{"id":98755,"date":"2025-04-04T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=98755"},"modified":"2025-04-04T18:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T22:15:00","slug":"rockies-promote-top-100-prospect-chase-dollander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/04\/rockies-promote-top-100-prospect-chase-dollander\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies Promote Pitching Prospect Chase Dollander to Big Leagues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DENVER \u2014 The Colorado Rockies have promoted <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=dollan000cha\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chase Dollander<\/a>, a <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">top-100 MLB prospect<\/a>, from Triple-A Albuquerque to the major leagues. The 23-year-old right-hander is ranked No. 24 (No.7 per Baseball America) on MLB.com\u2019s Top 100 Prospects list. He joins the Rockies\u2019 rotation with a chance to make an immediate impact. The Rockies announced the move via social media Friday afternoon. Dollander is slated to make his debut start on Sunday afternoon at Coors Field against the Athletics.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bah God, that\u2019s Chase Dollander\u2019s Music <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3XyLU9YtoT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3XyLU9YtoT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rockies\/status\/1908203038138925423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Rockies Promote Chase Dollander to Big League Roster<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chase Dollander gets the call!<\/p>\n<p>The Rockies Top Prospect flew through MiLB last season thanks to his elite fastball and breaking balls. He flashed a strong changeup in his AAA debut as well<\/p>\n<p>He will have a tough task navigating Coors, but he has the talent to excel! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2EiPmz6tVk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/2EiPmz6tVk<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GRvN4WlD32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/GRvN4WlD32<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Nestico (@TJStats) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TJStats\/status\/1908209860757643473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/01\/30\/rockies-pitching-prospects-watch-spring-training\/\" target=\"_self\">Dollander\u2019s call-up<\/a> follows an impressive stint in the minors. The Rockies drafted him ninth overall in the 2023 MLB Draft from the Tennessee Volunteers. He excelled across multiple levels in his first professional season in 2024. Starting with High-A Spokane, Dollander posted a 2.59 ERA over 118 innings, striking out 169 batters, according to MLB.com. His dominance continued after a mid-season promotion to Double-A Hartford, where he recorded a 2.25 ERA and a 10.9 K\/9 rate across 48 innings in nine starts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dollander began this season in Triple-A, debuting with a quality start that \u201ccemented his readiness for the majors\u201d, per <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/rockies-prospects-who-just-missed-2025-opening-day-roster\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MiLB.com<\/a>. In that game, pitching for the Albuquerque Isotopes, Dollander struck out five across four innings, giving up six hits and one earned run. His strong fastball, changeup, and breaking ball have all garnered praise during his minor league tenure.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chase Dollander is making his MLB debut on Sunday!<\/p>\n<p>2024: 118 IP, 2.59 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 9.4% BB, 33.9% K<br \/>\n2025: 4 IP, 6 H, ER, 2 BB, 5 K<\/p>\n<p>My #47 overall prospect and #8 pitching prospect.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rockies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Rockies<\/a><a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cBmF84HNRr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cBmF84HNRr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Cross (@EricCrossMLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricCrossMLB\/status\/1908208004287127648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the Rockies, who finished 2024 with a 61-101 record last season and are off to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/03\/one-week-in-rockies-rough-start\/\" target=\"_self\">1-5 start<\/a> this year, Dollander\u2019s arrival is a glimmer of hope. MLB.com highlights his potential as a mid-rotation starter with ace upside, though, like any Rockies pitcher, Coors Field will test his command. Dollander\u2019s call-up marks a pivotal step in Colorado\u2019s rebuild, relying on his arm to help turn the tide in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER \u2014 The Colorado Rockies have promoted Chase Dollander, a top-100 MLB prospect, from Triple-A Albuquerque to the major leagues. The 23-year-old right-hander is ranked No. 24 (No.7 per Baseball America) on MLB.com\u2019s Top 100 Prospects list. He joins the Rockies\u2019 rotation with a chance to make an immediate impact. The Rockies announced the move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5310,"featured_media":98780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,926,1071,35],"tags":[6354,1308,94],"class_list":["post-98755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rockies","category-milb","category-mlb","category-news","tag-chase-dollander","tag-mlb-prospects","tag-nl-west"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98755"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98781,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98755\/revisions\/98781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}