PHOENIX -- From the Rockies’ dugout, hours before his Major League debut on Friday, Kyle Karros shot a glance from the visiting dugout toward the suite level at Chase Field and remembered the moment he felt the Rockies were the right team for him.

Karros finished his collegiate career at UCLA and came to Chase for the 2023 MLB Draft Combine for workouts and meetings with clubs. The Rockies impressed him with ball talk while other teams leaned on measurements and metrics. He then texted his father, Eric Karros , who spent most of his Major League career with the Dodgers and introduced his son to the game while serving as a special coach and broadcaster with L.A.

“I remember sending a text to my dad after the meeting with the Rockies, and I was like, ‘This is the team I want to go to,’

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