The Rockies will welcome Kyle Freeland again to the rotation for Sunday’s recreation towards the Nationals. Colorado’s Opening Day starter has been out since April 19 due to an elbow pressure.
Freeland prevented surgical procedure regardless of that alarming prognosis. He has made a trio of rehab appearances — one on the complicated earlier than a pair of video games for Triple-A Albuquerque. Freeland made his most up-to-date outing on Tuesday, tossing 4 innings whereas operating his pitch rely to 67. The veteran southpaw allowed solely three runs over eight Triple-A frames.
The Rox will hope that kickstarts a turnaround for Freeland, who was battered over his first 4 begins of the season. He averaged fewer than 4 innings per look and was tagged for 25 runs throughout 15 2/3 frames. Freeland issued eight walks with 9 strikeouts and allowed a trio of dwelling runs.
Freeland is on the 60-day injured checklist, so the Rox might want to reinstate him onto the 40-man roster. They opened a 40-man spot earlier within the week by inserting reliever Gavin Hollowell on waivers. Except they make one other 40-man transaction within the intervening three days, they’ll solely have to choice out a pitcher to clear area for Freeland on the energetic roster.
In different Colorado harm information, supervisor Bud Black instructed reporters that rookie infielder Adael Amador suffered a gentle indirect pressure in right now’s loss to the Dodgers (relayed on X by Patrick Saunders of the Denver Publish). Whereas it doesn’t appear to be a long-term concern, Amador will in all probability land on the 10-day injured checklist. Colorado promoted Amador straight from Double-A Hartford earlier this month when Brendan Rodgers went on the IL.
It was a surprisingly aggressive promotion for one of many group’s prime prospects. The 21-year-old was hitting solely .194/.337/.329 in Double-A. That made it fairly unlikely that he’d produce in his first have a look at massive league arms. Amador has struggled as anticipated, hitting .171 with one stroll in his first 36 plate appearances.
Black instructed earlier within the week that the Rox deliberate to choice Amador again to Double-A as soon as Rodgers was able to return (X hyperlink through Luke Zahlmann of the Denver Gazette). An injured checklist stint would delay that, however he’ll in all probability head again to Hartford as soon as he’s wholesome. Rodgers began a rehab project in Albuquerque tonight and might be again within the subsequent few days.