SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies left-hander Sam Howard, who started Sunday's Cactus League game against the Giants, and righty Yency Almonte, who followed him, are pitchers it pays to know.
Beyond the seven starting pitchers who were part of last year's team that earned a National League Wild Card spot, the Rockies have no other starter who has pitched in a Major League regular-season game. Howard, the Rockies' No. 17 rated prospect according to MLB Pipeline, and Almonte, rated 10th, made the leap from Double-A Hartford to Triple-A Albuquerque last season and are the last starting prospects standing in camp.