Brewers reveal new Christian Yelich OF plan amid brutal Jackson Chourio injury
This is going to be an interesting dynamic for the Brewers.
Brewers reveal new Christian Yelich OF plan amid brutal Jackson Chourio injury originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Milwaukee Brewers begin the 2026 MLB season against the Chicago White Sox in Milwaukee, but there is going to be a very notable absence for the home team, and it's not Freddy Peralta.
On Opening Day, just a few hours before the game, the Brewers announced that Jackson Chourio is going on the injured list with a fracture in his left hand. This is a brutal blow for the Brewers, as they now need to adjust the outfield before the season's even started. According to Jon Morosi of MLB Network , Brewers manager Pat Murphy revealed that Christian Yelich might move back to the outfield to begin the year with this unfortunate Chourio injury.
Brewers have new Christian Yelich plan amid Jackson Chourio's injury "Pat Murphy on MLBNetwork moments ago, speaking on Christian Yelich's role after the Chourio injury: '(Yelich) wants to play the outfield, and I think he will,'" Morosi reports. Yelich playing in the outfield is not something that the Brewers have done much with Yelich lately. He played in 122 games as an outfielder in 2023, but the last two years, he's been a designated hitter primarily.
He played just 48 games in the outfield in 2024 compared to 26 at designated hitter. Then in 2025, he played 131 games as the DH compared to just 19 as an outfielder. More : Alex Cora announces Caleb Durbin is Red Sox starting third baseman But if there were ever a time for Yelich to return to the outfield for an extended period of time, it would be now.