The biggest surprise of the list of non-roster invitees is somebody that we are going to talk about later on today.
The two that we are going to talk about right now are Julian Fernandez and Tim Collins. Fernandez, 24, is a pitcher that you likely haven’t heard of unless you have paid attention to the Rockies low minor league teams in the past.
In 2016, J.J. Cooper of Baseball America (subscription required) described Fernandez’s fastball (as a reliever) is one that one that would consistently be between 98-100 MPH touching 102-103 with “outstanding life.