The Rockies will promote McCade Brown to make his MLB debut Sunday, filling the rotation spot after Colorado released Austin Gomber. General manager Bill Schmidt indicated the club preferred evaluating Brown for next year's roster rather than re-signing Gomber. Brown was a 2021 third-round pick out of Indiana and was left unprotected in last winter's Rule 5 draft. He has produced a breakout minor-league season, posting a 3.14 ERA in 43 Double-A innings with a 33.5% strikeout rate. Brown missed extended time after Tommy John surgery and has shown inconsistent command while rebuilding. Colorado will select his contract early to assess him over six or seven late-season starts.
Brown was a third-round pick out of Indiana in 2021. Colorado left him exposed in last winter's Rule 5 draft, where he went unprotected. The 6'6″ righty has had a breakout minor league season that might've garnered him legitimate consideration in the upcoming Rule 5. Colorado was going to add him to the 40-man roster at the beginning of the winter regardless. They'll select his contract a couple months earlier to evaluate him over six or seven starts down the stretch.
On the one hand, they'll give him a soft landing with a debut against the league's worst lineup at PNC Park. He won't have much margin for error, though, as the Bucs will send Cy Young favorite Paul Skenes to the mound. Brown will skip past the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League and make the jump from Double-A. He has logged 43 innings with a 3.14 earned run average,
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