The Rockies on Monday placed infielder Daniel Murphy on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to March 30) with an avulsion fracture of the left index finger and recalled infielder Pat Valaika from Triple-A Albuquerque.

Murphy injured the finger when his hand jammed awkwardly into the infield dirt on a fourth-inning fielding play in Friday night’s win over the Marlins.

Valaika, a middle infielder by trade, played well at first base while playing several positions in Spring Training.

Left-handed-hitting Ryan McMahon, who started at second base the first two games of the first series, played first on Saturday in place of Murphy, who joined the team in December on a two-year, $24 million contract. Right-handed-hitting Mark Reynolds, the Rockies’ primary first baseman in 2016 and '17 before spending last season with the Nationals, made the team as a reserve and he could be in line for starts at first base.