Colorado Rockies: Ranking the 40-Man Roster: 16-20

Our countdown of the Colorado Rockies 40-man roster continues today. As a reminder, we compiled this list by asking each of our six contributors to Rox Pile to rank each member of Colorado’s 40-man roster from 1-40. To reach our final standings, we combined the points to see who fit where. The more points, the lower the ranking.

Number 20

Carlos Estevez: Relief Pitcher Points: 124 Highest Rank: 14 Lowest: 28

Carlos Estevez is one of the most outgoing  players in the Rockies clubhouse. His braces are always on full display. That is because he always seems to be smiling.

Everything changed for Estevez when he was called up at the end of April last season. Estevez is from  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He signed with the team in 2011 when he was 18. In 2015 Estevez spent time in Modesto and New Britain. He was 5-3 with a 3.40 ERA with 18 saves in 23 chances.

That performance and his high 90s fastball landed him on the Rockies 40-man roster in 2016 and he made his debut at the end of April. Estevez started the season pitching in the seventh and eighth inning against the Dodgers. He pitched two hitless and scoreless innings.

Estevez was then promoted as closer when Jake McGee went on the disabled list. Estevez did not shine in this role going 3-7 with a 5.24 ERA and 11 saves. At only 23 Estevez has the potential to become a integral and dominating piece of this bullpen. With the struggles of the bullpen last season Estevez was hurried to the closers role. Pitching in the seventh or eighth innings will give him the opportunity he deserves to develop. That should give everybody something to smile about in 2017.