Colorado Rockies Prospects: Marquez, Almonte, Cabrera producing in their first year in the system

What a day for Bridich’s acquisitions on the mound. German Marquez, Yency Almonte, and Wander Cabrera all produced stellar starts as the Rockies affiliates went 6-2 on Wednesday.

Marquez continued his stellar first year in the Rockies farm system. In his second start for Triple-A Albuquerque, he went six innings, allowed two hits, two runs, three walks, and six strikeouts over 95 pitches. Marquez has a 2.92 ERA across 148 innings, already surpassing his innings total from last year and isn’t showing any signs of slowing down.

Almonte has been a revelation this year. He threw a seven-inning, complete game shutout in the first game of a double-header in Bowie for the Yard Goats. Almonte was acquired from the Chicago White Sox in the Tommy Kahnle trade and pitched well in the launching pad that is the Cal League.

Wander Cabrera missed the PuRP’s list this time around but has quickly proven he should be considered among the organizations Top 30 Prospects. Cabrera is 6-0 with a 2.40 ERA in 11 starts this year for the DSL Rockies and continued that Wednesday. He went five innings, allowed three baserunners, and struck out five. Cabrera was acquired from the Chicago Cubs in the Rex Brothers deal.

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Other Games

Triple-A: Albuquerque Isotopes 2, Oklahoma City Dodgers 3

Tom Murphy (15 PuRP): 2/4, HR, RBI, 2 R

Pat Valaika: 1/4, 2B

Mike Tauchman: 2/3

German Marquez (7 PuRP): 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R/ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 95 pitches

Double-A: Hartford Yard Goats 4, Bowie Bay Sox 0 (7 innings)

Michael Benjamin: 2/3, 2B, R, RBI, SB

Cesar Galvez: 2/3, RBI

Jan Vazquez: 1/3, 2B, R, RBI

Yency Almonte (18 PuRP): 7.0 IP (CG), 4 H, 0 R/ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 104 pitches

Game Two: Hartford Yard Goats 2, Bowie Bay Sox 1 (7 innings)

Ryan McMahon (6 PuRP): 1/3, 2B, RBI

Noel Cuevas: 1/3, R, RBI

Dillon Thomas: 1/3

Jerry Vasto: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, K, SV

High-A: Modesto Nuts 4, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 3

Dom Nunez (14 PuRP): 3/3, HR, 2 RBI, R

Josh Fuentes: 1/3, 2B, 2 R, BB

Shane Hoelscher: 1/3, 2B, R, SAC

Parker French (28 PuRP): 7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 6 K, 93 pitches

Low-A: Asheville Tourists 7, Columbia Fireflies 6

Brendan Rodgers (3 PuRP): 2/4, 2B, 3 RBI, R, SF

Chris Rabago: 2/4, 2 R

Carlos Herrera: 1/5, 2B, 3 RBI

Jesus Tinoco (20 PuRP): 5.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 5 K, 99 pitches

Short-A: Boise Hawks 2, Eugene Emeralds 3

Garrett Hampson: 0/1, RBI, 3 BB, 2 SB

Willie Abreu: 1/4, 2B

Daniel Suero: 1/4, R

Robert Tyler (19 PuRP): 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 2 BB, K, 51 pitches

Rookie: Grand Junction Rockies 9, Helena Brewers 2

Manuel Melendez: 3/4, HR, RBI, 2 R, SAC

Taylor Snyder: 2/5, HR, 2B, R, 2 RBI

Jonathan Piron: 2/5, 2 2B, RBI, R

Luiz Guzman: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 5 K, 88 pitches

DSL: Rockies 3, TIgers 2

Daniel Montano (24 PuRP): 1/4, HR, 2 R, RBI

Shael Mendoza: 2/5, 2B, SB

Jose Grullart: 1/4, 3B, R

Wander Cabrera: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 5 K

Tomorrows Games and Probables

Triple-A: Albuquerque (Harrison Musgrave, 7-6, 4.57 ERA) @ Oklahoma City (LAD), 6:05 MT

Double-A: Hartford (Alex Balog, 5-0. 3.63 ERA) vs. Bowie (BAL), 4:35 ET (in Bowie)

High-A: Modesto (Helmis Rodriguez 3.9, 3.88 ERA) vs. Rancho Cucamonga (LAD), 8:05 MT

Low-A: Asheville (Trey Killian, 9-5, 3.96 ERA) vs. Columbia (NYM), 5:05 MT

Short-A: Boise (Manuel Rondon, 6-0, 1.27 ERA) @ Eugene (CHC), 8:05 MT

Rookie: Grand Junction (Alejandro Requena, 1-5, 5.47) @ Helena (MIL), 7:05 MT

DSL: Rockies (TBA) vs. Tigers, 8:30 MT