Slumping Joshua Fuentes sent down to Triple-A by Rockies

Joshua Fuentes has been fantabulous successful the tract but has struggled mightily astatine the plate, truthful the Rockies optioned him to Triple-A Albuquerque Thursday anterior to their crippled against the Padres successful San Diego.

In different moves, Colorado activated right-handed pitcher Ashton Goudeau — who was acquired from Cincinnati Thursday greeting — and recalled right-handed pitcher José Mujica. Either Goudeau oregon Mujica could beryllium disposable to commencement Friday night’s crippled against the Padres successful the lawsuit the Rockies commercialized right-hander Jon Gray.

The Major League Baseball commercialized deadline is 2 p.m. (MDT) Friday and rumors proceed to swirl that the Rockies mightiness commercialized Gray. He is scheduled to commencement Friday night.

Fuentes is hitting .228 with a .618 OPS and has drawn lone 12 walks successful 276 sheet appearances. On the road, he’s batting conscionable .151 (19-for-126). He went 2-for-4 Wednesday nighttime against the Angels, but those were his archetypal hits since the All-Star break. He’s batting .190 (24-for-126) with 2 doubles and 3 location runs implicit his past 46 games.

“Josh needs to exhale and get backmost connected the equine successful Triple-A, and get backmost to that intelligence spot wherever he’s successful a bully spot … getting hits and being Joshua Fuentes,” manager Bud Black said. “Any clip you slump, it’s frustrating, archetypal and foremost for the player. So let’s get that vexation retired and get him backmost to (being) the subordinate we cognize he’s susceptible of being. He was disappointed, but helium understood.”

Fuentes’ 10 antiaircraft runs saved are the astir among big-league 3rd basemen, according to Sports Info Solutions.