Colorado Rockies roster moves: Scott Oberg to 10-day injured list

According to the Colorado Rockies PR team, the Rockies will send their closer Scott Oberg to the 10-day injured list.

The Colorado Rockies announced a few minutes ago that they will send their closer, Scott Oberg, to the 10-day injured list with axillary artery thrombosis in his right arm, which is also known as a blood clot.

In a corresponding move, the Rockies have recalled reliever DJ Johnson up from Triple-A Albuquerque.

"“His arm felt heavy. It just didn’t feel normal so he was alarmed,” Colorado manager Bud Black said. “In simplest terms, blood clot in the arm, had it dissolved and from what happens today moving forward, I’ll be kept abreast of what happens. That’s as far as I know.”"

Black said he has been texting with Oberg, who remained in the hospital last night after having the clot dissolved, and he seemed to be in good spirits.

Oberg, 29, has had issues with blood clots before, as far back as 2016 for the Rockies and even before his professional MLB career, as Rox Pile’s Jake Shapiro discussed in this article from last year. That particularly time, he was placed on what was then called the 15-day disabled list in mid-August and he missed the rest of the season.

With the procedure, Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post believes Oberg’s 2019 season is over.