The Rockies spent Paul DePodesta’s first Trade Deadline reshaping the edges of the roster with an eye on what comes next. Colorado moved center fielder Brenton Doyle to the White Sox, right-handed reliever Antonio Senzatela to the Brewers and right-handed reliever Victor Vodnik to the Marlins, then added pitching and prospect depth in a four-deal stretch that also brought in righty Nick Frasso and Single-A outfielder Landyn Vidourek.
DePodesta said the Rockies listened on several players, but because every position player remained under club control, the team could hold firm on its price.
“If you would have asked me three or four days ago, and I was able to be honest with you, I thought those were the three players that were most likely to be moved, just based on the sheer amount of interest we were getting from teams,” DePodesta said.
Frasso was already on the Major League roster by Friday, while the other additions remain in the minors. Of the incoming group, Norby is the only one with big-league experience, having played in 198 Major League games over three seasons with the Orioles and Marlins and posting a .203/.313/.325 slash line. He’s 26, and DePodesta said several of the newcomers could factor in soon.
Adams, also 26, is viewed as close. The 13th-round pick out of Jacksonville University had been on the White Sox’s radar before Tommy John surgery cost him last season.
At Triple-A Charlotte, he went 3-3 with a 4.25 ERA in 36 innings across nine games, including seven starts, while striking out 36 and walking 17. Adams and Norby are both going to Triple-A Albuquerque.
“We think all those guys could help us pretty soon, whether that’s in the final two months of this year or whether it’s early next season,” DePodesta said. “We’ll find out more once we get our hands on them. But all could be impacting us in Denver in relatively short order.”
The rest of the group includes May, 23, an Albuquerque native who was picked in Competitive Balance Round B in 2024 out of Oregon State. He posted a 3.80 ERA in 14 starts at High-A Beloit and owns a 3.47 ERA in 24 games, 23 of them starts, since turning pro.
Martinez, 19, signed out of Cumana, Venezuela, and forced his way out of the Arizona Complex League by hitting .356/.476/.599 in 40 games before being moved up to Single-A Wilson, where he hit .209/.321/.269 in 18 games.
Vielma, 16, from Bourbes, Venezuela, signed for a $1.5 million bonus in January and hit .337 with one home run and 21 RBIs while playing mostly third base for the White Sox’s Dominican Summer League team.
One player Colorado did not move was catcher Hunter Goodman, who has 33 home runs - two more than the club record for a primary catcher that he set last season. Goodman, 26, isn’t eligible for free agency until 2030, and DePodesta made it clear he sees him as part of the foundation.
“So far this year, he’s been as good as any offensive catcher in baseball,” DePodesta said. “He’s here, hopefully, going forward for a little while now.”
Senzatela’s departure closed the book on a Rockies run that stretched 10 seasons. The 31-year-old was part of postseason starting rotations in 2017 and ‘18, and his first year as a fulltime reliever brought a resurgence this season.
“He’s meant so much to this franchise -- been here for 15 years and 10 years in the big leagues,” DePodesta said. “I really wanted to deliver putting him in a pennant race somewhere.
I’m so excited for him. I actually got a chance to share that with him.”
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