The injury bug hit the Rockies hard this year, including at the minor-league level. Colorado farm director Chris Forbes provided The Post with updates on a number of renowned prospects who are currently dealing with injuries.

OF Benny Montgomery

Montgomery, Colorado’s No. 6 overall prospect per MLB Pipeline, was carted off the field on Sunday in Eugene after colliding in the outfield with High-A Spokane teammate Juan Guerrero. The players ran into each other at full speed and knocked knees.

Forbes said that “fingers are crossed that it’s not serious,” and that Montgomery only suffered a contusion. The Indians were off Monday, and the Rockies will re-evaluate Montgomery on Tuesday.

OF Zac Veen

Colorado’s second-ranked prospect underwent season-ending left wrist surgery on June 22. The surgery addressed a lingering issue for Veen, fixing the injured extensor capri ulnaris tendon that zapped his power in his first year in Double-A, where he hit .209 with two homers in 46 games.

Veen’s spent time at home in Florida lately, decompressing after surgery, and the Rockies hope he’s back playing later this year.

“The hope is get him out to winter ball and he gets some at-bats, so he’s in a good spot coming into spring training,” Forbes said.

SS Adael Amador

The prized international signing and Colorado’s top-ranked prospect underwent surgery to fix a broken right hamate bone in early July, and is on the road to recovery. Forbes said the club doesn’t have an exact timetable for his return, but projects “we’ll get more (games) out of him this year.”

Prior to getting injured, Amador was slashing .302/.391/.514 with nine homers, 14 doubles and three triples for High-A Spokane, and appeared cruising toward a promotion to Double-A Hartford by midseason. His surgery put a speedbump in that trajectory, but Amador is still only 20 years old. He’s a natural shortstop, but could be a second baseman in the majors.

RHP Gabriel Hughes, RHP Jackson Cox, RHP Jordy Vargas

The trio of starting pitching prospects all underwent Tommy John surgery last week. Now, it’s a waiting game to get Hughes (the organization’s top-ranked pitching prospect), Vargas (No. 3 pitching prospect) and Cox (No. 4) back on the mound.

“So far, so good with all of them (coming out of surgery),” Forbes said. “We’ll wait to get the sutures out and slowly start building them back up.”

Hughes, Colorado’s pick at No. 10 overall last year, struggled with a 6.21 ERA this summer across 14 starts for High-A Spokane and Double-A Hartford. Cox, a second-round pick last year, also underperformed with a 7.26 ERA in 10 games (nine starts) for Low-A Fresno. Vargas, an international signing, was 6-3 with a 4.22 ERA in 13 starts for Fresno.

LHP Helcris Olivarez

The flame-throwing international prospect missed most of 2022 with a left shoulder strain, which then turned into major shoulder surgery for the southpaw.

He’s now back to throwing bullpens, although he’s still a ways off from pitching in a game. That’s likely to come this fall. When it does happen, the Rockies’ plan is to throw him back into high-leverage roles in the bullpen and see if he can continue the trajectory he was on prior to getting hurt.

“We may just let him sprint,” Forbes said.

LHP Ryan Rolison

Once deemed one of the future pillars of the Rockies’ rotation, Rolison had shoulder surgery in 2022 and then suffered a setback this year after just four starts, which included a 12.60 ERA across his two outings in Triple-A.

But Rolison is back throwing bullpens now. Forbes said the organization still sees Colorado’s pick at No. 22 overall in 2018 in a starter/long reliever role.

That is despite the recent string of injuries for Rolison, who also missed time in 2021 due to appendicitis and a broken hand. Rolison didn’t pitch during the canceled 2020 minor-league season, so he’s only started 20 games over the last four years. Colorado believes his growth has been delayed, but his potential is still there.

“He looks a lot more free to me than the last time he went through this (injury adversity),” Forbes said.

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