The Rockies introduced that outfielder Nolan Jones has been positioned on the 10-day injured record as a result of a low-back pressure. The position is retroactive to July 12. With right-hander Tanner Gordon additionally optioned to Triple-A Friday, Colorado known as up outfielder Sean Bouchard from Triple-A and right-hander Angel Chivilli from Double-A Hartford.
Since Jones was scratched from Friday’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 downside that has already taken an enormous chunk out of the outfielder’s season. Jones missed over six weeks in his first IL stint and returned to motion virtually 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 whole plate appearances.
It has been an enormous 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 12 months voting for Jones, making him a vibrant 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 affect on his play, however clearly the Rox needed to see Jones proceed to construct on his 2023 breakout. There’s nonetheless time for Jones to return from the IL and have a sufficiently big end to at the very least finish 2024 on a excessive word and re-establish himself as much less of a query mark heading into subsequent season.
In different Rockies harm information, Kris Bryant is “extremely probably” to begin a minor league rehab project on Friday, supervisor Bud Black instructed Patrick Saunders of the Denver Submit 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 enjoying in solely 42 video games in 2022 after which 80 video games final season, Bryant has been restricted to 24 video games this season as a result of his present IL placement and a earlier IL journey as a result of a lower-back pressure.
