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The Colorado Rockies have been in an interesting spot as an organization, and now they have a whole new front office. With Paul DePodesta and Josh Byrnes leading the team, there should be a shift in the way the Rockies go about things. How much changes and how quickly the Rockies catch up to other organizations will ultimately be the question. The Rockies strayed away from their usual college performers in the first round of the 2025 draft, going with Ethan Holliday, and promptly sent him to Single-A. In a brief sample, there were some highlights, like some serious power, and some lowlights: a shocking contact rate in an albeit small sample. Charlie Condon has shown some signs of life as a prospect. The IFA department has become one of the strengths of the organization, helping to find Roldy Brito, Robert Calaz, and Wilder Dalis. All in all, the Rockies are firmly in a rebuild and will be giving young players every opportunity to prove they can be part of what might be the next competitive Rockies team. How quickly this team becomes competitive in their division is going to be the question.
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Prospects Live, led by its evaluating team & Director of Scouting Rhys White, is proud to begin rolling out its annual offseason system reports. The team combines industry feedback, our live looks, film, and available data to compile each org. We believe this effort has enabled us to present you, the reader, with our best possible view of the prospects in the organization.
We have constructed this list using the Overall Future Potential (OFP) scale. There is no perfect equation for ranking prospects or assigning value to them, but we believe this method is the best possible approach. Every prospect on this list has been graded based on the tried and true 20-80 scouting scale. An 80 is the highest tool and OFP grade on the scale, reserved for MVP-caliber players or tools. Conversely, a 20 is reserved for non-prospects (NPs). A 50 OFP falls in the middle, indicating our evaluators deem this player a future average major league player. Below the 50 OFP tier are the 45s and 40s, comprising a large majority of players on each list. These are specific-role players, such as platoon hitters, utility players, or low-leverage relievers. Above the 50 OFP tier are the 55s and 60s. A 55 represents a future above-average player, and a 60 OFP designation is reserved for future All-Star caliber players.
In addition to the tool grades and OFP, we will also include a 'Risk' associated with each prospect. We use this to better communicate to you, the reader, whether a grade is more aggressive or conservative in nature. The evaluation team has worked hard to apply both the grades and risk components to better illustrate how each individual prospect stacks up in their respective system and in the baseball ecosystem.
Fast and loose is the best way to describe Roldy Brito. His approach needs some work, but he makes a ton of contact and is looking to utilize his easy-plus speed on the basepaths. Brito is your classic Rockies international free agent find. He is on the smaller side for a prospect, and there is quite a bit of physical projection left. Brito has a simple swing; he has a simple toe-tap, he sinks into his back hip, and his momentum, along with his bat, moves forward. His swing is relatively synced up. He is an aggressive swinger, and that makes everything work for him. He is looking to swing at everything in the zone and is not afraid to chase pitches out of the zone. His swing plane is fairly linear, and he flattens it out even more up in the zone. His plate coverage is outstanding. He doesn't impact baseballs on a consistent basis, hitting line drives to all fields, and is looking to slap and dash his way towards offensive production. There are some serious questions about the power upside with Brito, and right now he projects to be a 12-15 home run bat if it all comes together. Brito is able to play a few different defensive positions. At second base he is solid, able to make all the plays, and projects out to be an above-average defender there at maturity. In the outfield his reads are good. He will occasionally take a suboptimal route, but his speed helps to paper over that crack while he figures everything out. His arm is solid and allows him to fit in anywhere other than shortstop, where he doesn't have the requisite actions. Brito is an athlete who is going to play a premium defensive position, can really hit, and maybe, just maybe, the power takes a tick up. Covering a Rockies affiliate for a few years now, I have seen a few of these types, and Brito projects out to be the best of these types that has come through the Rockies system over the past five or so years. - Rhys White
Director of Dynasty Content - Canadian born and raised, moved to Arkansas with my wife and two sons Ezra and Ari. Followed and played baseball my whole life; played dynasty for 25+ years.
