On February 27, the Colorado Rockies sit at 6-1 in Cactus League action, good for second in the National League and first in the NL West. It is, however, still spring training, and that record means next to nothing.

Former Tennessee pitcher Chase Dollander started for the Rockies at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona. Monday's contest marked his spring training debut. He pitched two innings and recorded three strikeouts.

A first-inning sequence spoke volumes about Chase Dollander’s impressive and much-anticipated Cactus League debut.

Chase Dollander had just given up his first home run during an MLB spring training game, and now the Colorado Rockies top pitching prospect had to face veteran third baseman Matt Chapman, coming off a season where he paced the San Francisco Giants in bWAR with 7.

Monday morning inside the Colorado Rockies complex at Salt River Fields, Rockies manager Bud Black looked into his proverbial crystal ball and saw into the future with