Scary situation for Chris Nelson and his family as doctors had to shock his heart back into rhythm Tuesday. In light of his hospitalization the team moved him to the DL. Jonathan Herrera has also been moved to the DL with an ailing shoulder.
DJ LeMahieu and Andrew Brown have been called up to take their places with the club. LeMahieu can play second, short and third. LeMahieu, the second piece in the Cubs Stewart trade, has already played for the Rockies. His 19 games with the team produced a forgettable .205/.262/.231, but his time with CS is yielding a .314 average.
Brown, who was claimed off of waivers from the Cardinals at the end of last year, has been hot for Colorado Springs (.317 | .372 | .605) with 20 home runs and 84 RBI’s in 86 games. He can play both infield as well as outfield and was recently named to the Triple-A All-Star Game.
Very scary situation for Nelson…first i’ve heard about sparkplug – he’s been hurting since Saturday…
i’m excited to see what Brown can do for us – he’s been around a while, drafted in ’07, but mostly for minor league teams…would be really nice if things clicked for him with us…
The only time Brown has been to the show was 11 games for the Cards…he was horrible [.182 | .182 | .227], but many guys struggle with their first shot was the bigs…
The Post reports it is an infected wrist ailing Herrera. Apparently his Rolex has been chafing.
It really sucks for Nelson this has occurred. He has appeared all set to break-out and live-up to his 1st-rounder status, but first the heel, then the ankle, and now this heart thing.
What happened to Nelson does suck from the perspective that it didn’t correct itself or the meds didn’t correct it. I’m sure he will recover just fine.