ANDERSON TO MISS FINAL START WITH ARM SORENESS

Like many of the players in the Rockies clubhouse Friday, Tyler Anderson began shoveling the contents of his locker into large, white cardboard boxes.

As the left-handed pitcher packed a pair of Oregon Ducks-themed Nike sneakers, roughly a dozen hats and other items into those boxes, he was also closing the chapter on his rookie season.

Shortly after the clubhouse doors closed Friday, Rockies manager Walt Weiss announced Anderson would miss his final start, which was scheduled for Saturday, with general arm soreness.

“It’s taken a little longer for him to recover from his last start,” Weiss said. “With what he went through last year, we don’t see any reason to push the envelope there. So we’re going to scratch him.”

The skipped start ends Anderson’s debut season with a 5-6 record and a 3.54 ERA. The lefthander went 5-2 with a 3.00 ERA during home games, a mastery of Coors Field few players in Rockies history have demonstrated so early in their careers.

And Anderson was strong in his last start against the Los Angeles Dodgers, allowing two runs in6 L innings. But he won’t get a chance to finish with a .500 record.

Anderson’s absence creates one more start for rookie Jeff Hoffman. The right-hander was sent to the bullpen after a loss at Arizona on Sept. 14 dropped his record to 0-4. The Rockies’ biggest piece of the Troy Tulowitzki trade will have one more chance to earn his first win while attempting to lower an ERA that sits at 5.47.

Hoffman made two relief appearances following his move to the bullpen, surrendering one run in four innings.

“He may be a tad bit deconditioned,” Weiss said of Hoffman, “but we’ve got coverage out there (in the bullpen). So we’re probably looking at the five-inning, 75-pitch range, something like that. We have plenty of reinforcements.”

Parra’s season over. Gerardo Parra strolled into the clubhouse with a walking boot around the left ankle that has plagued him for about half of a disappointing first year with the Rockies.

Parra had a platelet-rich plasma injection in the ankle Friday and will miss the rest of the season.

Parra was placed on the disabled list with the injury June 17. He returned Aug. 7 and then made the majority of his appearances at first base. In the first year of his three-year, $27 million contract, Parra finished hitting .253 with seven home runs in 102 games.