Rockies Insider: Zac Veen as good as advertised through first 80 games of minor-league career

Zac Veen’s nonrecreational vocation is young, but the aboriginal returns should person Rockies fans feeling optimistic.

Veen, Colorado’s No. 1-ranked prospect, was drafted ninth overall retired of Spruce Creek High (Fla.) past year. He is tearing it up for the Class-A Fresno Grizzlies this summer.

Widely considered the apical precocious schoolhouse subordinate successful past year’s draft, Veen’s acclimated rapidly to his archetypal halt successful pro ball. The left-handed, power-hitting outfielder is slashing .302/.398/.528 done his archetypal 80 games, with 14 location runs, 59 RBIs and 30 steals.

Veen’s homer tally is tied for seventh successful the Low-A West league, portion helium besides ranks successful the apical 10 successful average, on-base percentage, slugging, steals and OPS (.926). His play has included a video-game 4-for-4 time connected July 15 successful which Veen deed 2 homers, racked up six RBIs and stole a base.

The 19-year-old has looked bully successful the field, too, with conscionable 2 errors crossed 49 games successful close tract and 22 games successful near tract (he’s besides been the designated hitter successful 9 games).

Veen is not the lone highly-ranked Colorado imaginable doing good this season. Michael Toglia, the organization’s third-ranked imaginable by MLB Pipeline, deed 17 homers successful 74 games for Class-A Advanced Spokane earlier the switch-hitting archetypal baseman got called up to Double-A Hartford connected Aug. 3.

With the mode Veen is playing, helium is besides successful enactment for a second-half promotion to Spokane. He’s intelligibly passed his Fresno trial with flying colors, including a sizzling August successful which he’s posted a 1.412 OPS done 8 games.

— Kyle Newman, The Denver Post

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