MLB.com likes the Colorado Rockies top prospects less than most

MLB.com released their Top 100 list on Thursday and of all 100, the Colorado Rockies only had one representative on the list: their #1 prospect Zac Veen.

Zac Veen was the only Colorado Rockies prospect to make MLB.com’s Top 100 list

Zac Veen was the only prospect in the Colorado Rockies system to make MLB.com’s Top 100 list. Veen, 20, moved up 13 spots on MLB.com’s list from #49 to #36 but that’s still much lower than some other outlets have ranked him.

Baseball America ranked Veen as their #22 overall prospect and for Baseball Prospectus has him at #25. Keith Law of The Athletic had Veen at #23 and Kiley McDaniel of ESPN had Veen at #20.

Law also had Rockies #2 prospect catcher Drew Romo at #97 and the Rockies #3 prospect outfielder Benny Montgomery as an honorable mention but just outside of his top 100. McDaniel also had Romo at #85 on his list.

For Montgomery, he was on MLB.com’s list at #93 and left-handed pitcher Ryan Rolison was #95 to end the 2021 season but now, both of them are off of their top 100 list.

Veen is likely to spend most of his season at High-A Spokane for the Rockies as is Romo but Montgomery will likely be in Low-A Fresno.

Zac Veen was recognized by the Colorado Rockies less than two weeks ago for being their minor league player of the year in 2021. In Low-A Fresno, he hit .301/.399/.501 with 15 homers, 75 RBI, 27 doubles, 36 stolen bases, and a wRC+ of 135 in 106 games. He primarily played right field but he also played 26 games in left too.

Drew Romo, 20, played in 79 games for Fresno and he had a slash line of .314/.345/.439 with six homers, 47 RBI, 17 doubles, and a wRC+ of 104.

Benny Montgomery, 19, played in just 14 games after he was drafted and all were in the Arizona Complex League (or Rookie-level). He hit .340/.404/.383 with no homers, six RBI, 16 hits, and five stolen bases.

Ryan Rolison, 24, is the most developed of the four as he has a chance to make the Rockies MLB team. He only made 16 starts in the minors due to a bout of appendicitis and 10 of them at Triple-A Albuquerque. However, he went 2-2 with a 5.91 ERA so the Rockies could decide to keep him in the minors to start the season to get some more experience.