Now that the dust has settled, it’s prospect voting time again!
It’s been a rough season for the Rockies, but with the MLB Draft, the All-Star Break, and the trade deadline in the rearview mirror, it’s time again to dream about the future. That means a new edition of the Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — Purple Row’s community farm system Top 30 ranking — to rank the new additions to the system as well as the holdovers who have risen and fallen with their production during the 2025 season.
Since the last time we voted in January (here’s the pre-season 2025 list), some prospects lost their eligibility, whether from exceeding their rookie status or leaving the organization. Meanwhile other players have been added via the draft or trades and need to be evaluated. Building a roster is a year-round business, so player churn will no doubt continue during and after voting, but this is a good time to take stock of Colorado’s prospects.
The Colorado Rockies’ farm system is generally ranked in the bottom half of MLB by the national prospect watchers despite a high draft position and selling a bit at the deadline. That written, there are plenty of future Rockies in the system and this is one of my favorite Purple Row threads each year.
Let’s get to it!
The polling rules are simple:
- Your list must be at least 30 players long – partial ballots will not be counted. If you’re having trouble filling out your list, check out great resources like FanGraphs and Baseball Reference to find any stats you might need. Only the top 30 names will be counted on the ballot; if the same player is listed multiple times on the ballot, the player ranked 31st (if applicable) will be moved up to fill the list. The same will happen if one of the players on your ballot leaves the organization between your post and the end of polling. To reiterate: if there aren’t at least 30 distinct players on the list, the ballot will not be counted. For that reason, it is encouraged that you list more than 30 players in case of a duplicate listing or a player move.
- Feel free to give a rationale about the placement of each prospect, but you aren’t required to do so.
- Voting will be open from now until the end of next Friday, August 8th. Once I tabulate the results, I will reveal the list five-at-a-time over the next couple weeks after voting ends.
- Players are eligible for inclusion if they still retain their Rookie of the Year eligibility (fewer than 50 IP, 130 ABs, and/or fewer than 45 days on the active roster. IL service time is not included).
- From the pre-season 2025 PuRPs list, prospects who are no longer eligible are Chase Dollander (No. 1 PuRP, MLB service time), Adael Amador (No. 3 PuRP, service time), Luis Peralta (No. 18 PuRP, service time), Seth Halvorsen (No. 20 PuRP, service time), Zach Agnos (No. 23 PuRP, service time), Greg Jones (No. 28 PuRP, no longer in org), Juan Mejia (HM PuRP, service time), and Ryan Rolison (no votes).
- Players who have made their MLB debut and who are still eligible for this list include Zac Veen (No. 4 PuRP), Yanquiel Fernandez (No. 7 PuRP), Carson Palmquist (No. 9 PuRP), Ryan Ritter (No. 17 PuRP – just squeaked under the service time threshold), Jaden Hill (No. 19 PuRP), Warming Bernabel (received votes), Braxton Fulford (received votes), Evan Justice (received votes), and Jeff Criswell (received votes). Additionally, I erroneously excluded Drew Romo from the pre-season voting list but he is still eligible (though he only needs a few days of service time to graduate).
- Roster churn is a year-round phenomenon. Any necessary changes will be made to the final version of the list to ensure it contains the top 30 players with the most votes still in the org at that time.
- Scoring will be in done like the AP poll in college football. A first place vote gets a player 30 points, a second place vote 29, and so forth on down to one point for a 30th place vote. It’s important to note that until a player is named on at least 1⁄3 of all ballots cast that their vote totals will only receive partial credit (on a sliding scale which depends on the total number of ballots cast).
- All ballots are weighted equally (as long as the players on them are named on enough ballots to qualify). The PuRPs list is a community ranking of Rockies prospects and we’re proud of the fact that it’s a really good one. As a result, we ask that you put some quality time into compiling your list.
- Everyone has their own PuRPs ranking methodology. Please maintain civil discourse (in accordance with Purple Row’s Community Guidelines) when discussing the posted lists.
Happy voting!