Colorado Rockies: The top 25 players under 25 years old

DENVER, CO - AUGUST 28: Starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela #49 of the Colorado Rockies delivers to home plate during the first inning of an interleague game against the Detroit Tigers at Coors Field on August 28, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - AUGUST 28: Starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela #49 of the Colorado Rockies delivers to home plate during the first inning of an interleague game against the Detroit Tigers at Coors Field on August 28, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) /
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Antonio Senzatela of the Colorado Rockies
DENVER, CO – AUGUST 28: Starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela #49 of the Colorado Rockies delivers to home plate during the first inning of an interleague game against the Detroit Tigers at Coors Field on August 28, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) /

7 Antonio Senzatela

The right-hander spent almost his entire age 22-year-old season in the majors. That’s wild! He had a 2.1 bWAR. That’s really good. He can’t make the starting rotation. Not his own doing.

The long man for the Rockies right now, “Senza” had a 4.38 ERA in 134.2 big league innings in 2017, including 20 games where he started. All of this came despite skipping Triple-A and not even throwing 35 innings above High-A.

Senzatela rocketed to the big leagues last year and the Rockies rewarded him. Someday he will be a starter again — probably this year as soon as one of the Rockies starting five goes down with an injury — but he also profiles very well out of the bullpen. The Rockies have a really good young pitcher in Senzatela. They just have to find him work.

Click here to watch Senza highlights.