When will the Rockies youth process actually pay off?

As we approach Opening Day for the 2025 season, the Colorado Rockies will officially announce their roster sometime before their game against Tampa Bay on Friday.

The roster became a highly debated topic over the past weekend because of a sequence of moves that revealed the Rockies plans of who they would begin the season with.

Heading into camp, the team had made it clear that the youth would get an opportunity to showcase their talents. In the early days of spring training, the majority of excitement and even a good number of victories came on the backs of the prospects. It wasn’t expected that players like Gabriel Hughes and Kyle Karros would crack the roster, but their presence was enough…