“If one of the young guys are ready, we’re not afraid to go with them.”
These were the words of Colorado Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt that I threw back at the organization when the 2025 Major League Baseball season began.
At the time, the Rockies had been finalizing their Opening Day 26-man roster with what I saw as egregious errors. They reassigned top pitching prospect Chase Dollander (no. 1 PuRP) to minor league camp and optioned top outfield prospect Zac Veen (no. 4 PuRP) to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes.