The Rockies announced Monday that theyve reinstated infielder from the 60-day injured list. Rodgers has yet to play in a game this season after suffering a shoulder injury during spring training. Colorado also recalled infielder from Triple-A Albuquerque. That pair of moves will fill the roster spots vacated by Charles Barkley Jersey last nights trades of and ( in the same deal). Rodgers also fills one of what had been three vacancies on the 40-man roster. Originally, there was concern that Rodgers injury would prove to be season-ending in nature. Ultimately, itll still end up costing him about two-thirds of the 2023 campaign, though thats surely a preferable result for the 26-year-old, as opposed to an entirely lost season. Rodgers has been on a minor league rehab a signment for a couple weeks now and has hit particularly well (7-for-20 with a homer and two doubles) since moving up from Cla s-A to Triple-A. He appeared in 10 minor league games and tallied 38 plate appearances before being deemed ready to go. Rodgers, the third overall pick in 2015, has tallied 996 plate appearances from 2021-22 as the Rockies primary second baseman, turning in a solid .274/.326/.434 slash with 28 homers, 51 doubles, six triples and strong defense at second base. Defensive Runs Saved credited Rodgers with a whopping +22 mark at the position in 2022, and while metrics like Ultimate Zone Rating (7.9) and Outs Above Average (3) werent quite as bullish, he universally graded as an above-average defender and was recognized as such when he captured his first Gold Glove Award last year. Its deadline season and the Rockies are sellers, so its technically plausible that the Rox could be surprised by an over-the-top offer for Rodgers in the 26 hours between now and tomorrows trade deadline, though that seems quite unlikely. Rodgers has another two years of affordable club control remaining beyond the current season, and the Rox surely arent keen on trading away such a major piece of their roster when his value is down fresh on the heels of a season-long IL stint. Given the general state of the Rockies, however, Rodgers could emerge as an offseason trade candidate if he performs well in the final two months and sufficiently proves that the shoulder injury is behind him. Dwight Howard Jersey