After revealing the players who appeared on a single ballot on Monday and six multi-ballot players yesterday, it’s time to write about the five players who fell just short from Honorable Mention Purple Row Prospect (PuRP) status in the pre-season 2026 voting.
The 21-year-old shortstop signed out of Cuba in 2022 Jorge, who signed in January 2022 out of Cuba as a 19-year-old, received a $2.8 million bonus from the Rockies — the largest such bonus they’ve ever handed out to a Latin American amateur free agent.