DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies fired hitting coach Hensley Meulens and replaced him with former manager Clint Hurdle on Thursday.
The Rockies, who had the day off before starting a series against the Nationals, are 3-15. They are hitting .220, tied for 27th with 12 homers and last with 52 runs.
The 57-year-old Meulens had been the club's hitting coach under manager Bud Black since 2022. He served in the same position for the San Francisco Giants, helping manager Bruce Bochy guide that organization to three World Series titles.
Hurdle managed the Rockies from 2002-09, a tenure highlighted by a trip to the World Series in 2007. He was the club's minor league hitting coach from 1994-96 and big league hitting coach under Don Baylor, Jim Leyland and Buddy Bell from 1997-2002. He later worked with the Rangers before managing the Pirates from 2011-19.
The 67-year-old Hurdle has been a special assistant to Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt since December 2021.
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Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black looks on in the first inning of a baseball game against the Athletics Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. is expected to miss four-to-six weeks because of a strained right oblique.
Chisholm was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday, three days after getting hurt during a swing in a game at the Baltimore Orioles.
Manager Aaron Boone said Chisholm has a high-grade strain.
“I actually just was talking a couple of minutes ago to him he even said he couldn’t believe it. So we’ll see," Boone said before a series opener against Tampa Bay. "I think it’s going to be some time. In his mind it’s going to be real quick but I think it’s going to be a while, but we’ll just see how he heals up.”
Chisholm grabbed at his side after fouling off a first pitch from Kyle Gibson during the first inning, took a ball and then stepped out of the batter’s box to stretch the side, prompting Boone and an athletic trainer to come out and speak with him.
Chisholm remained in the game, doubled into the right-field corner on the next pitch and when the ball was bobbled headed to third and slid in headfirst. He appeared in discomfort and immediately left the game for a pinch runner.
“That’s kind of why the number is four to six weeks,” Boone said. “That being said, Jazz, his history is he is quick healer, so we’ll see, but that’s kind of the easy diagnosis.”
Chisholm's roster move was retroactive to Wednesday, and the Yankees recalled infielder Jorbit Vivas from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Acquired from Miami last July 27, Chisholm is hitting .181 with seven homers and 17 RBIs in 30 games. He was sidelined between Aug. 12 and 23 last year because of a sprained left elbow sustained on a headfirst slide.
Vivas was in the starting lineup at second base and batting ninth. He hit .319 with two homers and 15 RBIs in 26 games at Triple-A.
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New York Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. strikes out swinging during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
