Rockies News and Notes: Carlos Gonzalez, Chris Iannetta

By Julian Levine Jul 22, 2011, 6:25pm EDT

Rockies OF Carlos Gonzalez left Thursday's game with a wrist injury -- one that dates back to August of 2010.
The Rockies have placed him on the 15-day DL, and recalled INF/OF Eric Young Jr to take his place.
Troy Renck of the Denver Post also tweets that this will give the team a chance to audition Young, if they decide to package him as part of a trade. The Rockies nearly traded him last winter for the Texas Rangers' Michael Young
The Rockies, who are now sellers, are listening on Ty Wigginton, Ryan Spilborghs, Chris Iannetta and Ubaldo Jimenez.
Renck says he expects at least two trades, and calls an Ubaldo trade a "longshot."
Lastly, he calls this Iannetta's last year: either he's traded this month, or he's traded in the offseason.
Among teams interested in Iannetta are the Pirates and the Indians, and Boston has had "on-and-off interest" in him.

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