The New Britain Rock Cats — the Colorado Rockies’ new AA affiliate in the Eastern League — begin to take on the second half of their minor league schedule.
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The Hartford Yard Goats made an appearance on the scene this week (more on that below), but the New Britain Rock Cats aren’t dead yet — they’ll exist for, well, a few more months before giving way to Hartford beginning in 2016. As the Colorado Rockies’ new AA affiliate, New Britain was a weird choice moving from Tulsa after 2014, but the team has done fairly well in southern Connecticut, and there are quite a few prospects on the club to watch for over the next few years.