Colorado Rockies injury news: The latest update on DJ LeMahieu

Colorado Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu is making strides toward a return, giving indications that his oblique injury is not as severe as originally feared.

LeMahieu was placed on the 10-day disabled list on July 21 with a left oblique strain. It is the third stint on the disabled list of the season for the Colorado Rockies All-Star, marking the first time in his career he has spent any time on the DL.

In a meeting with media members before the Rockies met the Oakland A’s in the second game of their three-game series at Coors Field, Colorado manager Bud Black indicated that LeMahieu was not going to miss an extended period of time.

“DJ is progressing,” Black told Rox Pile when we was asked him about LeMahieu on Saturday afternoon. “No timetable. I know the training staff and DJ are both encouraged here in the relatively short term of what has happened over the last four or five days, some of the movement he’s been able to do and some of the strengthening exercises that have begun.“Like we initially thought, this doesn’t look like a six- to eight-week oblique scare, which some are. On the scale, this was a mild one.”

Colorado Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu is making strides toward a return, giving indications that his oblique injury is not as severe as originally feared.

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