It's a good week to look to the future for observers of the Colorado Rockies. On Episode 12 of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast, we're talking a lot of Eddie Butler, with the Rockies' top pitching prospect set for his big league debut on Friday against the Dodgers. Butler dominated the Double-A level this year, in his third professional season, and will take the rotation spot of Franklin Morales, who is headed to the bullpen.

Plus, we'll preview Thursday night's 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft with Purple Row's Bryan Kilpatrick and get a look at some of the possibilities on the Rockies' radar.

Finally, we look ahead to Saturday's bloggers/writers event at Breckenridge Brewery with Matthew Repplinger of the Rocky Mountain chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).