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Chris Forbes sat in the fourth-floor press box at Rio Grande Credit Union Field on Thursday afternoon overlooking a pristine baseball field full of the future.

As the Colorado Rockies Director of Player Development talked big picture goals and aspirations for the Albuquerque Isotopes, the Triple-A affiliate of the parent club in Denver, he spoke of an optimistic, and deliberate, mix of youth and experience that he hopes lead to winning 鈥� in New Mexico and 450 miles up I-25 in Denver.

鈥淭his group is interesting because it鈥檚 younger, you know? (We鈥檙e) trying to blend some of the salty vets, I like to call them, with a younger group,鈥� Forbes said of the Isotopes.

鈥淗aving a guy like Owen Miller (the 28-year-old infielder with four seasons in the Majors under his belt) is critical to a team like this, and Keston Hiura (another 28-year-old infielder with five seasons in the Majors). When we have such youth up here (six of the organization鈥檚 Top 30 prospects appeared in Thursday鈥檚 game) ... it鈥檚 good to have some veteran guys in there that kind of, kind of help them, because this becomes the advanced refinement piece of player development.鈥�

There is, as many in professional sports have come to realize, a certain point where the physical is no longer the missing piece.

There鈥檚 learning how to play baseball and then there鈥檚 learning to play the game 鈥� sometimes a task only accomplished with experience or learning from those veteran players about.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 part of this level,鈥� Forbes continued. 鈥淲hen you see Triple A teams, they can out-baseball you, and that鈥檚 why you鈥檝e got to learn the game of baseball here.鈥�

As Forbes spoke during what would be a 5-3 Isotopes loss to the visiting Salt Lake Bees, the players on the field seemed to be offering up the perfect visual representation of how the mix of young prospects and some veterans still more than capable of getting back to the big leagues themselves is the identity, at least for right now, of this Isotopes squad.

On the right side of the infield was 21-year-old second baseman Adael Amador, the Rockies No. 7 prospect , playing next to 22-year-old first baseman Warming Bernabel. Both having made their Triple A debuts in the past week.

On the left side of the infield were 27-year-old third baseman Aaron Schunk (eight professional seasons including one in the majors) and 25-year-old Julio Carreras (already in his seventh year of professional baseball).

The outfield went, left to right, 23-year-old Zac veen (the Rockies No. 8 prospect), 31-year-old Sam Hilliard (the Isotopes鈥� all-time home run leader who has also played parts of six seasons, and 312 games, in the Majors) and 22-year-old Yanquil Fernandez (the Rockies No. 6 prospect).

Forbes said there is no specific timeline on when any player will be up in Denver helping the Rockies 鈥� 鈥渢hey鈥檙e ready when they鈥檙e ready鈥� 鈥� but the obvious goal is to have as many players as ready as possible for whenever they may be needed.

They don鈥檛 want to rush players, but there鈥檚 also a new reality in the sport.

鈥淭riple A across the industry is getting younger in a sense,鈥� Forbes said, noting there are about six teams that have a lot of big league level players on their Triple A rosters, and the rest are organizations still developing younger players.

鈥淏ut there鈥檚 these other teams that are (pulling) this younger group of prospects up here just to kind of get them to a point to where they鈥檙e as ready as you can get them. Guys are getting to big leagues with less innings pitched in the minor leagues and less at bats than they鈥檝e ever had.鈥�

SAME MESSAGE: A year ago, the pre- and early-season messaging for all the minor league teams in the Rockies farm system was just win, baby!

While the minors are generally thought of as more player development than results-oriented, the Rockies wanted their prospects to learn how to win, too.

And they did. Well, at every minor league level for the Rockies except in Albuquerque. The Isotopes went 58-92 and had the worst record in the league and have yet to have a winning season since teaming up with the Rockies in 2015.

鈥淲e finished ninth in minor league wins, won a championship (High-A Spokane), had another playoff team in the Eastern League (Double-A Hartford),鈥� Forbes said. 鈥淪o, this is the level we need to unlock.鈥�