The Colorado Rockies over the weekend stocked the cupboard in the MLB Draft. How well they stocked it is a game of wait and see.Considering they locked up three highly touted college players in the first 40 picks of the first day of the draft, might the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes be seeing some of the new Rockies sooner rather than later?AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMaybe. While a bit optimistic, it isn’t out of the question for the Rockies’ first three draft picks over the weekend to be making Albuquerque debuts as soon as next season.Tyler Bell*School: Kentucky*Position: SS*Pick: 10th overall (1st round)*MLBPipeline draft rank: 10How’s this for a connection? Bell went to high school at Lincoln-Way East in Frankfort, Illinois; played travel ball for the Cangelosi Sparks in Illinois; and was drafted out of Kentucky as a star SEC shortstop. Current Isotopes SS Ryan Ritter was a fourth-round draft pick in 2022 who went to the same high school, played for the same travel club and was drafted out of Kentucky.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSlowing Bell’s path for now is that he played this past season with a tear in his non-throwing shoulder that will require surgery.”We’re going to let our medical people take a look at it and make a decision on that,” Rockies Assistant General Manager Tommy Tanous said of Bell’s timeline with the injury. “It’s probably too early for us to comment on that.”The Rockies’ shortstop position is getting crowded, but Bell could still be a fast riser once healthy and could be in Albuquerque in 2027.Daniel Jackson*School: Georgia*Position: C*Pick: 37th overall (1st round)AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement*MLBPipeline draft rank: 28He’s the 2026 Golden Spikes Award winner out of Georgia. Sound familiar? Current Isotopes slugger and the Rockies No. 2 overall prospect Charlie Condon was the 2024 Golden Spikes Award winner out of Georgia and is on a fast track of his own to the Majors.Jackson just became the first Division I catcher to hit 25 home runs and steal 25 bases in a season.Rockies President of Baseball Operations Paul DePodesta said of Jackson and third round pick Jack Natili, a catcher out of the University of Cincinnati, that both will have long big-league careers.Logan Reddemann*School: UCLAAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement*Position: RHP*Pick: 38th overall (2nd round)*MLBPipeline draft rank: 31Reddemann might be the one most ready to get to Albuquerque, at least, based on having as wide variety of high-command pitches as you’ll see at the college level — not just two good pitches like many players have when they go pro.”This is one of the bigger arsenals that you’ll see. It’s almost a professional arsenal,” Tanous said.Trivia time!*QUESTION: The Golden Spikes Award has been awarded to the top amateur baseball player since 1978 — dubbed by some the “Heisman Trophy” of baseball. This year’s winner Daniel Jackson may find his way soon to Albuquerque after being drafted by the club ove
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