Rockies Top Prospect Tracking Towards Being Team's Starting Shortstop In 2023

He's the top prospect in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Rockies manager Bud Black told reporters that Ezequiel Tovar is ''tracking'' towards being the team's Opening Day shortstop next season. 

"Now, following a breakout season in which [Ezequiel] Tovar stormed through the upper levels of the minors and made his major league debut, Black said the 21-year-old is 'tracking' toward being the Rockies Opening Day shortstop in 2023."https://t.co/W39wHaSv9m pic.twitter.com/WEL0oCeXAR

— Brendan Tuma (@toomuchtuma) December 6, 2022

Tovar impressed in his promotion to the majors at the end of last season, recording seven hits and a home run over nine games. He now has the opportunity, and is poised to become the team's new starting shortstop.

In the minors last season, the twenty-one-year-old slashed a fantastic .319/.387/.540, with 14 home runs, 49 RBIs, 17 stolen bases and 42 runs scored across 71 games. 

Tovar is the 27th-ranked prospect in all of baseball.

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