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Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2026: numbers 3 to 1
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 21: Ethan Holliday #2 of the Colorado Rockies covers second base during the third inning of a spring training Spring Breakout game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on March 21, 2026 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images) | Diamond Images/Getty Images
In the process of Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) voting, there were two names that stood above the rest — Colorado’s first rounders in 2024 and 2025, plus a sleeper international free agent breakout. Ultimately, Holliday took 15 of the 29 qualifying first place votes to earn the number one PuRP designation. So who are these top three prospects? Read on!
For each player on the PuRPs list, I’ll include a link to individual stats and contract status (via Baseball-Reference ), PuRPs voting stats, a note on the 2026 season to date, and a scouting report from a national prospect writer where possible. I’ll also include where I put each player on my personal ballot. All ages are as of the date the article is posted.
Brito was easily the breakout prospect in the Rockies system in 2025 and he made another leap onto top 100 lists in 2026. The 19-year-old 5’11” Dominican switch-hitting up-the-middle defender (he played both second base and center field frequently in 2025 and 2026, plus some shortstop in 2024) was a member of Colorado’s 2024 international signing class (which included fellow PuRPs Ashly Andujar and Cristian Arguelles), but his $420k bonus was only the fifth-highest among those signing with the Rockies that year. Two and a half years later, the speedy Brito has reached the highest on the minor league ladder all the way up to High-A Spokane.
After signing, Brito spent 2024 with the Dominican Summer League team, where his .254/.360/.314 line with 24/27 steals (89 wRC+) frankly didn’t stand out much. The Rockies saw enough though to bring Brito stateside to the Arizona Complex League team in 2025, where he was 1.6 years younger than league average. Brito rose to the challenge, hitting a scalding .368/.445/.555 with three homers and 22/29 steals in 209 plate appearances, good for a 159 wRC+. Brito was second in the league in OPS and hits, 3rd in slugging, batting average, and steals, 4th in runs, and he was sixth in OBP and doubles. For that performance, Brito took home MVP honors for the ACL .
That impressive performance led the Rockies to jump Brito up to Low-A Fresno after the ACL season ended in late July, where he was 3.2 years younger than league average. Brito didn’t miss a beat in his full-season debut. In 33 games with Fresno, Brito hit .375/.442/.463 with a homer, a triple, seven doubles and 13 steals in 156 plate appearances, which was good for a 156 wRC+.
Brito didn’t face many lefties and therefore didn’t hit right-handed that often, but in 56 PA from that side in 2025 he posted a 1.129 OPS (his OPS was .927 hitting from the left side). He struck out in 17% of Low-A plate appearances while walking in 9% of them, while his speed led to a ridiculous .459 BABIP. In the field, Brito played 36 games at second base (ten errors, eight in the ACL) and 41 in center field (two errors with six outfield assists).
Purple Row’s own Evan Lang chronicled Brito’s magical 2025 throughout the season in the weekly Pebble Reports and got a chance to interview Brito as he entered fall instructs in October . Brito was named the 2025 Rockies minor league player of the year in March.
In 2026, Brito returned to Fresno, where he was two years younger than average, for a longer look. In 378 plate appearances, Brito continued to play well, hitting .327/.390/.506 with eight homers among his 36 extra-base hits along with 18 steals, walking in 8% of PA and striking out in 17% of them. That equates to a 127 wRC+ and got Brito named (along with fellow PuRP Charlie Condon ) to the prestigious Futures Game at the All-Star Break, going 0-for-2 during the game.
Brendan Gawlowski of FanGraphs noted this about Brito’s Futures Game experience :
Brito is a high-motor player. He turned in the best home-to-first time of the day (I had him at 4.03, while Statcast had 4.09, which lines up better than it sounds) and was a busy presence during outfield work. He also unsuccessfully tried to execute a delayed steal. He was another guy with an impressive BP, as he lined one ball off the facade and in general showed that, even though he isn’t huge, he has plenty of juice.
After the Futures Game, Brito got promoted to High-A Spokane, where he is 3.5 years younger than league average. The step up in competition has led to dampened production in 113 plate appearances so far, as Brito has produced a .305/.333/.424 line with two homers and eight doubles, along with 20 steals in 21 attempts. Brito has walked less in Spokane (4% of PA) while striking out more (24%), one of the reasons he’s currently running an 89 wRC+ at the level.
To be clear though, a teenager playing in High-A is a feat in and of itself. After all, only 10 of his 501 plate appearances so far have come against younger pitching. On the year, Brito has been much stronger hitting lefty (.932 OPS) than right-handed (.649 OPS) in a smaller sample size. Defensively this year, Brito has played more in center field than second base. He has committed six errors each at second base and center field while adding four outfield assists.
Here are some of Brito’s 2026 highlights .
Here’s some video of Brito from his stint with Fresno late last season, including some slo-mo looks at swings from both sides of the plate:
Here’s another slo-mo view of his swing from the ACL:
What do the scouts say?
FanGraphs had Brito 99th on their top 100 before the season began an...
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