Colorado Rockies minor league players

Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Colorado Rockies system and rosters of their minor league affiliates:

Ryan Castellani

Ryan Castellani (born April 1, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Castellani attended Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona.^[1] He was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the second round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft^[2][3] and signed.

Castellani made his professional debut that year with the Tri-City Dust Devils^[4] and spent the whole season there, going 1-2 with a 3.65 ERA in ten starts. Castellani spent 2015 with the Asheville Tourists where he was 2-7 with a 4.45 ERA in 27 starts, and 2016 with the Modesto Nuts where he posted a 7-8 record with a 3.81 ERA in 26 starts. In 2017, he pitched for the Hartford Yard Goats, pitching to a 9-2 record and 4.81 ERA in 27 games started.^[5] He began 2018 with Hartford.

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Yonathan Daza

Yonathan Daza (born February 28, 1994) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Daza signed with the Colorado Rockies as an international free agent in October 2010. The Rockies added him to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season.^[6]

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James Farris

James Robert Farris (born April 4, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies organization.

Farris attended Highland High School in Gilbert, Arizona, and the University of Arizona, where he played college baseball for the Arizona Wildcats. He pitched for the Wildcats in the 2012 College World Series.^[7][8] The Chicago Cubs selected Farris in the ninth round of the 2014 MLB draft.^[9] After signing, he made his professional debut with the Boise Hawks, posting a 2.57 ERA in 14 innings pitched. He spent 2015 with the South Bend Cubs and Myrtle Beach Pelicans, compiling a combined 2-8 record and 3.47 ERA in 38 relief appearances, and 2016 with Myrtle Beach and the Tennessee Smokies, pitching to a combined 2-5 record and 2.59 ERA in 43 total games. After the season, he pitched for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League.^[10]

On February 1, 2017, the Cubs traded Farris to the Colorado Rockies for Eddie Butler.^[11] He spent the season with both the Hartford Yard Goats and the Albuquerque Isotopes, collecting a 1-3 record and 3.59 ERA with 69 strikeouts in 57.2 innings.^[12]

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Josh Fuentes

Josh Fuentes (born February 19, 1993) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Fuentes attended Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo, California and played college baseball at Saddleback College and Missouri Baptist University. He was signed by the Colorado Rockies as an undrafted free agent in 2014.^[13]

Fuentes made his professional debut in 2014 with the Tri-City Dust Devils and spent the whole season there, batting .260 with one home run and 16 RBIs in 41 games. He played 2015 with the Asheville Tourists, compiling a .252 batting average with six home runs and 42 RBIs in 93 games, and 2016 with Asheville and Modesto Nuts where he slashed a combined .307/.366/.505 with 13 home runs and 64 RBIs in 105 total games between both teams. He played 2017 with the Hartford Yard Goats where he batted .307 with 15 home runs, 72 RBIs, and a .869 OPS in 122 games^[14] and started 2018 with the Albuquerque Isotopes.^[15][16]

His cousin, Nolan Arenado, plays for the Colorado Rockies.^[17]

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Rayan González

Rayan González (born October 18, 1990) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

González attended Antonio Luchetti High School in Arecibo, Puerto Rico and was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 18th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. He did not sign with the Athletics and attended Bethune–Cookman University. He was then drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 21st round of the 2012 MLB Draft.^[18] The Rockies added González to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.^[19] He underwent Tommy John Surgery and missed the entire 2017 season.

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Reid Humphreys

Reid Humphreys (born November 21, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Humphreys attended Northwest Rankin High School in Flowood, Mississippi. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 35th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and played college baseball at Mississippi State University, where he was a pitcher and played infield and outfield.^[20][21][22] After his junior year, he was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the seventh round of the 2016 MLB Draft.^[23]

Humphreys made his professional debut with the Grand Junction Rockies where he posted a 1-0 record and a 3.48 ERA in 10.1 innings pitched. He pitched 2017 with the Asheville Tourists, going 1-3 with a 2.56 ERA and 13 saves in 43 relief appearances, and started 2018 with the Lancaster JetHawks before being promoted to the Hartford Yard Goats.

His brother, Tyler Moore, played in the majors.^[24]

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Peter Lambert

Peter Joseph Lambert (born April 18, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Lambert attended San Dimas High School in San Dimas, California. As a senior, he was the Los Angeles Times prep baseball player of the year after going 13–0 with a 0.34 earned run average (ERA).^[25] He committed to play college baseball for the UCLA Bruins.^[26]

Lambert was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the second round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.^[27] He signed with the Rockies and made his professional debut with the Grand Junction Rockies. He pitched in eight games for Grand Junction, going 0-4 with a 3.45 ERA. Lambert spent 2016 with the Asheville Tourists,^[28] where he posted a 5-8 record with a 3.93 ERA. In 2017, Lambert played for the Lancaster JetHawks, pitcthing to a 9-8 record with a 4.17 ERA in a career high 142.1 innings pitched.^[29]

Lambert's brother is Jimmy Lambert.^[30]

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Tyler Nevin

Tyler Joseph Nevin (born May 29, 1997) is an American baseball infielder in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Nevin attended Poway High School in Poway, California.^[31] He underwent Tommy John surgery as a junior in 2014, forcing him to miss the whole season.^[32] As a senior, he batted .409 with seven home runs and 22 RBIs.^[33] He was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in first round, 38th overall, of the 2015 MLB draft.^[34] He signed with the Rockies for $2 million,^[35] forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at UCLA.^[36]

Nevin made his professional debut that year with the Grand Junction Rockies^[37] and spent the whole season there, batting .265 with two home runs and 18 RBIs in 53 games. He played one game in 2016 for the Boise Hawks before his season was ended due to a hamstring injury.^[38] He began 2017 back with Boise, and after six games, was promoted to the Asheville Tourists^[39] where he finished the year batting .299/.353/.454 with eight home runs, 52 RBIs, and ten stolen bases. He spent 2018 with the Lancaster JetHawks^[40] where he slashed .328/.386/.503 with 13 home runs and 62 RBIs in 100 games.^[41]

Nevin is the son of Phil Nevin, who was the first-overall pick in the 1992 MLB draft and is currently the third base coach of the New York Yankees.^[42]

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Dom Nunez

Dominic Manuel "Dom" Nunez (January 17, 1995) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Nunez was drafted by the Rockies in the sixth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft out of Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, California.^[43] After signing with the Rockies, he was assigned to the Grand Junction Rockies to begin his professional career; he spent the whole season there, posting a .200 batting average with three home runs and 23 RBIs in 55 games. He returned to Grand Junction in 2014 and greatly improved, slashing .313/.384/.517 with eight home runs and 40 RBIs in 46 games. In 2015, he played for the Asheville Tourists where he batted .282 with 13 home runs and 53 RBIs along with an .821 OPS.

Prior to the 2016 season, MLB.com named him the 7th best catching prospect in baseball.^[44] He spent 2016 with the Modesto Nuts where he batted .241 with ten home runs and 51 RBIs, and 2017 with the Hartford Yard Goats where he posted a .202 batting average with 11 home runs and 28 RBIs.^[45]

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Wes Rogers

Wesley W. Rogers (born March 7, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Rogers attended J. L. Mann High School in Greenville, South Carolina. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 28th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and played college baseball at Spartanburg Methodist College.^[46] He was then drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the fourth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft and signed.^[47]

Rogers made his professional debut with the Grand Junction Rockies and spent all of 2014 there, batting .283 with three home runs, 16 RBIs and 15 stolen bases in thirty games. He played 2015 with both Grand Junction and the Asheville Tourists,^[48] posting a combined .287 batting average with three home runs, 27 RBIs and 53 stolen bases in 87 total games between both teams. He played 2016 with the Modesto Nuts where he batted .255 with five home runs, 48 RBIs and 43 stolen bases, and 2017 with the Lancaster JetHawks where he batted .319 with nine home runs, 82 RBIs, seventy stolen bases and an .865 OPS.^[49]

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Jesús Tinoco

Jesús Tinoco (born April 30, 1995) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Tinoco signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as an international free agent in September 2011. He made his professional debut in 2012 with the DSL Blue Jays where he was 0-4 with a 4.14 ERA in 12 games (seven starts). He also played in two games for the GCL Blue Jays at the end of the season. In 2013, he played for the GCL Blue Jays where he compiled a 0-5 record and 5.09 ERA in 12 games (nine starts) and in 2014 he pitched with the Bluefield Blue Jays where he was 1-9 with a 4.95 ERA in 13 games (12 starts). Tinoco began 2015 with the Lansing Lugnuts.

On July 28, 2015, the Blue Jays traded him, along with José Reyes, Miguel Castro and Jeff Hoffman to the Colorado Rockies for Troy Tulowitzki and LaTroy Hawkins.^[50] Colorado assigned him to the Asheville Tourists and he finished the season there. In 22 starts between the two teams, he pitched to a 7-6 record and 2.97 ERA. He spent 2016 with Asheville and the Modesto Nuts where he compiled a combined 3-11 record and 6.86 ERA in twenty starts and 2017 with the Lancaster JetHawks where he posted an 11-4 record and 4.67 ERA in 24 starts.^[51]

The Rockies added him to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season.^[6] He began 2018 with the Hartford Yard Goats.

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Ryan Vilade

Ryan Vilade
Vilade (#4) with the Asheville Tourists, 2018
Colorado Rockies
Shortstop
Born: (1999-02-18) February 18, 1999 Frisco, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Ryan James Vilade (born February 18, 1999) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Vilade was born and raised in Frisco, Texas and attended Frisco High School as a freshman, sophomore, and junior.^[52] In July 2016, after his junior year, he played in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game at Wrigley Field and won the Home Run Derby with 18 home runs.^[53] That fall, he was a member of the 18U United States national team.^[54] He moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma before his senior year after his father became an assistant coach for the Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team.^[55][56] After moving, he enrolled and graduated from Stillwater High School in Stillwater. As a senior, he was named the Oklahoma Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year after batting .410 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs along with slugging .778.^[57] He committed to play college baseball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.^[58] Vilade was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the second round (48th overall) of the 2017 MLB draft and he signed.^[59]

After signing, Vilade made his professional debut with the Grand Junction Rockies. He hit a home run in his first at-bat^[60] and was named to the Pioneer League All-Star game.^[61] He spent the whole season with Grand Junction, slashing .308/.438/.496 with five home runs and 21 RBIs in 33 games.^[62] He began 2018 with the Asheville Tourists.

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Colton Welker

Colton Welker (born October 9, 1997) is an American professional third baseman in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Welker was drafted by the Rockies in the fourth round of the 2016 MLB Draft out of Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.^[63] He signed with Colorado, forging his commitment to the University of Miami.

Welker spent the 2016 season with the Grand Junction Rockies, where he was named both a Pioneer League mid-season all-star and a Rockies organizational all-star at the end of the season after batting .329 with five home runs and 36 RBIs in 51 games. He spent 2017 with the Asheville Tourists where he posted a .350 average with six home runs, 33 RBIs and a .901 OPS in 67 games.^[64] He began 2018 with the Lancaster JetHawks.

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