The Colorado Rockies made two transactions on Tuesday aimed directly at improving their oft-used bullpen. The first, a return of Carlos Estevez who appeared to iron some things out in Triple-A posting a 1.78 ERA over 25.1 innings pitched for the Albuquerque Isotopes. The second, a promotion of Yency Almonte (to this point a starter in his career) to the ‘Topes.
Estevez rode his power fastball to 11 saves in 2016 despite his youth and the incredibly short amount of time spent in Triple and Double-A, moving from High-A to MLB closer in less than one calendar year.