In the process of Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) voting, there were two names that stood above the rest — Colorado’s first rounders in 2024 and 2025, plus a sleeper international free agent breakout.
It seems like everywhere that you look in the Colorado Rockies' farm system, there's an extremely young player who has a ceiling as high as the state's famed mountain range.
It’s not easy to be in the top 100 of any category, but the Colorado Rockies have a good luck charm on their side. Five of the Rockies' prospects have made it to Baseball America’s Top 100 list. Ethan Holliday and Charlie Condon will get promoted soon.
The Colorado Rockies fans are eager to know which prospects will stand out for the long haul. While there are prospects who are already gaining massive attention, such as Ethan Holliday, here are some other prospects that are worth paying attention to.
The very top of the Colorado Rockies' list of their best prospects has some names that seemingly every fan of baseball has heard of by now. Shortstop Ethan Holliday and outfielder Charlie Condon have both essentially been branded with the label 'future star', and outfielder Roldy Brito isn't far behind.
The Major League draft tends to prompt changes in the Top 100 overall prospect rankings at major services. This time is no different. Baseball America (subscription required) recently adjusted its rankings to reflect changes like the draft, prospect graduations, improving players and other factors.
The 2026 MLB Draft is in the books, and it was a creatively weird draft. Roch Cholowsky (pronounced chill-OW-skee) became the third collegiate shortstop ever taken first overall, joining Bill Almon (1974) and Dansby Swanson (2015).
Ethan Holliday is on the verge of becoming a star, even though he's out for the remainder of the season with an injury. The Colorado Rockies' first-round pick in the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft (fourth overall), the 19-year-old shortstop has entered the pro ranks as a legacy.
The Colorado Rockies, what more could go wrong in a season? Well, to start, how about receiving the worst possible news they could get about their No. 1 prospect?
Ethan Holliday, the top prospect of the Colorado Rockies, will undergo left foot surgery and be out for the season, MLB.com reported. The 19-year-old shortstop, who was the No.
There hasn’t been much that’s stopped Munetaka Murakami over the first two months of 2026. But on May 29, a hamstring injury did, and it will force the Japanese slugger to go on the injured list.
Rockies top shortstop prospect Ethan Holliday has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left foot, reports Thomas Harding of MLB.com. He’ll undergo surgery that will end his 2026 season.
If you have been a Colorado Rockies fan for very long, you are very familiar with the last name Holliday. In fact, that last name already draws plenty of attention and has made Ethan Holliday one to watch.
At the Major League level, the Colorado Rockies are playing better than they did compared to the 2025 version of themselves, yet still sit in last place in the National League West.
If one player is sitting inside the Colorado Rockies farm system that everyone has high hopes for, it is shortstop Ethan Holliday, who the ballclub drafted in July of last season straight out of high school.
When Paul DePodesta was named president of baseball operations of the Colorado Rockies and Josh Byrnes was named general manager, they walked into a situation where a rebuild was going to be partly surrounded by young players.
The Colorado Rockies look different. Not just at the Major League level, but across the board. The front office, coaching, farm system, pitching squad, statistics — everything is taking a new shape.
Colorado Rockies top prospect Ethan Holliday (No. 2 PuRP) has started his first full season of professional baseball with the Low-A Fresno Grizzlies. Currently, the 19-year-old short stop is slashing .200/.360/.560 in 20 at-bats.
While all top prospects in the MLB have a massive burden of expectations on their shoulders, Ethan Holliday probably carries a lot more pressure to succeed than others.
The Colorado Rockies are a club that constantly fights an uphill battle. Between a home ballpark that hurts pitchers, to a dominant division, the hand their working with doesn't always seem too optimistic.
Colorado Rockies shortstop prospect Ethan Holliday is one of the top young players in all of baseball. He is ranked No. 24 among all prospects and No. 10 among shortstops in Major League Baseball, according to MLB.com.
Ethan Holliday is a name that has been well-known to Rockies fans for a long time, if only from the connection to his father, Rockies great Matt — not to mention his brother, 2022 number one overall pick Jackson.