Lourdes Gurriel Jr. suffered torn ACL, Diamondbacks move him to IL

The Arizona Diamondbacks announced that outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. sustained a torn right ACL against the Texas Rangers on Monday night.

That will effectively end his season, and the D-backs placed him on the 10-day injured list among a series of roster moves Tuesday.

Arizona also recalled right-hander Taylor Rashi and infielder Connor Kaiser from Triple-A Reno, while optioning reliever Juan Burgos.

Gurriel hit the ground in the sixth inning on Monday after getting out of the way of Blaze Alexander making a diving catch in the left-center field gap.

Gurriel was seen holding his right leg, and trainers were brought onto the field. He stayed down for several minutes until getting up and walking gingerly to the seat of the cart.

Blaze Alexander makes an incredible inning-ending catch but Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is injured trying to get out of the way

Hope he is ok🙏 pic.twitter.com/T9X54IcZo6

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) September 2, 2025

Manager Torey Lovullo said postgame that the injury did not look great.

Torey Lovullo provides an update on Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who was carted off the field in tonight’s loss to Texas. pic.twitter.com/SBj34N1TaT

— Arizona Sports (@AZSports) September 2, 2025

“ I had a few-minute conversation with him today when I got here,” Lovullo said on Tuesday. “He’s trying to understand why it happened and what the next several days and weeks and months and potentially a year will look like. I hurt for him.”

Prior to the injury, Gurriel had been one of the Diamondbacks’ best hitters since the trade deadline, hitting .286 in his last 15 games with four home runs and 18 RBIs.

He has a player option for $13 million in 2026 that is likely to be exercised, adding to the D-backs’ list of guaranteed contracts that will begin the year recovering from serious injuries.

Rashi, 29, returns to the roster after making a 3.0-inning save opportunity in his MLB debut last Thursday before he was optioned as Arizona called up prospect Brandyn Garcia for a fresh arm.

The 28-year-old Kaiser played five games with the Diamondbacks and recorded two hits in 14 at-bats with two RBIs from Aug. 3-17.

Burgos was hit by a comebacker and suffered a forearm contusion on Monday. His X-rays were negative.

Injury-riddled season continues for D-backs

Gurriel’s injury marks another D-backs player lost for the season due to a season-ending injury.

Along with Gurriel, pitchers Corbin Burnes, A.J. Puk, Tommy Henry, Kevin Ginkel and Justin Martinez all sustained season-ending injuries earlier in the campaign.

First baseman Pavin Smith was recently placed on the injured list with a quad injury, and Lovullo said on Saturday that he is “trending toward” missing the remainder of the season.

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