Colorado Rockies minor league players

Jacob Timothy Bird (born December 4, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Bird attended West Ranch High School in Stevenson Ranch, California.[1] He committed to play college baseball at UCLA during his senior year.[2] During his senior season, he pitched to a 1.55 ERA over 58 innings.[3] Unselected in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at UCLA. As a senior at UCLA in 2018, he compiled a 7–4 record and started 16 games, leading the Pac-12 Conference with a 2.18 ERA and striking out 61 batters over 111+2⁄3 innings.[4][5] Following the season, he was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the fifth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[6]

Bird signed with the Rockies and made his professional debut with the Grand Junction Rockies of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, going 4–1 with a 3.38 ERA over 26+2⁄3 innings pitched in relief.[7] In 2019, he played with the Asheville Tourists of the Class A South Atlantic League (with whom he earned All-Star honors) and went 7–2 with a 3.62 ERA and eighty strikeouts over 97 innings.[8] To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Hartford Yard Goats of the Double-A Northeast before being promoted to the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Triple-A West in early June.[9] Over 39 appearances between the two clubs, Bird went 6-1 with a 3.38 ERA and 59 strikeouts over 58+2⁄3 innings.[10] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Salt River Rafters after the season.[11] He returned to the Isotopes to begin the 2022 season.[12]

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Bret Robert Boswell (born October 4, 1994) is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Boswell attended Rockwall-Heath High School in Rockwall, Texas, where he played baseball.[13] As a junior in 2012, he batted .389 with four home runs.[14] In 2013, as a senior, he hit .538.[15] Undrafted in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at the University of Texas where he played college baseball.

In 2014, Boswell's freshman year at Texas, he suffered a wrist injury that forced him to miss the year. As a redshirt freshman in 2015, he hit .253 with two home runs and twenty RBIs over 5 games, earning a spot on the Big 12 Conference All-Freshman Team,[16] and in 2016, as a redshirt sophomore, he played in 44 games in which he hit .241 with two home runs.[17] That summer, he played in the California Collegiate League for the Santa Barbara Foresters where he batted .392 with ten home runs over 34 games.[18] In 2017, Boswell's redshirt junior season at Texas, he hit .273 with seven home runs and 33 RBIs over 61 games.[19]

Boswell was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the eighth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[20][21] He signed and made his professional debut that year with the Boise Hawks of the Class A Short Season Northwest League, slashing .293/.339/.515 with 11 home runs and 42 RBIs over 54 games.[22] In 2018, he began the year with the Asheville Tourists of the Class A South Atlantic League, with whom he earned All-Star honors.[23] He was promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks of the Class A-Advanced California League in July. Over 127 games between the two teams, he batted .296 with 27 home runs and 78 RBIs.[24] He spent the 2019 season with the Hartford Yard Goats of the Class AA Eastern League, hitting .219 with 15 home runs and 39 RBIs.[25][26][27] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League for the Salt River Rafters.[28] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[29] On November 20, 2020, Boswell was added to the 40-man roster.[30]

On May 24, 2021, it was announced Boswell would miss all of the 2021 season with an ankle injury.[31] That same day, he was designated for assignment by the Rockies.[32] On May 30, Boswell re-signed with the Rockies on a minor league contract.[33] He was assigned to the Albuquerque Isotopes to begin the 2022 season.[34]

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Noah D. Davis (born April 22, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Davis attended Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach, California and played college baseball at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2017, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[35] In 2018, he pitched in three games before undergoing Tommy John surgery.[36] He was still selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 11th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.

Davis made his professional debut in 2019 with the Arizona League Reds and was promoted to the Billings Mustangs during the season. Over 42+1⁄3 innings between the two teams, he went 1-3 with a 3.19 ERA and 35 strikeouts. He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season.[37] He began 2021 with the Dayton Dragons.[38]

On July 28, 2021 the Reds traded Davis and Case Williams to the Colorado Rockies for Mychal Givens.[39] He was assigned to the Spokane Indians where he ended the season. Over 19 starts between Dayton and Spokane, he went 6-7 with a 3.60 ERA and 106 strikeouts over 100 innings.[40] The Rockies added him to their 40-man roster after the 2021 season.[41]

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Nicholas Quinn Decolati (born August 12, 1997) is an American professional baseball right fielder in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Decolati was born in Boulder, Colorado, before moving to Las Vegas due to his father's job; he attended Cimarron-Memorial High School in Las Vegas.[42] As a junior in 2014, he batted .414 with eight home runs.[43] In 2015, his senior year, he hit .411 with ten home runs, 25 RBIs, and 39 runs, and was named the Southern Nevada Player of the Year.[44]

After graduating high school in 2015, Decolati enrolled at Loyola Marymount University where he played college baseball. As a freshman in 2016, he played in 47 games (making forty starts) in which he hit .306 with four home runs and 33 RBIs, earning a spot on the All-West Coast Conference Freshman Team.[45] In 2017, he played in 56 games, slashing .320/.426/.432 with four home runs and 24 RBIs. That summer, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was named a league all-star.[46][47] As a junior in 2018, he started 54 of 55 games and batted .271 with six home runs and 21 RBIs.[48] After his junior year, he was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the sixth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[49]

Decolati signed with the Rockies and was assigned to the Grand Junction Rockies of the Rookie-level Pioneer League. After being a third baseman all through high school and college, the Rockies immediately moved him to right field.[50] He was named an All-Star.[51] Over 69 games in Grand Junction, he batted .327 with 11 home runs and 56 RBIs.[52] In 2019, he missed time at the beginning of the year after suffering a broken wrist, but returned to play in June with the Asheville Tourists of the Class A South Atlantic League, hitting .265 with six home runs and 38 RBIs over 77 games.[53] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[29] Decolati was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the High-A West for the 2021 season, slashing .264/.341/.402 with 11 home runs, 56 RBIs, and 26 stolen bases over 100 games.[54]

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Brenton Edward Doyle (born May 14, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Doyle was born and grew up in Warrenton, Virginia and attended Kettle Run High School.

Doyle played college baseball for the Shepherd Rams for three seasons. He was named the Mountain East Conference Player of the Year after hitting .415 with 98 hits, 14 home runs, 16 doubles and 68 RBIs.[55] Doyle repeated as a Conference Player of the Year after batting .392 with 13 home runs, six triples, 17 doubles and 47 RBIs and 79 runs scored as a junior.[56]

Doyle was selected in the fourth round of the 2019 MLB draft by the Colorado Rockies.[57] Doyle was assigned to the Grand Junction Rockies of the Pioneer League, where he led the league with a .383 batting average with 8 home runs, 33 RBI, and 17 stolen bases.[58][59] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and spent most of the year training in Manassas, Virginia at a baseball complex alongside local college players until taking part in the Rockies' fall instructional league.[60] Doyle was named the best overall athlete in the Rockies' minor league system going into the 2021 season.[61] He was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the High-A West League for 2021, where he batted .279 with 16 home runs, 47 RBIs, and 21 stolen bases in 97 games played and awarded a Minor League Rawlings Gold Glove Award.[62]

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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.[63][64] In 2012, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[65] The Chicago Cubs selected Farris in the ninth round of the 2014 MLB draft.[66] 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.[67]

On February 1, 2017, the Cubs traded Farris to the Colorado Rockies for Eddie Butler.[68] 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+2⁄3 innings.[69] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mateo Elijah Gil (born July 24, 2000) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Gil was born in Newport Beach, California, while his father, Benji Gil, was playing for the Anaheim Angels.[70] He attended Timber Creek High School in Fort Worth, Texas.[71] As a senior in 2018, he batted .389 with six home runs, 43 RBIs, and six triples over 37 games while also compiling a 1.05 ERA.[72][73] After the season, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the third round (95th overall) of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[74] Gil signed with the Cardinals, forgoing his college commitment to Texas Christian University.[75]

Gil made his professional debut that summer with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Cardinals, batting .251 with one home run and twenty RBIs over 45 games.[76] In 2019, he played with the Johnson City Cardinals of the Rookie-level Appalachian League and slashed .270/.324/.431 with seven home runs and 30 RBIs over 51 games.[77] He also played in two games for the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. That offseason, he played in the Mexican Pacific League (MPL).[78] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[29] Gil, however, did return to the MPL that winter for the 2020–2021 season, playing with the Tomateros de Culiacan.[78]

On February 1, 2021, Gil (alongside Austin Gomber, Elehuris Montero, Tony Locey, & Jake Sommers) was traded to the Colorado Rockies in the exchange for Nolan Arenado and $50 million.[79] He was assigned to the Fresno Grizzlies of the Low-A West for the 2021 season, slashing .249/.294/.396 with nine home runs and 56 RBIs over 94 games.[80]

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Jameson Chandler Hannah (born August 10, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Colorado Rockies organization

Hannah attended Flower Mound High School, in Flower Mound, Texas.[81] He attended Dallas Baptist University and played college baseball for the Patriots.[82] In 2017, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[83] As a junior in 2018, he batted .363 with six home runs and 48 RBIs over 59 games.[84]

Hannah was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the second round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[85] Hannah played for the Vermont Lake Monsters in 2018, hitting .279/.347/.384/.731 with one home run and ten RBIs over 23 games.[82] He opened the 2019 season with the Stockton Ports and slashed .283/.334/.381/.715 with two home runs and 31 RBIs in 92 games.[86]

On July 31, 2019, Hannah was traded by the Athletics to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Tanner Roark.[87] He was assigned to the Daytona Tortugas, but played in only 18 games due to injury. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[37]

On November 25, 2020, Hannah was traded by the Reds along with Robert Stephenson to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Jeff Hoffman and Case Williams.[88] He spent the 2021 season with the Hartford Yard Goats, slashing .255/.324/.351 with three home runs, 17 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases.[89]

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Anthony Quinn Locey (born July 29, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies organization.

Locey graduated from Houston County High School in Warner Robins, Georgia, and attended the University of Georgia to play college baseball for the Georgia Bulldogs.[90][91] In 2017, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[92] As a junior at Georgia in 2019, he started 15 games and went 11-2 with a 2.53 ERA and 97 strikeouts over 89 innings.[93]

Locey was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the third round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[94] He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Cardinals before being promoted to the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League.[95] Over 17 innings between the two clubs, he went 1–2 with a 5.29 ERA and 31 strikeouts.[96] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[37]

On February 1, 2021, the Cardinals traded Locey, Austin Gomber, Mateo Gil, Elehuris Montero, and Jake Sommers to the Colorado Rockies for Nolan Arenado.[97] For the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Fresno Grizzlies of the Low-A West with whom he appeared in 25 games (making ten starts) and went 3-0 with a 3.34 ERA and eighty strikeouts over 64+2⁄3 innings.[80] He was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the High-A Northwest League to begin the 2022 season.[98]

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Willie MacIver (born October 28, 1996) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

MacIver played college baseball at Washington for three seasons.[99] In 2017, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star.[100][101]

MacIver was selected in the ninth round by the Houston Astros in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. After signing with the team he was assigned to the Boise Hawks of the Class A Short Season Northwest League. MacIver played for the Class A Asheville Tourists in 2019, where he was voted the best catcher in the South Atlantic League after batting .252 with 13 home runs and 60 RBIs in 117 games played.[102][103] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but was later assigned to the Rockies' Alternate Training Site.[104] MacIver was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the High-A West League to begin the 2021 season.[105] He was promoted to the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats after batting .286 with 10 home runs in 46 games in Spokane.[106] In June 2021, MacIver was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game.[107]

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Helcris Olivarez (born August 8, 2000) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Olivarez signed with the Colorado Rockies as an international free agent in 2016. The Rockies added him to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season.[108]

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Aaron Livingston Schunk (born July 24, 1997) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Colorado Rockies organization.

Schunk graduated from Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia, where he played college baseball for the Georgia Bulldogs.[109] In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star.[110] In 2019, Schunk won the John Olerud Award.[111]

The Colorado Rockies selected Schunk in the second round of the 2019 MLB draft.[112] He made his professional debut with the Boise Hawks of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League.[111] Over 46 games, he slashed .306/.370/.503 with six home runs and 23 RBIs. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[113] In 2021, he played with the Spokane Indians of the High-A West, slashing .223/.286/.346 with eight home runs, 45 RBIs, and 13 stolen bases over 89 games.[114]

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Jacob James Sommers (born May 5, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Sommers attended Hortonville High School in Hortonville, Wisconsin. In 2015, his senior year, he pitched to a 1–0 record and a 1.77 ERA.[115] Following his senior year, he enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he played college baseball. As a senior in 2019, he compiled a 3.60 ERA over thirty innings.[116] After the season, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the tenth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[117][118] Sommers signed with the Cardinals and made his professional debut with the Johnson City Cardinals of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, going 2–3 with a 4.18 ERA over 12 games (ten starts).[119] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[29]

On February 1, 2021, Sommers (alongside Austin Gomber, Mateo Gil, Elehuris Montero, and Tony Locey) was traded to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Nolan Arenado and $50 million.[120][121] He was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the High-A West for the 2021 season, going 3-2 with a 5.59 ERA and 51 strikeouts over 37 innings.[122]

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Ezequiel Jesus Tovar (born August 1, 2001) is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Tovar signed with the Colorado Rockies as an international free agent in August 2017.[123]

Tovar made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Rockies, batting .262 with 11 RBIs over 35 games. In 2019, he split time between the Grand Junction Rockies and the Boise Hawks with whom he slashed .253/.318/.322 with two home runs, 16 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases over 73 games. He did not play game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season.[113] Tovar spent the 2021 season with the Fresno Grizzlies and Spokane Indians, slashing .287/.322/.475 with 15 home runs, 72 RBIs, thirty doubles, and 24 stolen bases.[124] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.[125] He was selected to the 40-man roster following the season on November 19, 2021.[126]

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Sam Weatherly (born May 28, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Weatherly grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan and attended Howell High School. He was named Michigan's Mr. Baseball as a senior after going 6-2 on the mound with a 0.78 earned run average (ERA) and also batting .482.[127] Weatherly was selected in the 27th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays, but opted not to sign with the team.[128]

Weatherly played for the Clemson Tigers for three seasons. As a freshman, he made eight appearances with five starts and had an ERA of 6.64.[129] After the season, Weatherly played collegiate summer baseball for the Kalamazoo Growlers of the Northwoods League.[130] Weatherly went 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA in 21 relief appearances in his sophomore season.[131] During the summer, he played for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League and went 0-1 with a 4.32 ERA and 18 strikeouts over 16+2⁄3 innings pitched.[132] As a junior, Weatherly had a 0.79 ERA struck out 43 batters in 22+2⁄3 innings pitched over four starts before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[133]

Weatherly was selected in the third round by the Colorado Rockies in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[134] He signed with the team on June 24, 2020, for the slot-valued bonus of $755,300.[135] Weatherly was assigned to the Fresno Grizzlies of the Low-A West for the 2021 season.[136]

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