The Rockies made a move toward improving their depth at first base on Wednesday by acquiring Yankees minor-leaguer T.J. Rumfield in a trade for right-hander reliever Angel Chivilli.
Rumfield spent the entire 2025 season with the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate, slashing .285/.378/.447 with 16 home runs, 31 doubles, a triple and five stolen bases. He had an impressive 11.9% walk rate vs. a 18.4% strikeout rate. In 2024, Rumfield slashed .292/.365/.461 with 15 homers in 114 Triple-A games.
Rumfield was drafted in the 12th round out of Virginia Tech in 2021 by Philadelphia and was traded to New York before the 2022 season. He gained some traction that season and won the batting title in the Arizona Fall League in 2022, hitting .400.
The Rockies are searching for a solution at first base after they cut ties with former first-round draft choice Michael Toglia. Currently, Blaine Crim sits on the depth chart as Colorado’s top first baseman. The Rockies claimed Crim off waivers from the Rangers in early August.
The Rockies are hoping that No. 2 prospect Charlie Condon will evolve into their first baseman of the future. There is a chance he would make his big-league debut late in the 2026 season.
The hard-throwing Chivilli, 23, went 3-8 with a 6.18 ERA in 73 games with Colorado over parts of the last two seasons. He was originally signed by Colorado as a non-drafted international free agent in 2018. The Rockies currently have 39 players on the club’s 40-man roster.
Chivilli averages 97 mph with his fastball and also throws an excellent changeup. But he struggled with consistency and gave up too many home runs, averaging 1.99 homers per nine innings over his first two seasons.
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