The Rockies already struck gold once with a hardly recruited high school player who washed out as a pitcher in college, only to go on to become an all-star outfielder in the big leagues.
And if Sam Hilliard has anything to say about it, Colorado just might strike the same sort of gold it did with Charlie Blackmon.
Hilliard’s in his first season manning the outfield for Triple-A Albuquerque. A left-hander with natural power, speed and ample athleticism, he’s a .279 career hitter in the minors who was in big-league camp each of the past two spring trainings.