Homegrown Rockies youngster gets All-Star nod

Every team in Major League Baseball gets an All-Star, even the Colorado Rockies who entered Sunday at 20-69.

The man representing the purple pinstripes in Atlanta will be Hunter Goodman, who has ranked among the best catchers in the National League this season.

Congratulations, Hunter 💜 pic.twitter.com/x5BV1C8kMJ

— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) July 6, 2025

Goodman, 25, was named as a reserve to the NL team on Sunday. He’s just the second Rockies catcher to get an All-Star nod. Elias Diaz was selected in 2023, taking home the game’s MVP with a late home run that swung the game for an NL win.

Goodman started this year by retaking his role as a catcher and earning the everyday job after the Rockies tried him elsewhere in 2024.

This season has been Goodman’s first true extended stint in the big leagues, having played only 93 games coming into 2025, and he’s already at 80.

Goodman is slashing .281/.326/.516 with 16 home runs and 50 RBI. He’s already got the most dingers and runs driven in for a Rockies catcher ever before the break.

Goodman didn’t play in Sunday’s 6-4 Rockies win, but has been their best position player according to rWAR — worth 1.7. Reliever Jake Bird has accumulated 1.8 rWAR this season. Bullpen arm Jimmy Herget is the only other player who is above 1.0 — as it’s been a struggle for the scuffling team.

It’s the fifth year in a row the Rockies have sent a single player to the event — before this stretch, the most had been two years consecutively with a lone representative. That’s a note that highlights the club’s lack of firepower as they head into a third consecutive triple-digit loss season.

Goodman was taken in the fourth round of the 2021 MLB Draft, baseball fans in Colorado will hope he’s one of many good bats soon to come from the Rockies farm system.

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