Dugan Darnell was placed on the 15-day injured list on August 22 and moved to the 60-day IL on August 24, ending his first Major League season. Tests revealed a torn left hip labrum that will require surgery, likely near the end of September, with an estimated eight-month recovery. Darnell was struck in the hip by an Alex Call line drive on August 21 and had reportedly experienced lingering hip soreness beforehand. Darnell rose from independent ball to sign with Colorado in 2021, produced strong Triple-A 2025 numbers, and posted a 3.86 ERA in 11 2/3 MLB innings.
The Rockies placed Dugan Darnell on the 15-day injured list on August 22 and then moved him to the 60-day IL two days later, officially ending the right-hander's first Major League season. Darnell was initially sidelined due to left hip inflammation, but he told the Denver Post's Patrick Saunders and other reporters that tests revealed a torn left hip labrum, and surgery will be required.
An Alex Call line drive struck Darnell in the hip on August 21, during the Rockies' 9-5 loss to the Dodgers. That fateful plate appearance may have been the last straw in forcing the surgery, as Colorado interim manager Warren Schaffer suggested last week that Darnell had been dealing with lingering hip soreness even before Call's liner. Regardless, it's a tough setback for Darnell's career so soon after he'd finally completed a long journey to the majors.
Darnell signed as an undrafted free agent with Colorado in February 2021, following two years of playing independent ball. The righty then posted a 3.74 ERA over 255 1/3 innings in the Rockies' farm system, working out of the bullpen in all but two of his 200 appearances. After some rough numbers at the Triple-A level in 2023 and 2024, Darnell posted a 3.19 ERA, 28.8% strikeout rate, and 8.7% walk rate over 53 2/3 innings in Albuquerque in 2025.
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