{"id":585274,"date":"2026-02-21T19:18:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/585274\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T19:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:18:20","slug":"colorado-rockies-vs-arizona-diamondbacks-spring-training-game-no-2-thread-tanner-gordon-vs-mitch-bratt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/585274\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Rockies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks spring training game no. 2 thread: Tanner Gordon vs. Mitch Bratt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After falling to the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 in yesterday\u2019s Cactus League opener, the Colorado Rockies will look to bounce back against the Snakes. Nolan Arenado <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Dbacks\/status\/2024944842003149168?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">connected on a home run<\/a> against former teammate Antonio Senzatela early, and it proved to be the difference late in the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It also gave fans their first look at the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) at the MLB level, as five challenges were initiated. The players went 4-1 in those challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tanner Gordon will take the ball for the Rockies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purplerow.com\/colorado-rockies-roster\/76660\/colorado-rockies-with-6-quality-starts-tanner-gordon-flashed-promise\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gordon had a breakout campaign<\/a> in 2025, where he was led the team with six wins and finished second in Quality Starts (7). The right-hander will get his first shot to make an impression in spring, as he looks to potentially fill the fifth starter spot that\u2019s up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He will face left-hander Mitch Bratt. The 22-year-old Canadian was selected in the fifth round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers and worked his way up the system. He reached Double-A in 2025 before being traded to the D-backs in the Merrill Kelly trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Radio: ESPN 620 AM (Phoenix)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After falling to the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 in yesterday\u2019s Cactus League opener, the Colorado Rockies will look to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,38493,38,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-585274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-colorado-rockies-game-threads","13":"tag-diamondbacks","14":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116110236273021958","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585274","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=585274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}