By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

JUST as the media began to take notice and highlight his comeback effort this season in the Arizona Diamondbacks minor league system, Jazz Chisholm experienced another injury setback.

The Kane County Cougars sent Chisholm to the 7-day disabled list on April 20 due to a hamstring injury.

Chisholm left the Cougars' 13-2 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on April 18 after he awkwardly slid into third base.

Chisholm was off to a hot start for Kane County, hitting .290 with an OBP of .405 a slugging percentage of .581, an OPS of .986 with 5 extra base hits (three doubles, and two home runs). His walk rate is at 16.2% at the time of injury.

Chisholm has already surpassed his home run total from last season.

A torn meniscus cut short Chisholm's debut season in Single A baseball with the Cougars in the Midwestern League's Western Division.

He played in just 29 games - hit .248 with, three stolen bases, slugging .358, an on-base percentage of .325, an OPS of .683, 12 RBI and one home run. "It gave me a way different perspective of the game," Chisholm said to the Kane County Chronicle when he referenced the injury. "I used to give it all I can, and now, I'm trying to push the limit of that. I'm not just giving it all I can, I'm giving it all I can give...It showed me that it's baseball, it's not you. It gave me way more love and respect for the game."

Chisholm was the highest ranked of any Bahamian prospects headed into the season, listed at No.3 within the Arizona Diamondbacks franchise.

"In 2018, my goal and my plan is to get in the majors by the end of the year," Chisholm said in the offseason. "It has been a grind to get where I'm at. So I just have to continue to put my all in everything I do and just grind to represent the 242 the right way."