PHILADELPHIA — David Dahl, the Rockies’ first-round draft pick in 2012 and one of their top prospects, was seriously injured during a game Thursday after .
“He was involved in a collision in a game. And that’s really all we can say at this point,” said Zach Wilson, the Rockies’ assistant general manager in charge of player development.
Dahl, 21, was taken to a hospital and underwent surgery on his spleen, his father, Mike Dahl,
On the play, Dahl came in from center field on a shallow fly ball and collided with New Britain Rock Cats second baseman Juan Ciriaco, the Press-Register reported.
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“He got hit in the face, the nose, the spleen, a bunch of different places, but that’s the main thing right now,” Mike Dahl told the paper. “He probably has a minor concussion, I would imagine, because he doesn’t remember much about what happened.”
Dahl started this season with Double-A New Britain (Conn.), the Rockies’ minor-league affiliate, after appearing in limited duty with the big-league club during spring training.
He was the 10th pick in the 2012 draft and last year played at Single-A and advanced-A levels. He’s
Dahl started slow this season, but was improving in recent weeks, Rock Cats development supervisor Ron Gideon said.
“I was trying to do too much the first month of the season,” “I was swinging at a lot of bad pitches. I think I’m doing everything the Rockies want me to do in taking advantage of the skills I have.”
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