The 2024 season did not go as planned for 26-year-old left-handed reliever John Evan Justice.
After making his major league debut in 2023, it seemed like the 6’4’’ lefty could bolster a weak Colorado Rockies bullpen in need of reinforcements for 2024. Instead, Justice faced just two big league batters at the very end of the season.
After nine spring training appearances with seven strikeouts, six walks, and a 5.63 ERA, Justice was assigned to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes to start the season. In his first seven outings with the Isotopes he posted a 12.