2007.