Brewers get unfortunate news on Christian Yelich amid groin injury
This is not good news for the Brewers at all early this season.
Brewers get unfortunate news on Christian Yelich amid groin injury originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Milwaukee Brewers are 8-7 this season, a game and a half back of the Pittsburgh Pirates for first place in the NL Central.
While the Brewers are more than capable of bouncing back and taking the top spot in the division, there are a few issues the team is dealing with, especially on offense, with Jackson Chourio on the injured list. Unfortunately, according to Adam McCalvy of MLB. com , the Brewers are going to place Christian Yelich on the injured list, joining Chourio on the IL, as two of the top Brewers bats are now out.
Brewers to place Christian Yelich on injured list "Update to the Christian Yelich injury suffered Sunday against the Nationals: It's a left groin strain, and he has been placed on the 10-day injured list," McCalvy reports. "The Brewers called up infielder/outfielder Greg Jones to take Yelich's place and Rob Z. to the 60-day IL.
" This is some tough news for the Brewers, as they're now losing one of their best players for some time due to a groin injury early in the season. Yelich, the MVP and three-time All-Star, was off to a strong start this season. Through 15 games and 51 at-bats, Yelich had 16 hits, 10 runs scored, two doubles, one triple, one homer, 10 RBIs, three stolen bases, five walks, a .