The Brewers are planning to activate second baseman Kolten Wong from the injured list before Friday’s series opener against the Cubs, manager Craig Counsell told reporters (including Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). Milwaukee is off tomorrow.
Wong went on the IL with a left oblique strain April 10, but he’ll only miss a few days more than the 10-day minimum. The team more than held their own in his absence, compiling an 8-3 record punctuated by a three-game sweep of the Padres. Still, Wong’s return will be a welcome development for a Milwaukee club that added him in free agency over the winter. He hasn’t hit much over his first seven games as a Brewer, but Wong has a lengthy track record of solid offense and Gold Glove caliber defense at the keystone.
With Wong back manning second base, the Brewers figure to bump Keston Hiura back to first and push Daniel Vogelbach out of the starting lineup. Hiura, though, is off to a dreadful start to the year after struggling in 2020.
The Baseball Fan
Nice, they just made some strange moves so maybe they can right there Wongs
The Baseball Fan
I’m Carl Azuz here live
CravenMoorehead
Wong move at the right time.
oldmansteve
They could try signing his brother Kean, but 2 Wongs don’t make a right.
troll
wight
troll
isn’t reinstatement used for other lists and not coming off the injury list?
MasterCal
Reinstatement/activating is more or less the same
troll
reinstatement is from a prohibited list or ban.
pdxbrewcrew
Reinstatement is also off the IL.
Yekatman
I would rather see the crew keep Vogelbach in the starting lineup and give Hiura a chance to rediscover his stroke in Appleton.
Luckybrew
I agree Hiura need to go down rediscover his stroke. He’s been brutal swinging at everything.
giannisandyelich123
Vogelbach is going Bach to the bench. Hopefully Keston can Huira up and start hitting or I’m going to YELich lol
troll
you need counsell-ing
jk
don’t be a hader!
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you’re josh-in me
brewscrew
I Cain understand a few puns, but so many just feels Wong. I Shaw that people were calling each other Haders, but you guys are better than some easy Burnes.
Billy McKinney.
pdxbrewcrew
A bunch here thinking they are Kevin Hart, when they’re really Pauly Shore.
troll
tou get a carrot, top
troll
hit the t instead of the y,
i see your pauly shore and raise you a jeff dunham
racosun
Don’t weaz the juice, buh-dee.