Rockies prospect Charlie Condon suffered a non-displaced fracture in his left wrist, experiences Manny Randhawa of MLB.com. He’ll be in a splint for a month and won’t resume baseball actions for six weeks. Condon won’t require surgical procedure, however this may delay his season debut till at the very least Might.
Colorado drafted Condon third total final summer season. The righty-hitting outfielder/third baseman was a candidate to go at No. 1 after a monster junior season at Georgia. Condon slugged 37 homers with a .433/.556/1.009 line in opposition to SEC pitching. Baseball America, ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel and Keith Legislation of The Athletic all ranked Condon as the highest prospect within the class main as much as the draft. It registered as a slight shock that he even received to the Rox at three. Cleveland took hit-first second baseman Travis Bazzana first, whereas the Reds went with righty Chase Burns with the No. 2 decide.
Condon’s skilled profession hasn’t begun as hoped. The Rockies assigned him to Excessive-A Spokane. Condon hit .180 with 34 strikeouts and 4 walks in 25 video games. He managed just one house run in 109 plate appearances. GM Invoice Schmidt mentioned final month that Condon was enjoying via a thumb damage. It’s a sufficiently small pattern that it’s not trigger for an excessive amount of concern, however the Rockies clearly anticipated he’d carry out higher after he obliterated the highest school pitching within the nation. Condon nonetheless ranks among the many sport’s high 50 total prospects at Baseball America, The Athletic, ESPN and MLB Pipeline.
The wrist damage will get his first full minor league season off to a tricky begin. Thomas Harding of MLB.com writes that the damage occurred when he dove for a fly ball in a minor league Spring Coaching contest on Tuesday.
