From needing Tommy John surgery early in his college career with the University of Missouri to a fractured elbow that needed surgery in 2022 and a transfer to the University of Tennessee the year after, you would never know that big-bodied righty Seth Halvorsen’s meteoric rise hasn’t always been easy. However, for the reliever described by Rockies development staff as “confrontationally matter-of-fact and very confident,” his meteoric journey from Rocky Top to the Rocky Mountains for his big league debut has been business as usual.
“No, I don’t think so,” Halvorsen told Purple Row when asked if his rapid rise through the farm system had led to any increased pressure.