Welcome to the 2026 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2026. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). It’s not something the staff debated. We’ll begin with the player with the lowest rWAR and end up with the player with the highest.
No. 37, TJ Shook (-0.1 rWAR)
TJ Shook was selected by the Rockies in the Triple-A round of the 2025
Rule 5 Draft from the New York Mets. The right-hander was originally signed by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2020 after going undrafted out of the University of South Carolina and worked his way up through the system before being traded to the Mets in 2024.
Shook began the year in Triple-A Albuquerque, where he made 22 appearances out of the bullpen.
After posting a 0.73 ERA through 12.1 innings in April and a 3.60 ERA through 15.0 innings in May, the Rockies selected his contract on June 1 when Welinton Herrera was transferred to the 60-day IL with his elbow injury and Zach Agnos was optioned to Albuquerque. Shook made his MLB debut the next day against the Los Angeles Angels, where he pitched a scoreless eighth and allowed just one hit on 10 pitches.
Shook made four appearances during his first stint in the majors, and pitched well for the first three. He didn’t allow a run until his third appearance — and his first at Coors Field against his former team — and was optioned on June 7.
He was recalled again on July 5 and made a two-inning appearance against the Giants on July 9 that did not go well. Shook allowed four runs on six hits, including a two-run homer to Rafael Devers, on 52 pitches (36 for strikes). He was once again optioned on July 11, and recalled again on August 17 when Michael Lorenzen was DFA’d.
In his final appearance for the Rockies in 2026, Shook pitched well against the Dodgers at home. The Rockies ultimately lost 11-5, but he pitched two innings of one-run ball with a walk and a strikeout.
Overall, it’s hard to say what TJ Shook’s future is on the Rockies. He pitched alright when he was on the MLB roster, and posted a 3.45 ERA and 1.40 WHIP in Albuquerque.
You can never have enough bullpen arms, especially at Coors Field, so we’ll see what the Rockies decide to do with Shook going forward.
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