{"id":480791,"date":"2026-02-20T23:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/480791\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:37:07","slug":"cole-carrigg-showcases-versatile-skill-set-in-rockies-cactus-league-opening-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/480791\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole Carrigg showcases versatile skill set in Rockies’ Cactus League opening loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

The multi-positioned prospect made several plays in the field and even showcased his arm after bobbling a ball at shortstop hit by D’Backs Ryan Waldschmidt.<\/p>\n

He appeared to have taken his eye off the ball for a split second as it popped into the air, checking the runner going to third, before eventually gunning down the runner at first.<\/p>\n

Colorado showcased their speed and base running in the bottom of the fourth when former D’Backs outfielder Jake McCarthy led off with a single.<\/p>\n

After McCarthy swiped second base successfully\u2014something Colorado wants to do more of this season\u2014Carrigg showed off his hitting tools, lacing a 3-2 fastball over left fielder Waldschmidt’s head for an effortless triple that tied the game at one apiece.<\/p>\n

Carrigg went 1-for-2 before Chad Stevens replaced him in the sixth inning.<\/p>\n

A couple news and notes from the 3-2 loss to Arizona<\/p>\n

Rockies starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela, who recently earned a chance to reclaim his rotation spot from manager Warren Schaeffer,<\/a> pitched two full innings while allowing three hits and one run.<\/p>\n

The lone blemish was the solo home run he gave up to former teammate Nolan Arenado, a hanging slider left up and away that was sent over the fence in left field.<\/p>\n

Colorado managed just three hits all afternoon, two of which came from McCarthy and Carrigg in the two-run fourth inning.<\/p>\n

Rockies No. 12 prospect according to MLB.com, Sean Sullivan, struck out the side in his lone inning of work. Juan Mejia also punched out two batters in the third inning.<\/p>\n

Rockies No. 2 prospect according to MLB.com, Charlie Condon, got hit by a pitch in the bottom of the 8th in his only plate appearance Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

More on Carrigg. Colorado’s prospect will suit up for Team Israel in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, which kicks off March 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The multi-positioned prospect made several plays in the field and even showcased his arm after bobbling a ball…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-480791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}