Carrigg extends hitting streak to 20 games as Isotopes surge continues

Cole Carrigg’s bases-clearing triple did more than blow open another game for Albuquerque. It stretched his hitting streak to 20 games, a run rare enough to rank as just the 18th such streak in Isotopes Triple-A history and strong enough to keep turning a hot month into a legitimate prospect statement.

That is the kind of production that changes Carrigg’s profile from promising to unavoidable. The Colorado Rockies’ second-round pick in 2023 and a top system prospect by MLB Pipeline has now paired contact, speed and damage in a way that gives the Rockies more to weigh each time he steps to the plate. His streak has come with the kind of all-around line that makes the case harder to ignore: around .369 batting, 55 hits, 24 stolen bases and four home runs for Albuquerque in mid-May.

The surge did not begin with the 20th straight game. Carrigg was named Pacific Coast League Player of the Week for April 27 through May 3 after going 14-for-24 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, eight RBI and four stolen bases against El Paso. He led the league that week in runs scored with 11 and stolen bases with four, tied for the league lead in hits with 14 and finished third in total bases with 21. At that point, he already had a 24-game on-base streak and a 13-game hitting streak, and those numbers kept climbing.

By May 6, Carrigg’s on-base streak had reached 25 games and his hitting streak stood at 14. By May 9, Albuquerque game notes said the on-base streak had grown to 28 games and the hit streak to 17, the longest active hitting streak among all affiliated players. The latest triple only pushed the line further, and it came at a time when the Isotopes’ offense was already rolling after a franchise-record 45 runs across two games against El Paso earlier in the season.

The production fits Carrigg’s tools. Rockies senior director of player development Chris Forbes has described him as one of the system’s best defenders while stressing that the key is controlling the strike zone and cutting down on chase. Carrigg has answered with aggression that has produced steals, extra-base hits and even a steal of home against Reno on April 4. For Albuquerque, the streak is another hot stretch. For Colorado, it is the kind of advancement story that can force its way into the big-league conversation.