Rockies Day 2 draft tracker: Colorado looks to continue recent fourth-round success by picking UC Irvine right-hander Riley Kelly

14.07.2025    The Denver Post    1 views
Rockies Day 2 draft tracker: Colorado looks to continue recent fourth-round success by picking UC Irvine right-hander Riley Kelly

The Rockies are hoping Riley Kelly carries on their latest track record of fourth-round draft success Colorado picked the -foot- right-handed pitcher out of UC Irvine at No to begin the second and final day of the MLB draft The fourth round has been a bright spot for the Rockies lately with four picks from that round since already making their MLB debut with the club A fourth-round review In the Rockies took Ryan Feltner out of Ohio State who became part of the starting rotation The next year they selected center fielder Brenton Doyle out of Division II Shepherd University who won consecutive Gold Gloves to begin his big-league career Then in they took catcher Hunter Goodman out of Memphis who became an all-star this year amid a breakout season and in they took shortstop Ryan Ritter out of Kentucky Ritter fast-tracked through the minors to debut this season If new history is any indication the Rockies have high hopes for Kelly who was - with a ERA in games starts for the Anteaters this year Kelly was picked in the th round out of high school by Arizona in but elected to go to college His first couple of seasons at UC Irvine were injury-riddled as he only pitched innings across those two years He started in the bullpen this season but then got moved to the rotation which shot up his draft stock He has a low- s fastball that he can run up to a plus curve that registers over rotations per minute as well as a changeup Colorado has more picks on Monday in Rounds through This story will be updated

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