The Colorado Rockies released starting pitcher Tim Melville on Monday after he bounced around in the minors for most of his time with the team. Melville was recalled by the Rockies late last season and went 2-3 with a 4.86 ERA in seven starts. The 30-year-old right-hander was on a minor league contract in 2020 and figured to see very little, if any, time in the team's starting rotation again. In 17 starts for Triple-A Albuquerque last year, Melville was 10-5 with a 5.42 ERA, 1.59 WHIP and 94 strikeouts in 96 1/3 frames. He also made two starts for the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic independent league before signing on with the Rockies.
Colorado Rockies pitcher Tim Melville got the call at 11 o'clock on Tuesday night that informed him that the team needed him in Arizona on Wednesday to start against the Diamondbacks. Melville showed up ready to work. Melville tossed seven innings of one-run ball against the Diamondbacks to earn his first MLB win. Melville started this season without a baseball job, cooking at a barbecue joint in Phoenix instead. He then pitched in the Independent League, got picked up by the Rockies and pitched acceptably well in Triple-A, and is now a winning MLB pitcher. Melville's stats don't imply that any type of long-term success is in his future, but he'll have a heck of a story.
