The Rockies’ farm system has taken a sharp step forward, and the latest MLB rankings show it.
Colorado opened the preseason sitting 27th in baseball. Now the organization checks in at No. 16, a jump of 11 spots that puts it among the biggest risers in the sport.
Only the San Francisco Giants climbed more, moving from No. 19 to No. 4.
The Rockies were tied for the second-largest leap with the Washington Nationals, who went from No. 17 to No. 6, and the Los Angeles Angels, who rose from No. 28 to No. 17.
That climb gives the Rockies something they have not had enough of lately: real prospect momentum. The big league club is still sitting at 50-75, though that mark already tops last year’s 43-win total. But the more meaningful progress is happening below the surface, where Colorado’s best young players are starting to stack up.
The system now features four prospects inside MLB’s top 100, and the group is built around position talent rather than pitching. Ethan Holliday leads the way at No. 25 overall, followed by Roldy Brito at No.
55, Charlie Condon at No. 58 and Tyler Bell at No. 64.
Holliday, the 2025 fourth overall pick, saw his first full season interrupted by a foot stress fracture, but he still managed nine home runs and 32 RBI in 33 games at Single-A Fresno. He posted a .952 OPS there, a strong first look for the 19-year-old shortstop, even if he remains a long way from reaching the majors like his father Matt and brother Jackson Holliday did.
Brito also made noise in Fresno before earning a promotion to High-A Spokane. The 19-year-old hit .327/.390/.506, enough to push him up the ladder and give him another level to sort through before next season.
Condon has been one of the most productive bats in the system. The 2024 No. 3 overall pick has settled in at Triple-A Albuquerque, where the 23-year-old has 22 home runs and 74 RBI for the Isotopes. That kind of production has put him in the mix for a big league September call-up.
Bell is the newest name in the top-100 picture. Selected 10th overall this past July, the 21-year-old shortstop has kept hammering NCAA pitching at Kentucky, where he’s hitting .343/.510/.608 this season. He is already looking like a player who could move quickly.
Colorado’s new front office, led by president Paul DePodesta and GM Josh Byrnes, has only had one draft so far, so the full picture of this rise stretches beyond that small sample. Still, Bell is already in the top-100, and second-round pick Logan Reddemann has become the organization’s top pitching prospect. Reddemann is the Rockies’ No. 7 prospect overall.
Pitching remains the clear weakness. Colorado’s top 30 includes only eight pitchers, and the club continues to search for help on the mound while carrying the highest team ERA in the majors at 5.51.
Even so, the broader outlook has changed. The Rockies have a strong crop of improving position players, especially in the outfield and at shortstop, and some homegrown names such as Hunter Goodman, Zac Veen and Cole Carrigg are beginning to show up in the big leagues.
That has pushed Colorado into middle-of-the-pack territory in the farm rankings. The next step belongs to DePodesta and Byrnes.
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