Rockies outfielder Jordan Beck suffered a fracture in his left hand while making a diving catch of a Nick Castellanos line drive in Colorado’s 8-4 loss to Philadelphia on Saturday. The injury naturally forced Beck out of the game, and the Rockies placed him on the 10-day injured list today, with outfielder Sean Bouchard called up from Triple-A in the corresponding move. Beck told reporters (including the Denver Post’s Patrick Saunders) that he’ll undergo more tests today, and might then have a better idea of his recovery timeline.
Beck has been Colorado’s everyday left fielder since he made his MLB debut on April 30, as the Rox have wanted to take a long look at the top-100 prospect. It hasn’t been a smooth transition for Beck, who was hitting only .190/.198/.316 with 30 strikeouts over his first 81 plate appearances in the big leagues. The broken hand only adds to these woes, though getting to bank Major League service time while on the IL might represent some small silver lining for the 23-year-old.
Some other comings and goings from injured lists around baseball….
- The Cardinals placed right-hander Nick Robertson on the 15-day IL (retroactive to May 23) and called up righty Andre Pallante from Triple-A Memphis. Robertson is dealing with inflammation in his throwing elbow, but he told Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat (X link) that he doesn’t believe the injury is too serious. St. Louis acquired Robertson from the Red Sox as part of the trade package for Tyler O’Neill last December, and he has posted a 4.38 ERA over 12 1/3 innings out of the Cardinals’ bullpen. A .364 BABIP and three homers allowed have inflated Robertson’s ERA, as his walk (3.8%) and strikeout (26.9%) rates have been impressive.
- The Mariners reinstated left-hander Tayler Saucedo from the 15-day IL, and created roster space by optioning righty Eduard Bazardo to Triple-A. Saucedo returns after missing just shy of three weeks due to a hyperextension of his right knee. After emerging as a solid member of Seattle’s bullpen last year, Saucedo has been even better this season, with a 2.70 ERA and 52.8% grounder rate over his first 14 appearances and 13 1/3 innings in 2024.
Yet, somehow, he has “extremely” more talent in his pinky than you will ever hope to have.
How true – the world has been marveling at your talent for at least the last decade.
Only the mariners could survive having most of their entire bullpen injured, Pete Woodworth deserves a manager job
Also I’m scared how much we are using Andres all it takes is 1 pitch and we won’t be seeing him until 2026
Tough luck for Beck. When is last year’s hot shot outfielder Nolan Jones coming back?
He is on injury rehab at Albuquerque right now. He actually started the rehab on the same day as Kris Bryant, but KB has been back for a few days now. I suspected that Beck would get sent back down as soon as Nolan Jones was activated, but at least he can get some service time while healing. I imagine that unless there is another injury or trade, he will be back in Albuquerque once his hand heals.
Jones had a glitch in his rehab where he tweaked his knee, but supposedly it is minor and only set him back by a couple of weeks.
It will be good to get Nolan Jones back. There is plenty of potential there along with other young players like E. Tovar, B. Doyle, the injured Beck and my favorite Brendan Rodgers. The Rox need a couple of outfielders who can mash the ball and knock in some runs.