Colorado Rockies: The top 25 players under 25 years old

17 Jordan Patterson

A forgotten-about Rockies prospect who has been on the 40-man roster since 2016, Patterson is MLB-ready today. The left-handed hitting first baseman/right fielder has amassed 1,037 plate appearances over two years with a .288/.361/.512 slashline with 40 homers and 153 RBI. He’s proven he’s ready for MLB pitching but he also hasn’t really blown away Triple-A, especially considering what’s above him in the Big Leagues and factoring in David Dahl and Raimel Tapia, who are more highly regarded prospects ahead of him at the same level.

Patterson played in 10 MLB games in 2016 and was called up for one game in 2017. He did not play. What did happen was a conversation with manager Bud Black. To that point — about six weeks into the 2017 season — Patterson had slumped at Triple-A and was called up due to injury. After his talk with Black, he heated up for the ‘Topes. He rather surprisingly never got called up in September and starts this season right back in New Mexico.

He’s a good left-handed hitter with position flexibility. He profiles well as utility player and, in most organizations, he would probably already be that. For the Rockies, he’s stuck in a logjam and is just waiting for his opportunity, which will be tough to come by considering the Rockies only carry 12 position players. Their first baseman of the future, Ryan McMahon, jumped over Patterson last year and the Rockies have about a zillion left-handed outfielders.

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