Herring was the headline prospect coming to the Rockies from the Yankees in exchange for Ryan McMahon near last year’s trade deadline. The 6’2”, 22-year-old lefty pitcher was the Yankees’ sixth-round pick in 2024 out of LSU as a draft-eligible sophomore.
It’s a new era in Colorado, as the Rockies’ front office received a major overhaul after the team finished with the worst record in 2025. That new group will have major assets to work with, including two big power-hitting first-round picks, plus some intriguing arms in the system.
The Colorado Rockies did the best they could with the Ryan McMahon trade. In fact, they might have done better than the best they could. Colorado traded the long-time infielder right before the trade deadline to the New York Yankees for two pitching prospects — right-hander Josh Grosz and left-hander Griffin Herring.
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The future is now for the Colorado Rockies. After a historically bad season and heading into an offseason where they'll have to hire a new manager, all eyes are looking at what's ahead in Denver.