According to baseball Patrick Lyons, the Rockies will promote their highest pitching prospects. Right-handed Chase doll He will make his debut when he starts the club on Sunday. The 40-man lineup already has an opening ceremony, so the club only needs to conduct a corresponding active lineup.
Dollander, 23, has been there for some time. He has invested a lot of numbers for Tennessee and has been named one of the top players in the 2023 draft. The Rockies picked him with the ninth pick and then signed him for a $5,716,900 slot bonus.
Last year, he made his debut in an impressive way. In the process, he lost 118 innings in 23 games, from High-A to Double-A. He allowed only 2.59 runs per 9, hitting 33.9% of the batsmen while walking with 9.4% of the clips.
Entering 2025, the industry consensus is one of the most important prospects in the league. America currently ranks him as No. 7 overall and MLB Pipeline #24. Fangraphs have him 12th and started the season, but now it’s the season Dylan Crew Being one of the people ahead of him. ESPN’s dolls rank 14th, although also lag behind the crew. Keith Law of the sport is even more bearish, making the little doll ranked 75th, worried about some of his results in Tennessee.
The Rockies reportedly consider that there is some meaning in the opening rotation. They sent him to Triple-A Albuquerque, where he started a start, allowing a run in four innings. Major League clubs started this season, just before their first vacation Kyle Freeland,,,,, Antonio Senzatela,,,,, Ryan Feltner and GermánMárquez Start those.
Austin Gomber Probably ranked fifth, but he started the season on the 15-day injury roster with a sore shoulder. He did his rehabilitation for Albuquerque, but was caught for a second time due to inflammation on his shoulders due to MLB.com’s Thomas Harding. Perhaps due to Gomber’s setback, the Dolls will get an early season call.
Most notably, how the dolls will deal with the pitching challenge at Coors Field, the most batsman-friendly venue in the major leagues. Geoff Pontes of American Baseball believes that the Doll Pian has a high success rate, despite many other talented weapons struggling there. Pontes noted that pitchers with low release heights, such as Dollander, have performed well in Coors before. The article also cites the spin efficiency of Dollander’s fastball, which is 96 to 98 miles per hour, a factor in his favor. In addition, the fastball throws a change, curve ball and another broken ball, characterized by sliders or cutters from various sources.
If the doll can flourish in Coors, he might be the most important arm in the next competitive window. The club has failed for a long time Ezequiel Tovar In shortstop and Brenton Doyle In the midfield.
In rotation, there is almost no long-term certainty. Márquez and Gomber are about to become free agents, while Senzatela and Freeland’s contracts are guaranteed only in 2026, with options for 2027. The Rockies signed new deals with these pitchers, but they were all in their 30s anyway. If everything is right, then at the age of 23, the doll may become the rock of the group for many years to come.
Although he is not on the list on the opening day, his call will be available for full service in 2025 very early. The baseball season is 187 days, but it only takes 172 days for players to earn a full year on an active roster or injured roster. If he has no choice to give a minor at any time, he will be expected to qualify for free agents after the 2030 campaign, although notable optional tasks will push the trajectory over the year.
If he does stay up late, the Rockies have the potential to get an additional draft pick. The current collective bargaining agreement proposes measures to combat service time manipulation. Such a measure is that if a team improves the highest prospects early enough to win a full service year, it can earn additional drafts. To qualify, players must be in two of the three top 100 lists in the BA, ESPN and MLB pipelines. The player then has to win the Rookie of the Year in the top three of the MVP or CY Young vote, or vote in the pre-election season.
These may be factors later this year. Currently, one of the best young pitchers in the game is the Grand Slam. It’s always a fascinating challenge to face a major league batsman for the first time for any pitching prospect, but in this case the level of interest is arguably higher because of the unique situation of the importance of Coors Field and Dollander to the team.
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