Colorado Rockies: July 14 minor league report and prospect update

Advanced-A Lancaster JetHawks (11-10, Second in California League – South)

In another very exciting comeback story, Rockies outfielder David Dahl has finally returned to game action. Dahl hasn’t played since the first week of Spring Training and due to the uncertainty of his injuries, it was unclear when Dahl would ever return. Thus far in two games, Dahl has a hand full of hits including a home run. All signs point to Denver.

Outfielder Yonathan Daza has been big time at the plate for Lancaster this year. Over his last ten games, Daza is hitting .349, but more importantly, his 23 doubles on the year are good enough for third in the California League.

If you notice the teams record above, you may feel something is off. As this writer learned, A ball teams technically have two seasons that are broken up by the All-Star Break. Lancaster has been .500 thus far in the second half but the JetHawks were indeed the CAL South first half champions.

In other notable news, number six overall prospect Peter Lambert tossed six scoreless innings this past Wednesday. The performance was outstanding, but what is surprising is that as one of the organizations stop strike out artists, Lambert only struck out three in this one. Lambert is now 8-7 on the season.