Rockies will promote pitchers McCard Brown Thomas Harding of MLB.com reported to make his debut in MLB in Sunday’s game against the Pirates. When ROX is released, the 25-year-old will enter the rotation point Austin Gomber This afternoon. General Manager Bill Schmidt told Harding that the Rockies would not work to re-sign free agent Gomber, but would rather watch Brown to see if he should be part of next year’s opening day roster. They need to clear a 40-person roster this weekend.
Brown is Indiana’s third-round draft pick in 2021. Colorado exposed him at the Rule 5 draft last winter, where he was not protected. 6’6″ Righty all has a breakthrough minor league season that could win his legal consideration in the upcoming Rule 5. Colorado will add him to the 40-man roster at the start of the winter. They will choose his contract a few months ago to evaluate his game over six to seven times.
On the one hand, they will make their debut in the worst lineup in the league against PNC Park. However, his mistakes won’t be too many, as Bucs will give Cy Young the most Paul Skynis Go to the mound. Brown will skip the batsman-friendly Pacific Coast League and jump out of Double-A. He has recorded 43 innings with an average of 3.14 innings, hitting 33.5% of his opponents. Earlier this year, he beat more than 35% of batsmen to start in nine senior A’s.
The work is mostly young competition, mainly due to injuries. Brown has made only 18 appearances in three college seasons. He lost all of 2023 and recovered from Tommy John’s surgery in the first half last season. When he returned last year, his orders were everywhere, which was not uncommon because the pitcher worked from the surgery.
Brown has never been in the top 30 in Colorado baseball. Fanggraphs’ Eric Longenhagen gave honorary mentions in January for the system’s articles, when he might end up in a bullpen. This may still be the case, but ROX has nothing to lose when trying to use him as a starter. Ryan Feltner Leading their rotation with 4.75 ERA, his injury was limited to six games. Kyle Freeland They are their only return starter, and he allows less than 6 runs per 9. Brown doesn’t need to show too much opportunity to crack the ’26 spin.
