Colorado Rockies prospects: Trey Killian dominates Greenville

Trey Killian's second half has gone from interesting to notable after a 10 strikeout outing against the Greenville Drive on Sunday night. It's Killian's second 10 K night in the last two months, the first coming on July 16, and it ups his K/9 to an above average 8.5. The right handed pitcher isn't a dazzling prospect in the Rockies system, but his numbers are tough to ignore the last two months.

His future role may be in the bullpen or as trade fodder if he continues to improve his strikeout numbers through the system. But, Killian making noise at all after being selected in the 9th round of last year's draft is a good sign of the Rockies improvement in development of pitchers. According to his pre-draft scouting report, Killian sits at around 92-94 with a strong cutter and a very strong change up.

The Tourists improved to 64-67 with the win and enter the final week of the season eight and a half games back of the final playoff spot in the SAL, and thus eliminated from contention.

Other news and notes from the affiliates are below:

Triple-A: El Paso Chihuahuas 9, Albuquerque Isotopes 4

Kyle Freeland (No. 9 PuRP): 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 K, 1 BB

Raimel Tapia (No. 4 PuRP): 3-for-5, RBI

Tom Murphy (No. 15 PuRP): 1-for-4, RBI

Jordan Patterson (No. 16 PuRP): 1-for-4, R

Class-A Advanced: Modesto Nuts 3, Lancaster JetHawks 2 (11)

Parker French: 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 K

Dom Nunez (No. 14 PuRP): 0-for-2, 2 BB

Josh Fuentes: 1-for-4, 2 RBI

Class-A: Asheville Tourists 5, Greenville Drive 1

Trey Killian: 6 IP, 10 K, 1 H, 1 R

Ben Bowden (No. 27 PuRP): IP, K

Max George: 2-for-3, HR

Brendan Rodgers (No. 3 PuRP): 0-for-4, RBI

Class-A Short: Hillsboro Hops 11, Boise Hawks 8

Robert Tyler (No. 19 PuRP): IP, 5 BB, 3 R, 2 K

Jacob Bosiokovic: 2-for-5, 3B, R

Garrett Hampson: 0-for-2, 3 BB, RBI

Rookie: Orem Owls 9, Grand Junction Rockies 3

Colton Welker: 2-for-4

Tyler Bugner: 3-for-4, RBI

Jonathan Piron: 2-for-3, 2 RBI

Monday Probables:

Triple-A Albuquerque: German Marquez (1-0, 4.50 ERA) vs. Salt Lake

Double-A Hartford: TBD vs. Richmond

Class-A Advanced Modesto: OFF

Class-A Asheville: OFF

Class-A Short Season Boise: Antonio Santos (5-4, 4.17 ERA)

Rookie Grand Junction: Ty Culbreth (2-4, 4.70 ERA)

DSL Rockies: TBD vs. DSL Mariners