DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies placed outfielder David Dahl on the 10-day injured list with a high right ankle sprain, the team announced Saturday.An MRI performed Saturday morning confirmed the injury, which occurred during the sixth inning of Friday night's win over the San Francisco Giants. Manager Bud Black did not have a timeline for Dahl's returns but said it could be "several weeks."Dahl was hurt when he slightly overran a knuckling flyball from Scooter Gennett. He planted his feet to stop and reached back to catch the ball and his right leg buckled under him. He was taken off the field on a cart after being attended to by the training staff.This is the third straight season Dahl has dealt with a significant injury. He missed all of 2017 with a stress reaction in his rib cage and was out two months last season with a broken right foot suffered when he fouled a ball off of it.Dahl, who is batting .302 with 15 home runs and 61 RBIs, was a first-time All-Star this season.The Rockies recalled outfielder Yonathan Daza from Triple-A Albuquerque.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

DENVER (AP) — Kyle Freeland thinks he has lost his direction on the mound.So while the Colorado Rockies left-hander said it "stinks" that he's been demoted to Triple-A Albuquerque, he's keeping his mind open as he refines his mechanics.Freeland is 2-6 with a 7.13 ERA this season and nowhere near the form he displayed last year, when he finished fourth in NL Cy Young Award voting.Really, though, he's not trying to return to that version."However I come back, that's going to be the person I'm going to be," Freeland said Friday in the dugout shortly after being optioned. "I'm not trying to repeat what I did last year. That's kind of out the window at this point. I'm going to go down, learn — learn even more about this game and come back a better person, better athlete, better pitcher."The 26-year-old Denver native welcomed the chance to work on specific aspects of his game out of the big league spotlight. He said he's not sure how many starts it might take to turn things around, but has a... [More]

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies are sending left-hander Kyle Freeland to Triple-A Albuquerque to work on his mechanics after a rough start to the season.Freeland is 2-6 with a 7.13 ERA and nowhere near the form he displayed a season ago, when he finished fourth in NL Cy Young Award voting.The 26-year-old Freeland said it "stinks" that he must return to the minors, but welcomed the chance to work on aspects of his game out of the big-league spotlight. He said he's not sure how many starts it might take to turn things around.In other moves, the Rockies reinstated lefty Chris Rusin (strained back) from the 10-day injured list, recalled righty Jesus Tinoco from Albuquerque and optioned outfielder Yonathan Daza to Triple-A.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports