Rockies select the contract of RHP Brooks Brown, RHP Nick Masset placed on the 15-day DL

DENVER - The Colorado Rockies announced today that the club has selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Brooks Brown from Triple-A Colorado Springs and placed right-handed pitcher Nick Masset on the 15-day disabled list with a left patellar tendon strain. Additionally, right-handed pitcher Raul Fernandez has been designated for assignment. Brown (#51) will be available for the Rockies in today's game against the Dodgers at Coors Field (2:10 p.m. MT).

Brown, 29, will make his Major League debut with his first appearance for the Rockies. The right-hander was acquired by the Rockies as a free agent during the offseason and has spent the year in Colorado Springs making 31 relief appearances for the Sky Sox. He is 1-0 with a 4.35 ERA (39.1 ip, 19 er) and 6 saves in those games. His 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings (35 K) were on pace to be a career best since his professional debut in 2006. Brooks was originally drafted out of the University of Georgia by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the supplemental first round (34^th overall) of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. He has spent 9 seasons in the in the minor leagues for Arizona (2006-08), Detroit (2009-12), Pittsburgh (2013) and Colorado (2014). He has compiled a 50-64 record and a 4.29 ERA (927.2 ip, 442 er) in 233 total games (139 starts).

Masset, 32, was placed on the 15-day disabled list after leaving yesterday's game early. He has made 28 relief appearances for the Rockies this season going 1-0 with a 4.94 ERA (23.2 ip, 13 er). His season debut for the Rockies May 5 against Texas was his first Major League appearance since September 27, 2011 with the Cincinnati Reds. He did not pitch in 2012 or 2013 due to a right shoulder injury. Masset was acquired as a free agent by the Rockies in the offseason and pitched in 8 games for Colorado Springs (1-0, 0.00 ERA) before his debut in Denver.

Fernandez, 24, was invited to his first Major League Spring Training earlier this year and pitched in 3 games with a 6.00 ERA (3.0 ip, 2 er). He has made 29 appearances with Modesto this season going 0-1 with 7 saves and a 7.00 ERA (27.0 ip, 21 er). In six seasons with the Rockies organization, he has gone 13-15 with 27 saves and a 4.85 ERA (261.2 ip, 141 er) in 145 Minor League games (25 starts). Fernandez was originally signed as an international free agent by Colorado in 2007.

The Rockies currently have a full 40-man roster.