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Brewers Activate Corey Knebel; Wade Miley Out Four To Six Weeks

By Steve Adams | May 9, 2018 at 3:30pm CDT

3:30pm: Miley has been told he’ll miss four to six weeks with the oblique strain (Twitter link via Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel).

May 9, 9:44am: Milwaukee has announced the moves. Franklin is indeed going to the DL, with infielder Tyler Saladino called up to take his place on the active roster.

May 8: The Brewers announced that Wade Miley left tonight’s start with a strained right oblique muscle. He’s headed to the disabled list (Twitter link via MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy), while closer Corey Knebel is set to be activated from the DL tomorrow. It’s also possible that infielder Nick Franklin is headed for the DL after incurring an injury on the very day he returned to the big leagues. McCalvy tweets that he left tonight’s game with a quadriceps strain and is “likely” to hit the DL.

Miley’s injury comes less than a week after he was activated from the disabled list for a groin strain that cost him the first month of the season. The 31-year-old veteran notched a very solid quality start in his first outing, allowing one run through six innings, but he exited tonight’s game after recording just one out when he injured his oblique while delivering a pitch. There’s no timeline on his return, but it’s common for players to spend around a month on the disabled list for Grade 1 strains and considerably longer for Grade 2 strains.

With Miley heading to the DL and likely to miss several starts, the Brewers may once again turn to southpaw Brent Suter. The 28-year-old lefty just moved to the ’pen to accommodate Miley, but he showed that he’s still plenty stretched out by coming in and posting 4 2/3 innings of quality relief in Miley’s place tonight. Zach Davies is also on the DL with some mild inflammation in his right shoulder, so the Brewers will need to fill two spots for the time being, although Davies’ absence is expected to be extremely minimal. Prospect Brandon Woodruff is on-hand in Triple-A and could be viewed as an option for the Brewers to step into the starting mix alongside Suter.

[Related: Milwaukee Brewers depth chart]

Knebel landed on the disabled list on April 6 after collapsing on the mound while delivering a pitch. He had to be helped off the field and looked to be in excruciating pain, though the diagnosis ultimately proved to be more favorable than expected upon seeing the initial injury. The Brewers initially believed that Knebel would miss “at least” six weeks, but he’ll return to the club in a bit under five weeks after suffering his injury.

If Franklin requires a DL trip, the Brewers could give Eric Sogard another look, though he consented to an optional assignment today in an effort to get his swing sorted out in the minors. Tyler Saladino would be another option who is already on the 40-man roster and has plenty of middle infield experience in the Majors. And Jonathan Villar, of course, is still with the big league club as well, though he’s had a lackluster season at the plate so far in 2018.

It’s been an eventful day on the injury front in Milwaukee. The Brewers learned earlier today that Mauricio Dubon, one of their top infield prospects who’d been in the mix for a call to the Majors, will miss the remainder of the year following a torn ACL. And the news is somehow even more grim for veteran catcher and beloved clubhouse leader Stephen Vogt, who suffered damage to his anterior capsule, rotator cuff and labrum in his throwing shoulder and is now faced with the possibility of career-threatening surgery.

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21 Comments

  1. dewssox79

    7 years ago

    gotta make a move. maybe a smaller deal for an innings guy.

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    • kcbbfan

      7 years ago

      IMO…the Brewers should trade for Duffy, Perez, Herrera and Merrifield from the Royals. Each one of those four Royals would fill weak spots on the Brewers and would likely put them in the middle of a serious WS run. The Brewers have the system to pull off this kind of massive blockbuster and it would get the trade deadline season off to a banging start.

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  2. jorge78

    7 years ago

    What else can happen to the Brewers? Geez…..

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  3. andrewf

    7 years ago

    Brewers are the new mets

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    • carlote

      7 years ago

      exactly!!!

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  4. Phattey

    7 years ago

    Oh damn he was like the best starting pitcher we had

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  5. stubby66

    7 years ago

    You know if Franklin goes on the dl and they don’t promote Orf if I was him I would asked to be release honestly. All I have ever heard from his MiLB coaches is he will be a good Major league baseball player

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    • stubby66

      7 years ago

      I remember when Altuve got brought up, he didn’t have the measurements an he wasn’t in the rebuild plans so what the heck let him play now I know Orf isn’t him but come on listen to the baseball gods

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      • connorreed

        7 years ago

        1. He’s already 28
        2. He was an undrafted free agent and has nowhere near the tools players like Altuve did
        3. He’s repeating his third year in AAA
        4. The PCL average is typically about 20 points higher than the MLB or IL to begin with
        5. Not only is he in a hitter-friendly league, but he’s doing it at Colorado Springs
        6. He has an unsustainable .460 BABIP this season

        Of course, I could be wrong, and he does deserve a shot, but if I’m the Brewers, I’m not testing him out while the team has a clear shot to win the division.

        There’s a reason he hit .288/.388/386 in 123 games in A+ and .259/368/.339 in 165 games in Double-A.

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        • stubby66

          7 years ago

          I get that but Saladino, Franklin, Sogard, Perez, Villar have all had ample tries. Orf does everything he is asked to do, Works hard , is versatile, hungry team player, listens. Plus when coaches at all his levels say he deserves it it’s time to give him a shot. Yes he may not give you 4 or 5 years but you know if he gives you enough to help win some games to help you get to a world series it is worth it. Right now he can’t be worse then the guys that are barely hitting over the Mendoza line combined

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        • AlBundysFanClubPresident

          7 years ago

          1. So he’s 28..and that means it’s too late? Or they should wait til he’s 30? Being a bit older shouldn’t have anything to do with being given a shot.
          2. Being undrafted doesn’t mean anything either, and nobody is saying he’s as good as Altuve. He was just saying give him a chance, like the ‘Stros did with Jose.
          3. It’s not like he’s repeating the 3rd grade for the third time (it probably has more to do with Stearns and Counsell’s unhealthy obsession with Villar and repeating the Nick Franklin mistake than Orf’s skills or age.
          4/5. Rats, so that .381 would drop to .361..oops, .341..?
          6. I’d rather see the ball put in play PERIOD, than watch the entire lineup strike out. Pretty sure that’s sustainable.
          So, the brewers are better off with multiple proven black hole offense (and not much better defense) manning 2b because that’s somehow more helpful than trying something/someone new? Hmm, here I thought doing the same thing over and over expecting different results was the definition of insanity, not the recipe for success.

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  6. Brewers39

    7 years ago

    Saladino might be better than Sogard. He’s a good defender, but can’t hit.

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  7. cincinnatikid

    7 years ago

    Reds would probably flip Scooter Gennett back to Milwaukee. That way the Nick Senzel era could start in Cincinnati

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  8. ray_derek

    7 years ago

    lmao @ brewer fans wanted Orf up to majors

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    • leftcoaster

      7 years ago

      Dude is hitting .381 after stroking .320 in 17. So…..uh……yea, it might prudent to give him a shot.

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      • ray_derek

        7 years ago

        I guess when you’re ranked 27 in all of baseball in offense you gotta try something.

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        • brewcrew08

          7 years ago

          Can’t the same be said about the cubs defense being terrible and average pitching at best? Oh wait this is where you’ll say it’s only 6 weeks in. So the numbers matter when it looks bad for the brewers but not the cubs that’s right…silly me.

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  9. stubby66

    7 years ago

    REALLY WHAT IS ORF FRIENDS WITH TYLER CRAVY IS THAT WHY HE HASN’T GOTTEN HIS CHANCE BECAUSE IT ISN’T CAUSE HE HASN’T PROVED HIMSELF!!!! RELEASE HIM AND LET HIM MOVE ON SO HE CAN MAKE YOU GUYS PAY FOR THE FRICKEN STUPIDITY ON THIS!!!!

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    • jorge78

      7 years ago

      Whom is Tyler Cravy?

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  10. Thomas Walker

    7 years ago

    Easy with the Caps Lock bro.

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  11. Thomas Zappa

    7 years ago

    Per Milwaukee JS… Miley out 6-8 weeks, not 4-6.

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