Two summers ago, Case Williams experienced the excitement that comes with being drafted straight out of high school by the hometown club.
But it didn’t take long for that storybook feeling to fade, and for the unpredictable business of baseball to begin.
The Douglas County product was traded to the Reds before even throwing a single pitch for the Rockies organization. Then Bill Schmidt undid ex-GM Jeff Bridich’s trade last summer, bringing Williams back to Colorado in a deadline deal.
“It was a crazy experience,” Williams recalled. “It was a roller-coaster ride, especially coming so early in my career, but it was good for me as a person and as a pitcher.