The Colorado Rockies have signed former Vanderbilt utility player Jacob Humphrey to a free-agent deal after all 30 MLB passed on him in the draft.

Another Husker got selected in the MLB Draft. Pitcher Luke Broderick was selected in the 407th overall in the 14th round by the Colorado Rockies.

Colorado on Sunday selected 18-year-old Ethan Holliday — son of former Rockies star outfielder Matt Holliday — with the No. 4 overall pick in the MLB draft. Holliday, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound shortstop with power, was hardly a surprise pick entering the draft, as national draftniks universally had him coming to the team who drafted his father.

Stillwater star infielder Ethan Holliday was taken fourth overall by the Colorado Rockies in the MLB Draft on Sunday night.

Matt was a seven-time All-Star outfielder who played 15 seasons for the Rockies, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees. Jackson Holliday reached the majors with Baltimore last season at the age of 20, appearing in 60 games and hitting .189. He is hitting .259 with 12 home runs and 14 doubles in 87 games so far this season.

The Colorado Rockies selected Stillwater (Okla.) high school shortstop Ethan Holliday with the No. 4 pick in the MLB Draft on Sunday night. For both the franchise, and Holliday, it was a special selection, as his father Matt, previously starred for the organization.

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Here's a look at all the Northern Colorado MLB Draft picks from Fort Collins, Loveland and Greeley-area high schools through the years.

Ethan Holliday is set to follow in the footsteps up his father, former All-Star outfielder Matt Holliday, after falling to the No. 4 overall pick and getting scooped up by the Colorado Rockies.

Colorado signed Torrealba for the 2006 season, with him serving as its primary catcher for the run to the 2007 World Series. Torrealba was a respectable hitting catcher, batting .258 across his four seasons with the Rockies (2006-09), while posting 8 DRS behind the plate in 2007. He returned to the Rockies in 2013, his final MLB season.

Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini was convicted on Monday of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and first-degree burglary stemming from the 2021 shooting of his wife's parents. Serafini was found to have shot and killed Robert Gary Spohr and wounded Wendy Wood on June 5,