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- Updated: September 11, 2016
SAN DIEGO — With the 2016 season beginning to wind down, the Rockies pitching staff could see limitations on a pair of rookie starters begin to take effect.
Tyler Anderson and Jeff Hoffman have both seen major elbow injuries in the past, with Hoffman undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2014 and Anderson sitting out the entire 2015 season trying to heal from a stress fracture. Anderson also had his 2016 debut delayed by an oblique injury.
“Anderson’s a little bit unique, that case,” manager Walt Weiss said. “We’ve kept an eye on him, haven’t kept a hard number for innings or anything like that. Just more monitoring him. With Hoffman, there’s a number, I’m not exactly sure what it is.”
Hoffman has thrown a combined 136 1/3 innings in 2016 between Triple-A Albuquerque and Colorado. That’s preceded by 104 innings in his first season as a professional after undergoing surgery and getting taken ninth overall in the 2014 Draft. Anderson has thrown 127 1/3 innings between four levels this season, including 96 2/3 …
