The Colorado Rockies minor league system caught national media attention this week with big jumps in the mid-season rankings for both Baseball America and MLB Pipeline. After sitting in the doldrums of the talent-rankings the past few seasons, Colorado earned a large leap forward in most publications thanks to strides taken by in-house prospects and a robust 2022 draft class that featured four selections in the first 50 picks.
But the notoriety of the jump in publications is far less important than the context, according to Colorado’s Director of Player Development Chris Forbes.