The Rockies announced a slate of roster moves Tuesday, reinstating young righty from the 15-day IL and placing fellow right-hander on the 15-day IL in his place, due to a strained left oblique. Gordons IL placement is retroactive to May 31. Colorado also placed righty on the bereavement list and recalled right-hander . Additionally, infielder and outfielder cleared waivers and were a signed outright to Triple-A Albuquerque, . Martini elected free agency. Schunk has the right to do the same, by virtue of a prior outright a Ryan Howard Jersey signment earlier this year, but theres no indication hes done so. Dollander, 23, was the No. 9 overall pick in 2023 and entered the season ranked as one of baseballs top pitching prospects. Hes had a handful of rough starts since making his MLB debut in April but looked to be righting the ship prior to landing on the IL due to forearm tightne s. Dollander held opponents to two runs or fewer in three of his four appearances prior to the injury and had rattled off 10 2/3 innings with three runs allowed (2.53 ERA) and a 13-to-5 K/BB ratio in a pair of road starts against the Rangers and D-backs. Dollander will slot right back into the Rockies rotation and start tonights game in Miami, per the team. As one might expect, the right-hander has been far better on the road in his young career than at Denvers hitter-friendly home park. Dollander has made four starts at Coors Field and four on the road, working to an 8.66 ERA at home compared to a 4.29 mark in other venues. Overall, he carries a 6.28 ERA with a roughly average 22.1% strikeout rate, an elevated 10.5% walk rate and a ma sive 2.33 HR/9 mark (with six of his ten home runs allowed coming at home). The 27-year-old Gordon was a sixth-round pick by the Braves back in 2019. He landed with the Rox alongside reliever in the trade that sent to Atlanta a couple years back. Gordon was rocked for an 8.65 ERA in eight starts during last years debut campaign but has provided a more serviceable 4.24 ERA with a 14.1% strikeout rate, 4.2% walk rate and 41.4% grounder rate in three starts (17 innings) so far in 2025. The team didnt specify the severity of Gordons strain, nor was a timetable for his return provided. Martini, 34, was designated for a signment last week. He totaled 111 plate appearances as a Rockie and hit .225/.288/.294 despite being deployed almost exclusively in platoon-friendly situations. Only five of the lefty-swinging Martinis plate appearances came versus southpaws. Over a six-year span from 2018-23, Martini batted .268/.362/.412 with an 11.2% walk rate in 412 plate appearances in the majors. Hes always walked at a huge clip and has been an on-base machine in the upper minors, playing parts of eight Triple-A seasons churning out a .294/.399/.454 batting line in that time. Hell be a depth option for teams looking for left-handed bats, but hell probably need to sign a minor league deal after struggling at the plate in both 2024 and 2025. The 27-year-old Schunk went 6-for-28 with a double in 29 plate appearances in his second year of partial MLB work with Colorado. The 2019 second-round pick hit .234/.265/.330 in 98 big league plate appearances last year. Schunk shows solid contact skills in Triple-A and has played all four infield spots primarily third base but doesnt walk often or provide much power. Schunk is a career .291/.346/.469 hitter in 880 Triple-A plate appearances, but given the intensely hitter-friendly nature of the Pacific Coast League (and Albuquerques home park, in particular), thats actually about 12% worse than league-average, by measure of wRC+. A suming he sticks with the organization, hell give the Rockies some righty-hitting infield depth at multiple positions. Jim Eisenreich Jersey
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