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- Updated: July 25, 2016
DENVER — David Dahl, a 22-year-old outfielder who has hit .484 with six home runs in 16 games at Triple-A Albuquerque, joined the Rockies on Monday at Baltimore. He is in the lineup against the Orioles in left field, batting sixth.
Dahl, rated organization’s No. 2 prospect by MLBPipeline after being ranked fourth before the season, was scratched from Sunday’s Albuquerque game at Fresno.
Reserve outfielder Brandon Barnes was designated for assignment.
The Rockies’ top Draft pick and the 10th overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft out of Oak Mountain High School in Birmingham, Ala., Dahl began the year hitting .278 with 13 homers and 45 RBIs at Double-A Hartford in a performance that turned hot before the Rockies moved him to Albuquerque on July 4.
Dahl went 3-for-5 with a double and a home run in his Triple-A debut, and has hit safely in every game but one.
Last season, Dahl hit .278 with six homers and 24 RBIs in 73 games at Double-A New Britain. He was overcoming a slow start when he suffered a lacerated spleen in an on-field collision with a …
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