Rockies utilityman Chris Owings will miss the rest of the 2021 season after undergoing surgery to insert a pin in his injured left thumb, manager Bud Black told reporters (including Thomas Harding of MLB.com). The 29-year-old has been on the 10-day injured list since July 20 and seems likely to wind up on the 60-day IL whenever Colorado needs to clear a 40-man roster spot.
It’s a difficult development for Owings, who also missed three months earlier this year on account of an injury to the same thumb. He went on the IL in mid-April, returned to action in late June, but ended up back on the shelf a few weeks later. Altogether, Owings will only pick up 50 plate appearances this season. A hamstring issue kept him to just 44 trips to the dish in 2020 as well, making for a frustrating couple years in Colorado.
Owings has appeared in the big leagues in every season since 2013, compiling a cumulative .243/.288/.372 line in a little under 2400 plate appearances. The longtime Diamondback is slated to hit free agency this winter and should find interest from teams on potential minor league deals if he returns to health.
this guy has no luck
This has to hurt their playoff chances.
*takes down Rockies World Series banner, slowly walks away dejectedly*
Boy, a .326 BA & .420 OB, just get you nowhere these days
I should have put an LOL at the end of my post. My sarcasm has been misconstrued.
I honestly forgot that Owings was still in the league and had no idea he put up such good numbers in limited time this year. He’s the kind of player who could stick around a long time as a jack of all trades.
How is it that this guy stunk when he was with the Royals but he’s hitting .300 with the National League team?
Same way cuddyer and morneau left the twins and won batting titles. Playing at coors is totally different
Small sample size, plus Coors Field.
I would say that his numbers are Owings to playing at Coors, or at least they might be.
Rockies should try bringing him back next year, minor league deal with spring training invite and opt out date.
I’d say the team is more likely to rebuild then compete in the coming years, and with Story gone, futility players like Owings will help hold down roster spots for a team unlikely to be competitive anytime soon.
Rockies never rebuild, they will contend next year!
Well, if that’s what the team decides then I will be interested in seeing how it unfolds. If it doesn’t collapse first that is.
I had no comment on the Trevor Bauer story but to me MLBTR closing comments is wrong. Sensitive subject that it is haven’t we had enough censorship in other media outlets already this year?