Rockies' Zac Veen added 40-plus pounds amid positive offseason makeover

The Colorado Rockies might not be one of the top contending teams in Major League Baseball this season, but there is reason to tune in, especially with their young players.

While a lot of their top prospects might be a ways away from their MLB debuts or making a mark in the Majors, top prospect Zac Veen has already broken into the Major Leagues. But, it didn't go well, as he hit .118 in 34 at-bats. But he's coming into 2026 a changed man.

As MLB.com's Thomas Harding reports, Veen is entering Spring Training with an extra 40-plus pounds on his body in a move that was sparked by sobering up and getting a lot more in shape.

Zac Veen adds 40-plus pounds in major offseason transformation

"Veen, the Rockies' No. 11 prospect, has shown up for Spring Training determined to put last year's image and behavior behind him," Harding writes. "To say he looks different is an understatement. After finishing last season at an unhealthy 202 pounds, Veen has packed 245 pounds on a still-growing frame that he estimates at '6-4 1/2, maybe 6-5.'"

Veen is a taller outfielder, but entering 2025, he was under 190 pounds. As Harding noted when he finished the season at 202 pounds, it was an unhealthy weight.

For someone that tall, more weight was a must. And did he add weight this offseason? Coming into camp this year, Veen has added 43 pounds amid a growth spurt and getting sober.

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Veen, after hitting .118 and finishing with a .424 OPS in 2025, is looking to bounce back in a major way and is doing so with some extra weight on his frame. This weight increase came with the help of Johnny Goodrich, his travel ball coach.

Veen and Goodrich worked together this offseason, and the talented young Rockies prospect underwent a major transformation.

"Definitely one of the bigger, main things was sobering up," Veen said. "I had a pretty big substance abuse problem for a few years. But I'm completely clean and sober."

After an offseason of adding weight, getting sober, and working out, Veen has come back to the Rockies with 40 pounds more than he ended the year with in one of the more stunning transformations of any player this offseason.

He's in a much healthier place now and is looking to not just return to the Major Leagues but stick there with a much better 2026 season now that he's in a better place mentally and physically.

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