Jonathan Herrera doubled, homered and drove in two runs in Wednesday's win over the Padres. He took Clayton Richard deep for a two-run bomb in the second inning. The extra-base hits were Herrera's first of the season. Purely a reserve, Herrera is off the radar in deeper NL-only leagues.

Rockies activated INF Jonathan Herrera from the 60-day disabled list. Herrera's 2012 season came to a premature close after the infielder fractured his index finger in early September. He batted .242/.313/.299 in 320 plate appearances.

Rockies placed INF Jonathan Herrera on the 60-day disabled list with a fractured right index finger. He was cleared to open a spot on the 40-man roster for reliever Jim Miller. Herrera, who suffered the injury when he shut his hand in a door, batted .242/.313/.299 batting line to go along with three homers and 14 RBI over 320 plate appearances this season.

Jonathan Herrera is expected to miss the rest of the season with a broken right index finger.

Jonathan Herrera went 3-for-5 and scored two of the Rockies' three runs in Friday's win. Herrera is starting to see more action again lately as the Rockies try to figure out their infield for next year. There's been a lot of speculation that they'll re-sign Mark Ellis, but they might just decide to have Herrera, Eric Young Jr. and Chris Nelson battle for the starting job at second base next spring.