The Colorado Rockies non-tendered Sam Howard yesterday, per Thomas Harding of MLB.com (via Twitter). Howard is now a free agent.
Howard, 25, made his major league debut last season, appearing in four games for the Rockies and giving up just a single earned run in four innings. The Georgia native was a third round pick of the Rockies in 2014, spending most of his time in the minors as a starter. Last year with Triple A Albuquerque, Howard started 21 games, earning a 3-8 record with a 4.95 ERA.
The Rockies will presumably look into bringing Howard back, but with their 40-man roster maxed out, the non-tender gives Colorado a valuable roster spot to work with.
Meanwhile, Colorado agreed to a new one-year, $1.6875MM deal with lefty Chris Rusin yesterday, while tendering contracts to their other arbitration eligible players. The Rockies 40-man roster now sits at 39.
Definite fit for the Yankees.
Isn’t everyone tho?
Whaaat? Thats weird. Definite potential.
This is to make room for Brendan Rodgers let’s goooooooo
Reminds me when the Rox cut loose Dan Winkler only to watch him thrive with the Braves the next year…
Except that’s not what happened at all. Dan Winkler was never on the Rockies 40 man roster. He was a 2015 Rule 5 draft pick. The Rockies chose not to add him to the 40 man because he was in the middle of his recovery from TJ surgery. They gambled no one would take him and lost. And he also didn’t thrive with the Braves the next year, he barely played in 2015, 2016, and 2017 and didn’t “thrive” until 2018. The Braves were just lucky to be bad enough at the time to be able to carry him on their 40 man for 3 years while he was injured.
ERAs in the PCL are always inflated. Some GM will take a flier on him.
you say that as if the Rockies are unaware