Growing up with a father who’s one of the most successful baseball coaches in Texas college history, Rockies infield prospect Ryan Vilade was basically raised in a hardball incubator.
James Vilade has the second-highest career winning percentage of any NCAA baseball coach in Texas and also spent time as the hitting coach for the Rangers’ Double-A affiliate. Vilade soaked in those environments as a youngster, prior to being drafted in the second round in 2017 by Colorado and prior to showing advanced maturity through his first three seasons in the minors.
But Vilade, batting .