The Rockies introduced that outfielder Nolan Jones has been positioned on the 10-day injured record resulting from a low again pressure. The location is retroactive to July 12. With right-hander Tanner Gordon additionally optioned to Triple-A yesterday, Colorado referred to as up outfielder Sean Bouchard from Triple-A and right-hander Angel Chivilli from Double-A Hartford.
Since Jones was scratched from yesterday’s lineup, it isn’t a shock to see him head to the IL with what seems to be a recurrence of the identical again drawback that has already taken a giant chunk out of the outfielder’s season. Jones missed over six weeks in his first IL stint and returned to motion nearly precisely a month in the past. Whereas Jones’ numbers post-IL stint are higher than his tough numbers in April earlier than he was sidelined, he has nonetheless produced solely a 64 wRC+ from a .202/.311/.313 slash line in 191 complete plate appearances.
It has been a giant dropoff from the .297/.389/.542 slash line Jones posted over 424 PA final season, as he additionally marked his first season in Colorado by hitting 20 homers and stealing 20 bases (from 24 makes an attempt). This manufacturing led to a fourth-place end in NL Rookie of the Yr voting for Jones, making him a vivid spot in an in any other case tough season for the Rockies, and a possible constructing block for the longer term.
This 12 months’s outcomes don’t essentially change that path since Jones’ again points have clearly had some impression on his play, however clearly the Rox wished to see Jones proceed to construct on his 2023 breakout. There’s nonetheless time for Jones to return from the IL and have a large enough end to at the least finish 2024 on a excessive be aware, and re-establish himself as much less of a query mark heading into subsequent season.
In different Rockies harm information, Kris Bryant is “extremely possible” to start out a minor league rehab task on Friday, supervisor Bud Black advised Patrick Saunders of the Denver Put up and different reporters. Bryant hasn’t performed since June 2, as a rib contusion after which an inner indirect pressure are the most recent well being points to come up throughout what has been a nightmarish run of accidents throughout Bryant’s two-plus seasons in Colorado. After taking part in in solely 42 video games in 2022 after which 80 video games final season, Bryant has been restricted to 24 video games this season resulting from his present IL placement and a earlier IL journey resulting from a decrease again pressure.
