Three Rockies young hitters rake in awards

Cole Carrigg, Zac Veen, Charlie Condon collect honors as Rockies' young bats finish strong

Sep 29, 2026, 12:44 PM

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The Colorado Rockies’ young hitters are piling up hardware.

Cole Carrigg finished off his strong debut season by taking the National League Rookie of the Month award for September on Tuesday. Two of the organization’s top hitters at Triple-A Albuquerque also won Pacific Coast League honors: Zac Veen was named the league’s Most Valuable Player, and Charlie Condon was voted the PCL’s Top MLB Prospect.

Carrigg, a centerfielder and shortstop that the Rockies selected in the second round of the 2023 draft, hit .327 with a .340 on-base percentage and a .571 slugging percentage in 24 games in September. He had four doubles, a triple, six home runs and 17 RBIs. Among qualified rookies, he led in at-bats (98), home runs, RBIs and slugging percentage. He also ranked second among NL rookies in batting average and third in OPS (.911).

It is Carrigg’s first career award in MLB. He is the 10th Rockies player to win Rookie of the Month and the second this season. First baseman TJ Rumfield won it in both May and June. According to MLB, it is the first time an NL club has won three or more Rookie of the Month awards in one season since Atlanta won four in 2022.

In Albuquerque, Veen had the best minor league season of his career. The outfielder hit .327/.402/.635 in 100 games with 33 doubles, eight triples, 24 home runs, 87 RBIs and eight stolen bases. Baseball America also named Veen its Triple-A Player of the Year. He led the PCL in OPS (1.037) and slugging percentage. He was the league’s Player of the Month for June and won Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks from July 28 to Aug. 9. Veen got back to the bigs and earned 36 games of playing time but the skills have yet to translate to the top level, though there are flashes.

Condon hit 27 home runs and drove in 98 runs in 130 games for the Isotopes. He hit two grand slams on Sept. 7 and hit a walk-off home run on May 31. The Rockies drafted Condon third overall in 2024. Many thought he could get a cup of coffee late in the season but due to the expected labor dispute next year it made sense to secure his future and hold him down for an additional month.

Veen and Condon were also named to the PCL Postseason All-Star team, along with Isotopes teammate Sterlin Thompson. Thompson led all of Minor League Baseball with a .475 on-base percentage, and his .329 batting average was second in the PCL.

Together, the four of them drove the most productive offense in the minors (Carrigg played 57 games in Triple-A.) The Isotopes scored 968 runs this season, more than any team in affiliated professional baseball, the majors included.

This is all some real positivity for the Rockies future — they’ll just need the arms to come along.