After a very rocky start, Colorado Rockies pitcher Anthony Molina has flashed his raw but tantalizing talent. He’s the 22-year-old right-hander they plucked from Tampa Bay last December.
Anthony Molina of the Colorado Rockies pitches in the first ininng against the Cleveland Guardians at Coors Field on May 27, 2024 in Denver. The players selected on the final morning of Major League Baseball’s winter meetings usually come and go without much notice and without making much of an impact. On occasion, teams hit paydirt.
For the uninitiated, the Rule 5 Draft allows teams to select players from other teams’ non-40-man rosters. Teams may claim players for $100,000, but the players must remain on the selecting team’s 26-man active roster for the entire season. If they don’t, they return to their previous team. Molina, listed at 6-foot-1, 200 pounds, went 5-7 with a 4.50 ERA and 102 strikeouts through 28 games between Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham in 2023. He was 3-2 with a 4.37 ERA in his 13 Triple-A games. The native of San Joaquin, Venezuela, originally was signed by the Rays as a non-drafted international free agent in July 2018.
“Originally, what we saw was a command guy whose velocity was increasing every year,” pitching coach Darryl Scott said. “For me, taking a shot on a guy like that is smart. The command part was already there.
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