Even with two clubs having the day off on Wednesday, it was a busy day in the Colorado Rockies’ farm system. In the six total games played. Rockies’ affiliates went 4-2 in spite of a lack of performance from their top prospects. Four of the top 13 PuRPs were in action, but went a combined 1-for-14 with five strikeouts. Instead, it was lesser known prospects such as Double-A Hartford’s Drew Weeks who carried the day. Weeks, a 24-year-old outfielder drafted in the seventh round in 2014, went 3-for-4 with a pair of homers plus a walk and a stolen base in the Yard Goats’ 12-8 win over the Bowie Baysox. It was the second multi-homer game for Weeks in his last five games as he improved his slash line on the year to .267/.338/.448, his best mark since the 2015 season in Low-A Asheville. After struggling in 2016 to the tune of .233/.288/.347, Weeks will need some more days like this to work his way back into being a legitimate prospect, but this is certainly a good start.
Triple-A: Albuquerque Isotopes 3, Tacoma Rainiers 1
Raimel Tapia: 1-for-4, 3B
David Dahl: 0-for-3, 2 K
Tom Murphy (No. 6 PuRP): 0-for-3, 3 K
Ryan McMahon (No. 7 PuRP): 0-for-3, K
Jordan Patterson (No. 13 PuRP): 0-for-3
Noel Cuevas: 2-for-3, 2B, HR, RBI
Carlos Estevez: 1 1⁄3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, K
Double-A: Hartford Yard Goats 12, Bowie Baysox 8
Brendan Rodgers (No. 1 PuRP): 1-for-5, K
Brian Mundell (HM PuRP): 0-for-2, 3 BB
Drew Weeks: 3-for-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB, SB
Josh Fuentes: 2-for-3, 2B, HR, 5 RBI
Matt Pierpont: 2 IP, H, 0 R, 2 K
High-A: Day off
Low-A: Asheville Tourists 7, Hickory Crawdads 3
Tyler Nevin (No. 23 PuRP): 0-for-3
Jose Gomez (No. 30 PuRP): 0-for-0, HBP, left game in 3rd inning
Carlos Herrera: 2-for-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, K
Vince Fernandez: 2-for-3, HR, 2 RBI
Alejandro Requena: 6 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Short-Season A: Tri-City Dust Devils 8, Boise Hawks 5
Matt McLaughlin: 2-for-4, 2B, BB, 2 K
Sean Bouchard: 2-for-5, 2B, K
Hidekel Gonzalez: 1-for-4, HR, 4 RBI, K
Mike Bunal: 2 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K
Rookie: Day off
DSL: DSL Yankees 7, DSL Rockies 4 (Game 1)
Franklin Garcia: 2-for-4, RBI
Adonis Santos: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K
Raymells Rosa: 2 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
DSL Rockies 4, DSL Yankees 1 (Game 2, 7 innings)
Eddy Diaz: 2-for-3, 2 3B, RBI, BB
Alejandro Mejia: 6 IP, 5 H, ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Cristopher Navarro: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, K
Thursday probables:
Triple-A: Zach Jemiola (3-2, 6.21 ERA) vs. Tacoma
Double-A: Parker French (No. 26 PuRP; 7-7, 5.46 ERA) @ Portland
High-A: Jesus Tinoco (7-2, 4.70 ERA) vs. Lake Elsinore
Low-A: Breiling Eusebio (1-1, 7.84 ERA) @ Hickory
Short-Season A: TBD @ Everett
Rookie: TBD vs. Billings
DSL: TBD vs. DSL Yankees