It’s League Championship Series time in Major League Baseball and some former Colorado Rockies are keeping their names in the headlines.

Former Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki appeared to have fully broken out of a postseason slump, knocking a three-run home run in Toronto’s three-run win against Kansas City on Tuesday night, then went back to being the Tulo we know and love by arguing balls and strikes and getting himself tossed from the game.

Cubs centerfielder Dexter Fowler, meanwhile, is having himself a very solid playoffs, hitting .296 with two home runs through seven postseason games. And journeyman (and former Rockies) starter Jason Hammel will get the ball in what could be a deciding Game 4 on Wednesday.

But all this postseason talk has me feeling a little down. After all, these are former Rockies, and this space is supposed to be reserved for the Rockies.

Well, since most of Colorado’s big league roster is out on hunting trips and eating expired Pop Tarts after missing the playoffs again, we’ll need to shift our focus to a group of future Rockies.

The Arizona Fall League is in full swing and seven players, including four pitchers, who someday hope to don the purple pinstripes at Coors Field are suiting up for the mixed-roster club known as the Salt River Rafters, who call Colorado’s Spring Training digs home base for the months of October and November.

Heading into Tuesday’s afternoon affair against the Surprise Saguaros, the Rafters were an impressive 3-1-0 (ties are allowed in the AFL) and tied for first in the AFL’s East Division. Sadly, the one loss came at the expense of a highly touted Rockies prospect, Thomas Jefferson’s own Kyle Freeland.

In his only AFL start to date, Freeland allowed six earned runs (including two home runs) in just 0.2 innings pitched. The lefty spent time with Grand Junction and Modesto this summer, compiling a 4.05 ERA in nine total starts.

Colorado’s other lefty in the AFL, Sam Moll, also got roughed up in his only outing so far, allowing two runs on three hits in just one inning of relief.

Things have fared much better for the right-handed Colorado pitchers on the Rafters roster, however.

Carlos Esteves has twice seen action in the AFL, working one inning of relief in each outing. He’s allowed zero hits as well, while striking out three. Esteves split time in 2015 between Modesto and New Britain, collecting five wins with the Nuts and three losses with the Rock Cats for a 5-3 record on the year.

And Matt Carasiti, who spent his first year in the organization at Modesto, compiling a 3-7 record and 3.02 ERA, didn’t allow a hit and struck out two in his only inning of work.

Colorado fast-tracked Christian Bergman to the big leagues after a strong showing in Double- and Triple-A, then in the AFL in 2014. And while none of Colorado’s current AFL pitchers are as close to Major League ready as Bergman was, these four are all showing upward trajectory.

Moll was especially impressive at New Britain, allowing just two runs in 14.2 innings pitched and a mere .140 batting average against. Esteves struggled at the higher level, but his dominance at Modesto should warrant a continued stay with the Rock Cats – especially if he continues to shine in the AFL.

The Rafters play every day Monday – Saturday from now until Nov. 19, with a single-game AFL Championship played on Nov. 21.