The Rockies’ draft history is filled with plenty of first-round draft picks that could be labeled as disappointments: Greg Reynolds, Casey Weathers, Christian Friedrich … there are plenty of players that once represented promise for the organization whose numbers failed to match the excitement. Recently, Jake Shapiro outlined some of the grimmest drafts in club history, and the trend it highlights is obvious: failed pitching.
That is why there remains a largely negative rhetoric around the Rockies’ draft and development strategy. But that narrative is changing.
With the fourth overall pick in this year’s draft, the Rockies selected Riley Pint, a right-handed pitcher out of Kansas who best represents the changing pedigree of Rockies pitcher draft selections.