When the Colorado Rockies drafted catcher Braxton Fulford out of Texas Tech in 2021, the team’s catching situation was murky. However, they had already drafted their potential “catcher of the future” in fellow Texan Drew Romo the year prior.
Fulford (no. 39 PuRP) has never been a top prospect for the Rockies organization. With the emergence of Hunter Goodman at the tail end of 2024, the draft pedigree of the aforementioned Romo, and the return of veteran Jacob Stallings at the beginning of the season, Fulford’s future with the organization was unclear at best.