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 is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.Castellani attended Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona. He was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the second round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft and signed.
Castellani made his professional debut that year with the Tri-City Dust Devils 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. He spent 2018 with Hartford, going 7-9 with a 5.49 ERA in 26 starts.
The Rockies added Castellani to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. He spent 2019 with the Albuquerque Isotopes, pitching to a 2-5 record and an 8.31 ERA over ten starts, striking out 47 over innings. On June 23, 2020, it was announced that Castellani had tested positive for COVID-19. He returned in time for the start of summer camp on July 4.
Tommy Doyle
Thomas Nelson Doyle is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.Doyle attended Flint Hill School in Oakton, Virginia. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 35th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and played college baseball at the University of Virginia. In 2015, he briefly played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the second round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.
Doyle made his professional debut with the Grand Junction Rockies. He pitched 2018 with the Asheville Tourists and 2019 with the Lancaster JetHawks. Doyle was invited to Spring Training by the Rockies in 2020.
James Farris
James Robert Farris 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. The Chicago Cubs selected Farris in the ninth round of the 2014 MLB draft. 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.
On February 1, 2017, the Cubs traded Farris to the Colorado Rockies for Eddie Butler. 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 innings.
Julián Fernández
Julián Antonio Fernández is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.Fernández signed with the Colorado Rockies in 2012 as an international free agent. He made his professional debut in 2013 with the Rookie-level DSL Rockies where he compiled a 1-1 record and 7.94 ERA in ten games. In 2014, he returned to the DSL, posting a 1-0 record and 5.60 ERA in 18 relief appearances, and in 2015, he split time between the DSL and the Rookie-level Grand Junction Rockies, pitching to a combined 3-2 record, 3.55 ERA and 1.11 WHIP in 28 total games between the two clubs. He spent 2016 with the Class A Short Season Boise Hawks, going 1-2 with a 1.17 ERA in 21 appearances out of the bullpen. His 2017 season was spent with the Class A Asheville Tourists, posting a 1-2 record and 3.26 ERA with 57 strikeouts in 51 games.
The San Francisco Giants selected Fernández from the Colorado Rockies organization with the second pick in the 2017 Rule 5 draft. He underwent Tommy John Surgery and missed the 2018 season. On November 19, 2018, Fernández was claimed off waivers by the Miami Marlins. Fernández spent the 2019 season on the 60–day injured list and did not appear in a game, as he suffered a set back with more elbow issues during the year.. On October 19, 2019, Fernández was removed from the Marlins 40-man roster and returned to the Rockies organization.
Ashton Goudeau
Ashton Chase Goudeau is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.Goudeau attended Union High School in Union, Missouri. Undrafted out of high school, he attended Maple Woods Community College. Goudeau was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 27th round of the 2012 MLB draft.
Goudeau spent the 2012 season with the AZL Royals, going 1–1 with a 3.97 ERA over 34 innings. He spent the 2013 season with the Idaho Falls Chukars, going 1–5 with a 10.18 ERA over innings. He split the 2014 season between Idaho Falls and the Lexington Legends, going a combined 1–0 with a 4.28 ERA over innings. He split the 2015 season between Lexington and the Wilmington Blue Rocks, going a combined 7–4 with a 3.22 ERA over innings. Goudeau split the 2016 season between Wilington and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, going 7–17 with a 5.29 ERA over innings. He split the 2017 season between the AZL and Northwest Arkansas, going a combined 3–7 with a 5.10 ERA over 60 innings.
On March 22, 2018, Goudeau were traded to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for $1. He split the 2018 season between the Modesto Nuts, Arkansas Travelers, and Tacoma Rainiers, going 6–11 with a 5.79 ERA over innings.
Goudeau became a free agent following the 2018 season, and signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies. He spent the 2019 season with the Hartford Yard Goats, producing a 3–3 record with a 2.07 ERA over 78 innings. Goudeau played in the Arizona Fall League for the Salt River Rafters following the 2019 season. The Rockies added him to their 40-man roster after the 2019 season.
Reid Humphreys
Reid Joseph Humphreys 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 MLB draft, but did not sign and played college baseball at Mississippi State University, where he was a pitcher and played infield and outfield. In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League. After his junior year, he was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the seventh round of the 2016 MLB draft.
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, pitching to a combined 2-1 record and 2.03 ERA in 42 relief appearances between the two clubs. He pitched only three innings in 2019 due to injury.
His brother, Tyler Moore, played in the majors.
Justin Lawrence
Justin Anthony Lawrence is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.Lawrence attended First Coast High School in Jacksonville, Florida and played college baseball at Jacksonville University and Daytona State College. He was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 12th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft and signed.
After signing, Lawrence made his professional debut with the Boise Hawks before being reassigned to the Grand Junction Rockies. In 22 relief appearances between the two teams, he went 0-3 with an 8.39 ERA. In 2016, he played for both Boise and the Asheville Tourists where he pitched to a 4-6 record and 4.98 ERA in 49 relief appearances, and in 2017, he returned to Asheville, going 0-2 with a 1.65 ERA in in only innings due to injury. Lawrence spent 2018 with the Lancaster JetHawks, pitching to an 0-2 record and 2.65 ERA with 62 strikeouts in relief innings.
After the 2018 season, Lawrence played in the Arizona Fall League. The Rockies also added him to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. Lawrence spent the 2019 season with the Hartford Yard Goats and the Albuquerque Isotopes, going 1-5 with an 8.76 ERA, striking out 32 over 37 relief innings.
On January 17, 2020, Lawrence was suspended without pay for 80 games for testing positive for the performance enchanting substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.
José Mujica
José Angel Mujica is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.Mujica signed with the Tampa Bay Rays as an international free agent in July 2012. He spent the 2013 season with the GCL Rays, going 3–2 with a 3.09 ERA over 32 innings. He appeared in only two game for the GCL Rays in 2014 due to a foot injury. He split the 2015 season between the Princeton Rays and the Bowling Green Hot Rods, going a combined 2–4 with a 3.18 ERA over 65 innings. He spent the 2016 season with Bowling Green, going 8–4 with a 3.46 ERA over 130 innings. He split the 2017 season between the Charlotte Stone Crabs, and the Montgomery Biscuits, going a combined 14–8 with a 3.04 ERA over innings. The Rays added him to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season. Mujica split the 2018 season between the GCL, Charlotte, and the Durham Bulls, going a combined 6–2 with a 3.75 ERA over innings. Mujica underwent Tommy John surgery in September 2018 and missed the 2019 season. Mujica was outrighted off the Rays roster on November 20, 2018. He became a free agent following the 2019 season.
On November 27, 2019, Mujica signed a major league contract with the Colorado Rockies.
Tyler Nevin
Tyler Joseph Nevin is an American baseball infielder in the Colorado Rockies organization.Nevin attended Poway High School in Poway, California. He underwent Tommy John surgery as a junior in 2014, forcing him to miss the whole season. As a senior, he batted.409 with seven home runs and 22 RBIs. He was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in first round, 38th overall, of the 2015 MLB draft. He signed with the Rockies for $2 million, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at UCLA.
Nevin made his professional debut that year with the Grand Junction Rockies 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. He began 2017 back with Boise, and after six games, was promoted to the Asheville Tourists 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 where he slashed.328/.386/.503 with 13 home runs and 62 RBIs in 100 games. After the season, he played for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League where he won the AFL batting title and finished second in MVP voting. He spent 2019 with the Hartford Yard Goats, hitting.251/.345/.399 with 13 home runs and 61 RBIs over 130 games.
Nevin was added to the Rockies 40-man roster after the 2019 season.
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.
Antonio Santos
Antonio Nathanahel Santos is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.Santos signed with the Colorado Rockies as an international free agent on July 2, 2015. He spent the 2015 season with the DSL Rockies, going 1–2 with a 0.75 ERA over 24 innings. He split the 2016 season between the DSL and the Boise Hawks, going a combined 6–4 with a 3.87 ERA over innings. He spent the 2017 season with the Asheville Tourists, going 9–10 with a 5.39 ERA over 147 innings. He split the 2018 season between Asheville and the Lancaster Jethawks, going a combined 5–13 with a 4.80 ERA over 152 innings. He split the 2019 season between Lancaster and the Hartford Yard Goats, going a combined 6–9 with a 4.53 ERA over 145 innings. Santos played in the Arizona Fall League for the Salt River Rafters following the 2019 season.
The Rockies added him to their 40-man roster after the 2019 season.
Aaron Schunk
Aaron Livingston Schunk 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. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star. In 2019, Schunk won the John Olerud Award.
The Colorado Rockies selected Schunk in the second round of the 2019 MLB draft. He made his professional debut with the Boise Hawks of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League. Over 46 games, he slashed.306/.370/.503 with six home runs and 23 RBIs.
Terrin Vavra
Terrin Vavra is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Colorado Rockies organization.Vavra attended Menomonie High School in Menomonie, Wisconsin, where he played baseball and ice hockey. In 2015, his senior year, he earned All-State honors. Undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at the University of Minnesota where he played college baseball.
In 2016, Vavra's freshman year at Minnesota, he appeared in 32 games, batting.358 with one home run and twenty RBIs. As a sophomore in 2017, he played in fifty games, hitting.308 with two home runs and 19 RBIs. That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Cotuit Kettleers. In 2018, his junior season, Vavra was a unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection alongside earning First Team All American honors; for the year, he started 58 games in which he slashed.386/.455/.614 with ten home runs and 59 RBIs. Following the season, he was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the third round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.
Vavra signed with Colorado and made his professional debut with the Boise Hawks, batting.302 with four home runs and 26 RBIs over 44 games. Vavra spent the 2019 season with the Asheville Tourists, earning South Atlantic League All-Star honors. He was named the SAL Player of the Month for June after hitting.350. Over 102 games, he slashed.318/.409/.489 with ten home runs, 52 RBIs, and 18 stolen bases, earning the title of SAL Most Valuable Player.
Vavra's father, Joe Vavra, is a professional baseball coach.
Ryan Vilade
Ryan James Vilade 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. 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. That fall, he was a member of the 18U United States national team. He moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma before his senior year after his father became an assistant coach for the Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team. 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. He committed to play college baseball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Vilade was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the second round of the 2017 MLB draft and he signed.
After signing, Vilade made his professional debut with the Grand Junction Rockies. He hit a home run in his first at-bat and was named to the Pioneer League All-Star game. He spent the whole season with Grand Junction, slashing.308/.438/.496 with five home runs and 21 RBIs in 33 games. He spent 2018 with the Asheville Tourists where he batted.274 with five home runs, 44 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases in 124 games.
Vilade spent 2019 with the Lancaster JetHawks, slashing.303/.367/.466 with 12 home runs, 71 RBIs, and 24 stolen bases. He led the minor leagues in 2019 with 13 sacrifice flies.
Colton Welker
Colton Welker 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. 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 and 33 RBIs in only 67 games due to injury. In 2018, he played with the Lancaster JetHawks where he slashed.333/.383/.489 with 13 home runs and 82 RBIs in 114 games. He was named a California League mid-season All-Star along with earning a post-season All-Star selection.
Welker spent 2019 with the Hartford Yard Goats, hitting.252 with ten home runs and 53 RBIs over 98 games.