The Rockies are inserting Kris Bryant on the 10-day injured record, the group knowledgeable reporters (together with Nick Groke of the Athletic). Bryant has been dogged by again soreness of late, though Patrick Saunders of the Denver Submit tweets that an MRI didn’t reveal any critical points. That means it could possibly be a reasonably transient IL keep. To take Bryant’s place on the roster, nook infield prospect Elehuris Montero is being recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque.
Bryant hasn’t performed since Monday. His IL placement can thus be backdated to April 26; assuming that’s the case, he’d be eligible to return per week from now. Bryant has gotten off to one thing of a sluggish begin to his Colorado tenure. Signed to a seven-year, $182MM deal over the offseason, he hasn’t linked on a house run by means of his first 15 video games. Bryant owns a .281/.338/.351 line over 65 plate appearances whereas splitting his time between left subject and designated hitter.
The Rox have turned to Connor Joe and Sam Hilliard in left over the previous couple days. Joe is off to a superb .270/.349/.514 begin and is an choice within the nook outfield, at first base or at DH. Hilliard may see a number of extra at-bats whereas Bryant is out, though it’s doable the Rockies use this as a possibility to offer Montero his first run.
Acquired as a part of the return from the Cardinals for Nolan Arenado, Montero break up the 2021 marketing campaign between Double-A Hartford and Albuquerque. He carried out nicely at each stops, combining for a .278/.360/.529 exhibiting in 500 plate appearances. Montero, whom St. Louis had already chosen onto their 40-man roster over the 2019-20 offseason, didn’t get an enormous league name. He did, nonetheless, enhance his inventory within the eyes of prospect evaluators.
This previous winter, each FanGraphs and Baseball America slotted the 23-year-old among the many ten most promising prospects within the group. Each retailers praised his mixture of bat-to-ball expertise and energy, though every raised questions on his defensive acumen at third base and an aggressive method on the plate. Nonetheless, each retailers urged he may have sufficient offensive upside to be an on a regular basis participant.
Montero has gotten off to a nice .288/.356/.450 begin over 91 Triple-A plate appearances. The Rockies can choice him again to the minors, but it surely stands to cause they’ll wish to get a prolonged have a look at him towards large league arms at some point. Montero is in his ultimate choice 12 months, that means Colorado should carry him on subsequent season’s Opening Day roster in the event that they don’t wish to lose him to a different membership.
