With his left hand in a splint and heavily wrapped, Jordan Beck was still coming to grips with his injury on Sunday morning.
“It’s a tough ticket,” the Rockies rookie outfielder said. “Stuff happens and you just have to get through it and move on.”
Beck broke the fourth metacarpal bone in his left hand in the Rockies’ 8-4 loss to the Phillies on Saturday night at Coors Field. Beck, 23, jammed his left (glove) hand while making an excellent diving catch on Nick Castellano’s sinking line drive in left field at the end of the first inning. Beck was in obvious pain when he ran off the field.
X-rays on Saturday night revealed the broken bone, but Beck said he didn’t know the severity of the break or how long he might be out. He was scheduled to see a doctor on Sunday for more tests.
Beck was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday, and the Rockies recalled outfielder Sean Bouchard from Triple-A Albuquerque to replace Beck on the roster.
Beck said he didn’t initially think he had suffered a major injury.
“I’ve rolled my wrist before, diving for a ball, and when I first got up, it seemed fine,” he said. “And then I squeezed my hand, and it seemed fine. But I went into the dugout and tried to grab a bat, and it just dropped. So I figured something was wrong.”
Beck is currently ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Rockies’ No. 4 prospect and the 65th-best overall prospect in baseball. He made his major league debut on April 30 and is batting .180 with two home runs and eight RBIs. He’s made 21 starts in left field and one start in center.
He homered in consecutive games on May 15 at San Diego and on May 17 at San Francisco, his first two career home runs.
Bard’s back. Former closer Daniel Bard, who’s out for the season after undergoing surgery to repair his torn right elbow flexor tendon, is back with the team. Bard, 38, said he plans to be in Denver to continue rehab when the Rockies have homestands.
In the final year of his two-year, $19 million contract, Bard was initially unsure if he wanted to continue pitching once his elbow healed. Now, however, he’s hoping to make a comeback.
“Going into the surgery, I was probably 50-50,” Bard said Sunday. “When you first find out you need surgery and you are going to miss 12 months, there is that moment of disappointment. You kind of get the wind knocked out of you.
“But having a few weeks to think about it and watch baseball, it really makes me want to see if I’ve got it next spring.”
For now, Bard said he hopes to support and advise his fellow relievers, many of whom are struggling in tight games.
“I will do what I can,” he said. “I want to help those guys. They are my teammates and my buddies. There have been some flashes of some really awesome things and I know there have been some patches where it’s been tough to get those late outs. I’ll offer anything I can. I’ve been in those situations quite a few times.”
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