Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was diagnosed with a torn ACL and was placed on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday. He will miss the remainder of the 2025 season, but an expected timeline for his return has not yet been announced.
Gurriel was injured during Monday night’s game when he tried to a void making contact with center fielder Blaze Alexander, who made a diving play on a ball in the left-center gap.
“I made the play and I had no idea what kind of happened behind me,” Alexander said following the D-backs’ 7-5 loss to the Rangers in 10 innings. “I made the play, I was kind of looking at the crowd, and started running in. I see [shortstop Geraldo] Perdomo running towards me. I was like, what’s going on? Looked back and Gurriel was down.”
Gurriel injured his right knee when he planted it to avoid running into the diving Alexander. The two did not make contact on the play.
Alexander waved out the trainers and Gurriel eventually got to his feet and was helped to a medical cart and taken off the field.
Losing the veteran Gurriel is a big blow to the Diamondbacks, who find themselves barely hanging on to slim postseason hopes. Gurriel was riding a hot streak at the plate with 32 RBIs since Aug. 1, second to only Kyle Schwarber’s 33 over that span.
The D-backs also made a few other roster moves on Tuesday, recalling right-hander Taylor Rashi and infielder Connor Kaiser from Triple-A Reno while optioning right-hander Juan Burgos.
