The Brewers are sending outfielder Christian Yelich to the 10-day injured list, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com tweets. Yelich is continuing to deal with a back issue. Milwaukee announced that it has recalled outfielder Tyrone Taylor to take Yelich’s spot.
Yelich just returned Monday after missing three-plus weeks because of his ailing back, and he picked up two hits in a loss to the Phillies. However, manager Craig Counsell said Tuesday that Yelich “doesn’t feel good,” per Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The Brewers haven’t found anything serious in an MRI, but Counsell noted that there is “something else we haven’t diagnosed.” The team’s goal is “to completely resolve this,” Counsell added.
The Brewers have gone through most of the season without the former MVP, who has played in 10 games, totaled 41 plate appearances and batted .353/.463/.382. So far, though, they’ve overcome his absence (and a slew of other injuries) en route to a 17-12 record – good for a first-place tie with the Cardinals in the National League Central. Of course, that doesn’t mean the Brewers will continue to succeed without Yelich, especially considering most of their other outfielders have posted average or much worse numbers.
Well that sucks!
Even as a Cards fan I agree. Great player.
Backs are tough. I’ve seen guys that show zero on mri suffer in a lot of pain
This contract will probably end up like when the Twins paid Joe Mauer big money after that huuuuuuge 2009 MVP season where he hit .365 with 28 home runs, and then Mauer into a 6’5″ singles hitter with a few doubles after that huge contract.
Hopefully I’m wrong, but back problems are no joke, and he has the money, so it’s not like he has to push for a contract anytime soon.
Honestly I’m more worried that this is a chronic issue that will prevent Yelich from ever playing a full season again. Prince Fielder anyone?
I’m sure he can play 1B, and next year the DH will be an NL thing, so there will be a place if he can stay healthy. But I sure hope he gets this thing figured out…
Back problems are vicious, they can hit anytime & for no reason. I’ve had them for 40 years & they don’t bleed, or get swollen or turn red. Some folks don’t believe you when you tell them you have back problems, because you can’t see them (except on a MRI & even then not all the time).
I had mri and found disc issues but because surgery had a bad track record of fixing the issue I decided against it. Hard to deal with
This is laughable….i
At some point you will have to consider changing the name of this website to MLB Trade Rumors and Wellness Report…
Imagine getting heated over a discussion of roster movements as a result of injuries. It’s free content, by the way 🙂
I don’t think thats what he was trying to say. He was just commenting on the amount of injuries. But yeh if I’m wrong he’s being a huge ****
Imagine lacking a sense of humor and trying to call someone out as a result of it.
Your right, shouldn’t a website called mlb “TRADE RUMORS” stick to trade rumors? Instead reporting on baseball players off the field issues and 10 day dl reports no one cares about. If you are gonna report on everything baseball related change the name to “mlb news”
Oh my God why are you here then?
People will cry about anything.
I somewhat agree. Just have a tab on the right side for injuries instead of 27 posts per day about somebody getting COVID. Most people are paying the subscriber fee, so they don’t need to keep making articles about some journeyman injury just to get ad click revenue.
Or… just pin one post to the top of the page they can update instead of a new article every time somebody has a sore arm.
It’s almost impossible to keep track of injuries since players are getting injured so fast this year. Most fantasy baseball leagues have probably gone under already.
Ten years from now, we’ll find out they were taking some advanced form of steroids. Similar to fast tracking vaccines (which are effective, yet still not to the point where people can go mask free), sabermetrics and algorithms are probably being used to create substances that MLB’s archaic testing process won’t be able to detect until a player’s career is long over and he got his money.
injury list placements are transactions. this site clearly is dedicated to transactions and associated actions.
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Hahahahah, dang fellas, I’m pretty sure Lloyd was just making fun of all the dang injuries. The ….. kind of gave it away……….lol
Hate to see a young star suffer what could possibly be a chronic back issue. Not good for the game.
Bit of luck for Cardinal fans no Degrom tonight and no Yelich next week.
I don’t know how these guys stay motivated. Sure those first 6 years but after signing any kind of big contract it must be tough. And then the team has so much money invested in you so they are extra careful. Whole thing is silly. Pay the younger guys more the older guys will get less and it all adds up.
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Better get the Brian Bosworth policy to pay most of his contract! I do not understand how He can play one game, get 2 hits, and go back on the DL. Why did they bother to even activate him?
This is Ryan Braun 2.0. The Brewers handed Yellich a ton of cash and it is starting to look likely his best seasons as a Brewer are long gone. Once he has back surgery forget it. He will be done for this season at a minimum. Yellich was a tremendous ball player but he hasn’t been good since 2019. The Brewers were scammed.
Karlander, you are clueless 2.0 – Braun & Yelich have no connection what so ever. However you are correct about Yelich. Back issues are serious & he will return but he may never be the same. My family has a history of back pain & it always comes back to haunt you. Yelich is young & I hope he overcomes this injury.
Unfortunately back issues are seemingly for life. Just ask Jim Thome who successfully managed the pain on his way to the HOF. I don’t know of even one person who had chronic back problems that were ever fully resolved or cured. Even in 2021 medicine has no answers.