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Rockies’ Prospect Zac Veen Undergoes Season-Ending Hand Surgery

By Anthony Franco | June 22, 2023 at 9:21pm CDT

Top Rockies’ prospect Zac Veen posted an image of himself in the hospital (on Twitter) after an apparent left arm surgery this evening. Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports the procedure was to address ligament damage in his hand (Twitter link). According to Harding, Veen is expected to be out of action until December.

Obviously, that ends his 2023 campaign. Had Veen been healthy, the 2020 first-round pick had a shot to make his MLB debut this year. He reached Double-A Hartford late last season and returned there to start this year. Regarded as a borderline top 50 prospect by each of Baseball America, Keith Law of the Athletic and Kiley McDaniel of ESPN, the left-handed hitter was seeking to hit his way to Coors Field by year’s end.

That won’t happen, as it seemed Veen was hampered by the hand issue all season. According to Harding, the young outfielder first felt discomfort midway through last summer. Veen’s numbers plummeted following a late-season bump from High-A to Double-A. While the higher caliber of pitching presumably played a role, the injury offers an additional explanation.

Veen’s 2023 numbers lend support to that possibility. Hand or wrist injuries can diminish a hitter’s power. Veen’s batted ball quality has evaporated this year. He connected on only two home runs over 46 contests and 201 plate appearances. Prospect evaluators have credited the 6’3″ corner outfielder with significant raw power potential. A lofty 47.7% grounder rate hasn’t helped his power output, but it stands to reason he wasn’t hitting the ball with as much authority as he would’ve had he been fully healthy.

The 21-year-old had a .209/.303/.308 batting line overall. He walked at a strong 11.4% clip while striking out at a roughly average 21.4% rate. While Veen’s plate discipline numbers were fine, a meager .260 average on balls in play and the lack of home run pop led to the dismal overall results.

Charlie Blackmon, Jurickson Profar and Randal Grichuk are all slated for free agency after this season. Kris Bryant will be assured one corner outfield spot if healthy, but the rest of the Rox’s future outfield is unsettled. Even if Nolan Jones builds off his strong start to lock himself into right field, Veen could have a path to DH reps next season depending on Colorado’s offseason activity. Colorado doesn’t have to add Veen to their 40-man roster until after the 2024 season, though they’d presumably be happy to get a look at him before then if he mashes in the upper minors to start the year.

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  1. In Seager/Hader We Trust > the 70 MM DH Ohtani

    2 years ago

    My first reaction to this headline was, “Wow! Brad Hand of the Rockies undergoes season-ending surgery!” Hand does happen to be on the Rockies. I guess that was half-right, as someone’s Hand on the Rockies is undergoing surgery. Rockies’ Hand undergoes surgery…

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  2. Sour Bob

    2 years ago

    Did Zac Veen… get the vaccine?

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  3. PutPeteinthehall

    2 years ago

    Rockies front office stinks. Need to clean house. Oakland was dedicated to tanking so Rockies and Royals are worst teams in baseball. Believe they are still paying a star third baseman to play for the Cardinals and paying another chronically injured third baseman to be an outfielder for the 49 games a year he’s not disabled. Probably 45 m a year for third basemen that either are playing elsewhere or on the DL. They also have a home ballpark that would be a great advantage for a properly constructed team. Worst run team in baseball.

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    • hiflew

      2 years ago

      There are 29 other teams for you to be a fan of. Go find one.

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      • Lets Go DBacks

        2 years ago

        He really isn’t that far off. Denver fanbase is pretty awesome and deserves a better front office and owner. Their owner thought they could play .500 ball this season. He was probably the only person in the world to think so.

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        • hiflew

          2 years ago

          Except they are really not THAT far off from .500. Sure, several of their games have been blowout losses, but many games have ended with the tying or go ahead runs on base, including all three losses to the Reds earlier this week. Get clutch hits in 9 of those close losses and you have a .500 team.

          Make no mistake, I am not claiming the Rockies to be good or even an average team at this point. But I would venture a guess that ANY team that loses so many key pieces (4 starting position players, 3 key starting pitchers all on the IL) to injury as Colorado would not be faring very well either.

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    • Arnold Ziffel

      2 years ago

      RJ is 100 percent correct. I have followed in David Nied opened in 1993, people need to quit supporting them. Montfort needs to sell.’

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    • Arnold Ziffel

      2 years ago

      RJ is 100 percent correct. I have followed in David Nied opened in 1993, people need to quit supporting them. Montfort needs to sell.’
      ..

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  4. Stan Papi

    2 years ago

    Well unlike George Costanza he does not have hand

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