ATLANTA (AP) -The Rockies are replacing veteran Livan Hernandez with rookie Greg Reynolds in their rotation.
Manager Clint Hurdle announced the move Thursday, one day after Hernandez gave up four runs and eight hits in 4 1-3 innings during a 9-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Hernandez is 1-3 with a 9.85 ERA.
“I told him we were going to make a change because we were not getting the results that we had wanted,” Hurdle said. “And it wasn’t from lack of effort. The effort is there. The results haven’t been what we needed or wanted.”
Reynolds was 2-6 with a 6.71 ERA in 11 starts between May 11 and July 4 before he was sent to Triple-A Colorado Springs on July 5.
Hurdle said Reynolds responded to the earlier demotion the way the team hoped.
“When you’re told you’ve got to leave, it hits you between the eyes and you go down there one way or the other,” said Hurdle of Reynolds, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2006 amateur draft. “You go down there bitter or you go down there to get better. He went down there to get better.”
batters in a perfect inning on Wednesday night, his first career relief appearance.
“Everybody feels like he’s back and in a better place with his delivery,” Hurdle said. “Everything has improved.”
Reynolds is expected to start on Monday at San Diego.
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