ROCKIES PLACE LEMAHIEU ON DISABLED LIST
The Rockies placed SAN DIEGO second baseman DJ LeMahieu on the 10-day disabled list Monday with a left thumb sprain he suffered in Colorado’s loss to the Brewers on Sunday.
The sprain came during LeMahieu’s third at-bat against Freddy Peralta. All-star LeMahieu is headed to the DL for the second time this season. He was shelved for 10 days with a strained right hamstring April 30.
With the move, Colorado recalled infielder Pat Valaika from Triple-A Albuquerque.
Valaika, sent down May 8 when LeMahieu came back from his hamstring injury, has hit .103 in 58 at-bats in 2018.
Padres call up power hitter.
DIEGO» Outfielder Franmil SAN
Reyes was hitting home runs in Triple-A so hard and so often that the San Diego Padres had no choice but to bring him up to make his major league debut.
Reyes, who isn’t even listed among the rebuilding Padres’ top 30 prospects, leads all of professional baseball in homers after hitting 14 with Triple-A El Paso.
“A smart organization listens to what the bats are telling you, and his bat was screaming at us from El Paso,” said manager Andy Green, who had the 22year-old Reyes batting sixth and playing right field against the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.
The 6-foot-5, 275-pound Reyes hit eight homers in a five-game stretch earlier this month.
“I’m a big guy. You guys will see a lot of homers, hopefully,” said Reyes, who’s from the Dominican Republic.
Reyes’ mother, Dominga Uribe, arrived from New York, where she’s lived the last eight years, just in time to see him hit monster home runs in batting practice. When Reyes saw his mother, he walked over and gave her a long hug.
“It’s an incredible feeling having my mother here,” Reyes said. “It helps make the dream come true. I’m really, really happy she is here. My mom is my whole life.”
Reyes forced his way to the big leagues with his power. His timing is good, too, because outfielders Wil Myers and Hunter Renfroe are on the disabled list.
Bumgarner nearing return.
SAN FRANCISCO» San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner threw off a mound Monday for the first time since surgery in March to have three pins inserted into the broken pinkie on his pitching hand.
Bumgarner threw 20 fastballs to take another step in his comeback from the injury that sidelined him since being hit in the hand by a line drive at the end of spring training.
He said he’s been throwing breaking pitches on flat ground but because the session was so short Monday he stuck to fastballs and was encouraged by how he felt.
“I could also tell the last few days last week throwing on flat ground what it was going to feel like,” he said. “It wasn’t like I was surprised I felt good because I’ve been feeling good the whole time.”