SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Zac Veen arrived at spring training with long, purple hair.
“I’ve wanted to do it for a few years now,” the Rockies outfield prospect said. “I just wanted to wear the team colors. Wherever I play this year, I want to show the team colors.”
That means the 23-year-old will likely begin the season sporting the red of the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes or the blue and green of the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats.
I would have laughed if you had told me two years ago that Veen would still be waiting to make his big-league debut.