Condon, Carrigg power Isotopes past El Paso in 19-12 extra-inning win
Condon’s 413-foot homer and Albuquerque’s 10-run 10th turned a 19-12 slugfest into a Rockies prospect statement. Carrigg flashed too, but Condon looks closest to Coors.
Albuquerque turned a Pacific Coast League slugfest into a Rockies prospect showcase, and Charlie Condon made sure the loudest swing belonged to the player the organization has been waiting on. In a 19-12 extra-inning win over El Paso at Southwest University Park, Condon and Cole Carrigg combined for six hits and seven RBIs, then watched the Isotopes bury the Chihuahuas with 10 runs in the top of the 10th.
Condon, the Rockies’ No. 2 prospect and MLB Pipeline’s No. 64 overall, went 3-for-5 and launched his fourth homer of the season, a 413-foot drive to center field off Miguel Cienfuegos. MLB.com measured the ball at 101 mph off the bat, the kind of contact that keeps the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 Draft on the fast track toward Denver. It was also Condon’s second eye-opening stretch in Triple-A this spring after he opened with his first two homers on March 29 in a career-high five-RBI game.
Carrigg did his part in a different way. The Rockies’ No. 6 prospect, long valued for athleticism rather than pure thump, kept putting pressure on El Paso with another productive day at the plate and the sort of multi-tool profile that makes him harder to project but no less intriguing. He had already shown how disruptive that skill set can be when he stole home on April 4, and Bud Black has repeatedly pointed to Carrigg’s athletic ability as one of the traits to watch.
That contrast is what makes this game matter for Colorado’s future. Condon looks like the more direct Coors Field fit, a left-handed power bat with size, present impact and the kind of exit velocity that travels anywhere, especially in Denver. Carrigg offers a more layered path, one built on speed, versatility and chaos on the bases. Both helped Albuquerque leave El Paso with a blowout win, but Condon’s night carried the most weight in the Rockies’ eventual call-up calculus.
The timing only sharpened the point. Both players were reassigned to Minor League camp on March 19, and Rockies general manager Josh Byrnes said they had “really good camps.” Since then, Condon has kept answering the same question with louder results: when does the bat force the next step? After Sunday’s 413-foot reminder, that question is only getting harder to avoid.
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