April 1, 2024 – Eastern League (EL)
Hartford Yard Goats News Release
(Hartford, CT ) The Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club, the Double-A Eastern League affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, announced its 2024 Opening Day Roster. 16 pitchers and 12 position players have been assigned to Hartford, including the organizations #1 overall prospect 2B Adael Amador. Amador joins Yard Goats returnees (#3 prospect) OF Yanquiel Fernandez, (#5 prospect) INF/OF Sterlin Thompson, and (#6 prospect) OF Zac Veen, giving the Yard Goats four of the organizations top six top prospects on the most recent MLB Pipeline list. The Yard Goats will have four players on the Rockies 40-man Major League Roster including Amador, Fernandez, RHP Angel Chivilli, and RHP Juan Mejia. The Yard Goats roster has 11 of the top 30 Rockies prospects heading into the 2024 season with OF Benny Montgomery (#10), INF Ryan Ritter (#13), LHP Carson Palmquist (#16), 3B Warming Bernabel (#18 prospect), LHP Mason Albright (#23), RHP Jaden Hill (#28) and RHP Connor Van Scoyoc (#30) all starting in Hartford.
The roster includes three first round picks OF Benny Montgomery, INF/OF Sterlin Thompson and OF Zac Veen, second round pick RHP Jaden Hill, third round pick LHP Carson Palmquist, 11 other Rockies draft picks, seven International Free Agents, four MiLB Free Agents, two players acquired in trades and one player selected in last year’s Rule 5 Draft.
The Yard Goats Opening Day Roster includes 20 returning players to Hartford along with 9 newcomers. The Colorado Rockies set the Yard Goats roster and are responsible for all the player transactions during the season. Since the inaugural season of 2016, the Yard Goats have produced 57 Major League players, including three from last year’s team.
2024 Hartford Yard Goats Opening Day Roster *40 Man MLB Roster
RHP Mason Albright Frederick, MD (IMG Academy), *INF Adael Amador Santiago DR, RHP Alec Barger Champaign, IL (NC State University), INF Warming Bernabel Bani, DR, RHP Jarrod Cande Tampa, FL (Florida Southern), *RHP Angel Chivilli La Victoria, DR, RHP Dugan Darnell Northville, MI (Adrian College), *OF Yanquiel Fernandez Havana, Cuba, C Braxton Fulford Lubbock, TX (Texas Tech), RHP Blake Goldsberry Littleton, CO (University of Kansas), RHP Seth Halvorsen Chicago, IL (University of Tennessee), RHP Brendan Hardy Gulfport, MS (Harrison Central HS), RHP Jaden Hill Ashdown, AR (LSU), INF Nic Kent Charlottesville, VA (University of Virginia), LHP Austin Kitchen…
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