Colorado Rockies: Farewell Tulsa Drillers, Colorado Springs Sky Sox

Security Service Field, Colorado Springs.

According to Colorado Rockies MLB.com reporter Thomas Harding, the Colorado Rockies are saying farewell to their Triple-A and Double-A affiliates, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox and Tulsa Drillers.

Colorado Springs has been a fixture in the Rockies organization for quite some time, 22-years to be exact. It’s sad to see the partnership ending with a club that is just a little more than an hour for Denver, convenient for prospects to get the call. Now, the Rockies will be shifting gears to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where their Triple-A franchise will now be called the Albuquerque Isotopes.

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As far as their Double-A affiliate goes, the Tulsa Drillers will now be affiliated with the division rival, Los Angeles Dodgers. Colorado will be taking over the Minnesota Twins Double-A franchise up in New Britain, Connecticut. The Twins have reportedly reached an agreement to move to Chattanooga.

An interesting fact from Harding is that this isn’t the first time a Rockies farm team has been located in Connecticut.

"It’s not the first time the Rockies have been affiliated with a Connecticut team at Double-A. New Haven was the team’s farm club from 1994-98."

Also, Harding notes that the Rockies brass likes the idea of the stadium in Albuquerque, where they played exhibitions at prior to the 2005-06′ seasons.