{"id":557429,"date":"2026-02-06T07:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/557429\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T07:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:36:28","slug":"rockies-announce-2026-non-roster-invitees-for-spring-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/557429\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies announce 2026 non-roster invitees for spring training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Pitchers and catchers report exactly one week from today with the rest of the squad following right behind them on Tuesday, February 17. Today, the Colorado Rockies <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RockiesClubInfo\/status\/2019554783171080343?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:announced;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">announced<\/a> their 2026 non-roster invitees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">They have chosen to invite eight pitchers and 12 position players, and 11 of the NRI\u2019s joined the Rockies from different organizations. Below is a full list of the Rockies\u2019 non-roster invitees, their PuRPs rankings (if applicable), and\/or which organization they were part of last season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Left-Handed Pitchers<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Adam Laskey (Miami Marlins)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Parker Mushinski (Cleveland Guardians)<\/p>\n<p>Right-Handed Pitchers<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Valente Bellozo (Miami Marlins)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">John Brebbia (Boston Red Sox)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Eiberson Castellano (Philadelphia Phillies)<\/p>\n<p>Catchers<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brett Sullivan (Pittsburgh Pirates)<\/p>\n<p>Infielders<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Nicky Lopez (Chicago Cubs)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">T.J. Rumfield (New York Yankees)<\/p>\n<p>Outfielders<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Drew Avans (Milwaukee Brewers)<\/p>\n<p>Utility Players<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Vimael Mach\u00edn (Baltimore Orioles)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Chad Stevens (Los Angeles Angels)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Workouts start next week, but the first game isn\u2019t until February 20. Which of these players are you most surprised to see? Are there any players you think were snubbed? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Please keep in mind our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purplerow.com\/pages\/purple-row-rules-and-regulations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Purple Row Community Guidelines;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Purple Row Community Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0when you\u2019re commenting. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pitchers and catchers report exactly one week from today with the rest of the squad following right behind&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2405],"tags":[22,47,5,48,14336,29174,24,51,167,52,4316,16593,1628,9636,366,10322,56,58,59,4,62,516,68707,47162,25,66006,64,44640,168,33559,39325,1953],"class_list":{"0":"post-557429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-rockies","8":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","9":"tag-baltimore-orioles","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-boston-red-sox","12":"tag-brett-sullivan","13":"tag-chad-stevens","14":"tag-chicago-cubs","15":"tag-cleveland-guardians","16":"tag-colorado","17":"tag-colorado-rockies","18":"tag-coloradorockies","19":"tag-drew-avans","20":"tag-getty-images","21":"tag-icon-sportswire","22":"tag-john-brebbia","23":"tag-kyle-mccann","24":"tag-los-angeles-angels","25":"tag-miami-marlins","26":"tag-milwaukee-brewers","27":"tag-mlb","28":"tag-new-york-yankees","29":"tag-nicky-lopez","30":"tag-non-roster-invitees","31":"tag-parker-mushinski","32":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","33":"tag-pitchers-and-catchers-report","34":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","35":"tag-purp","36":"tag-rockies","37":"tag-scottsdale","38":"tag-sean-sullivan","39":"tag-valente-bellozo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}