Kris Bryant lands on injured list again with fractured finger
Jul 25, 2023, 4:24 PM | Updated: 4:26 pm
Kris Bryant is back on the injured list.
The Rockies outfielder landed there Monday after suffering a fractured finger when hit by a pitch Saturday at Miami. The Rockies placed him on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Saturday.
It is Bryant’s second stint on the injured list this year. He missed nearly all of June with a left-heel bruise, returning on June 30. But all that comes on the heels of a 2022 season in which he missed 120 games.
He has a .251/.338/.379 line and a .717 OPS in 65 games played for the Rockies this year.
Bryant signed a $182 million contract in 2022 and has played in just 107 of a possible 262 games because of injuries, including plantar fasciitis.
Replacing Bryant on the roster will be infielder Elehuris Montero.
The 24-year-old boasts a prodigious 1.159 OPS at AAA Albuquerque this year, but has a .544 OPS and a .198 batting average in 35 games with the big club this year.
The Rockies made one other move, optioning right-handed pitcher Karl Kauffmann to AAA Albuquerque and calling up former first-round pick Riley Pint to take his place. Kauffman went four innings Monday night to earn his first major-league win as the Rockies defeated Washington, 7-3.
Pint, the No. 4 overall pick in 2016, made his major-league debut May 17, allowing one earned run, one hit and three walks in one-third of an inning during a Colorado win over Cincinnati. He has a 6.31 ERA and a 1.790 ERA in 32 relief appearances in Albuquerque this season.
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