PHOENIX — Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez received a cortisone shot in his right wrist after an MRI exam this week revealed a deep bone bruise.
“I feel better,” CarGo said Tuesday. “I got the cortisone shot. Now I have to wait and rest for two days.”
Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki said he’s confident Gonzalez will return to health after seeing him take batting practice on a recent road trip.
“Watching him take BP, and the strength he had, I believe he’s going to be fine. Obviously, we are going to need him,” Tulowitzki said.
Gonzalez’s Venezuelan publicist, Fabiola Bohorquez, said Tuesday on Twitter that Gonzalez will test the wrist during batting practice over the next few days after receiving the treatment.
Because of the all-star break, the Rockies don’t play again until Thursday night against the Milwaukee Brewers at Coors Field.
Gonzalez had the MRI exam after his wrist became sore over the weekend. He played Friday night at Washington and sat out games Saturday and Sunday against the Nationals.
He originally suffered the injury crashing into the center-field wall during a July 3 game against the Kansas City Royals at Coors Field.
Gonzalez played through a similar problem last September. The wrist injury didn’t affect his batting average, but it robbed him of some of his power. Gonzalez batted .393 last September, but he hit only five home runs, after clubbing eight homers in August and nine in July.
