DENVER -- Because shortstop Brendan Rodgers and second baseman Forrest Wall are recent Rockies first-round Draft picks, the expectation is that they will be forces at the Major League level. So they spent the weekend giving back like big leaguers.
Rodgers, 20, the third overall pick in 2015, and Wall, 21, selected 35th overall in '14, along with Royals lefty pitching prospect Foster Griffin, 21, a first-round pick in '15, recently sat down with their agent, Jason Romano, a former Major League utility man. Romano, who played for five teams from 2002-05, was surrounded by players who enjoyed community work, and figured it's not too early for these prospects to start.