Cole Carrigg earns PCL Player of the Week after blistering series against El Paso

Cole Carrigg did not just hit his way into Pacific Coast League Player of the Week honors. He took over the series against El Paso in every phase, helping Albuquerque split six games while piling up the kind of all-around week that makes a front office pay attention.

The Isotopes announced Carrigg as the PCL’s Player of the Week for April 27-May 3 after the switch-hitting center fielder and shortstop started all six games against the Chihuahuas. He went 14-for-24 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, eight RBIs and four stolen bases, then led the league in runs scored with 11 while tying for the league lead in hits with 14. He also ranked third in total bases with 21.

The week’s loudest performance came Saturday, when Carrigg went 4-for-5 with four runs scored and five RBIs, matching career highs in all three categories. That game was the clearest snapshot of why this surge mattered beyond the batting line. Carrigg was already carrying a 24-game on-base streak and a 13-game hitting streak into the series, both among the longest active streaks in MiLB at the time, and he kept both alive while forcing El Paso to deal with him every night.

The production fits the profile Albuquerque and Colorado have long seen in him. Rockies senior director of player development Chris Forbes has described Carrigg as one of the organization’s best defenders, saying his best home is center field while also stressing the need to control an aggressive approach at the plate and on the bases. That tension is part of the appeal. Carrigg can beat a team with speed, power, range and a strong arm, but the challenge has always been turning that intensity into steady production. Against El Paso, he did exactly that.

The award was Carrigg’s fourth weekly honor as a pro, following three Northwest League Player of the Week selections with High-A Spokane in 2024. It also gave Albuquerque its first weekly league winner since Keston Hiura last summer, when Hiura took PCL Player of the Week for July 28-August 3 after going 9-for-22 with three doubles, a triple, three homers and five RBIs. Carrigg’s latest run underscored why he is ranked as the Rockies’ No. 6 prospect by MLB Pipeline and why his blend of center-field defense, baserunning and extra-base pop is getting harder to ignore. Albuquerque was headed to Sugar Land next, with Oklahoma City waiting back home on May 12, but Carrigg’s week in the desert already looked like a turning point.