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DENVER, CO – SEPTEMBER 5: Relief pitcher Carlos Esteves #54 of the Colorado Rockies points to the sky after striking out Hunter Pence of the San Francisco Giants to end the fifth inning at Coors Field on September 5, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) /

11 Carlos Estevez

The “Wild Thing” had one of the strangest seasons out of anyone in the Rockies organization. Not only did he throw 67 innings as a reliever (which is a whole lot), he did so split exactly between Triple-A and MLB. Plus Estevez got in a literal fight with the Rockies pitching coaches over his mechanics … that he won. Oh yeah, and this all came a season after he was a 23-year-old big league closer.

Estevez is good and right now the only reason the 100-mph-wielding righty isn’t on the roster is because he’s on the DL with a left oblique strain.

He had a 1.34 ERA with more than a strikeout per inning in his 33 games for the ‘Topes, meaning he’s succeeded that level already and is ready for the bigs. Unfortunately for him, the Rockies have a really good bullpen with many veterans who are not moving. Fortunately for him, once he does make the MLB roster for good, Estevez will be able to develop is great arnsal in lower stress situations unlike his first stint in the majors in 2016.

His personality is as good as his fastball and the Dominican will be a huge asset for the Rockies moving forward.

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