Colorado Rockies Carlos Estevez: Waiver Wire Add

Carlos Estevez has filled in nicely as the Colorado Rockies’ closer after Jake McGee was lost to injury. Should owners trust him and make him a waiver wire add?

Whenever it comes to Rockies’ pitchers, it is hard to navigate around their volatility. But, that does not mean that fantasy value cannot be found in some cases. Carlos Estevez started the season in AAA, yet now occupies the closing gig for the club, and has performed well.

Estevez’s journey to the big leagues was not surrounded with much fanfare, as he was signed as a 18-year-old of the Dominican Republic in 2011. He always had an electric arm, but could never harness his command.: until last season.

Coming into the season, he was battling for a bullpen spot, but struggled towards the end of spring training and did not make the club. As is the usual case of a revolving door that is the Rockies’ bullpen, Estevez eventually found himself with the big league club at the end of April.

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He currently sits with a 4.07 ERA over his 24 appearances, but that unsightly ERA does not paint an accurate picture of just how well he has been pitching lately. Since May 29th, he has surrendered only one earned run over his last nine outings. He has converted each of his three save chances with relative ease, and looks to be the clear-cut favorite to remain the Rocks closer.

With Jake McGee’s knee bothering him again, his return is certainly up in the air, so Estevez should be in control of the gig with the way he has been pitching. The righty consistently sits in the 95+ MPH range with his fastball, throws a 90 MPH change up, and a decent slider, so he certainly has swing and miss stuff.

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He has the arsenal to survive at Coors, furthered evidenced by his 23 K and 9.3 SO/9, which are encouraging indicators. It will always be hard to trust Colorado pitchers, but those looking for Saves, Estevez fits the bill. The Rockies can slug it out with the best of them, and now that they have a few decent starters, there should be enough Save opportunities to make Estevez valuable.