9:33pm: Hoskins will miss between two and four weeks, manager Pat Murphy tells reporters (including Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel).
5:45pm: The Brewers announced today that first baseman Rhys Hoskins has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to a strained right hamstring. Infielder/outfielder Owen Miller was recalled from Triple-A Nashville in a corresponding move.
Hoskins departed yesterday’s game early after tweaking his hamstring. He was set to go for an MRI today and it appears that the strain was discovered and that Hoskins will need to miss some time, though it’s still not publicly known how severe the strain is nor how long the club expects him to be out of action.
Regardless, it’s an unfortunate development for the Brewers. Although Hoskins missed all of 2023 due to a torn ACL, he has bounced right back to his old self this year. He’s hit nine home runs and is drawing walks at an 11.5% rate so far this year. His .233/.340/.474 batting line translates to a 131 wRC+, right in line with his career slash of .242/.353/.491 and 126 wRC+.
Losing that kind of production will obviously hurt the Milwaukee offense. Hoskins and Jake Bauers have been splitting the first base and designated hitter duties, though with Bauers almost never facing lefties. Of his 92 plate appearances this year, only four of them have been against southpaws.
Perhaps the right-handed hitting Gary Sánchez will cover first base a bit more to continue shielding Bauers from lefties. Sánchez had just four innings of first base experience coming into this year but has already logged 12 2/3 innings there in 2024. Miller is also capable of playing some first base but he has reverse splits in his career. Tyler Black was up with the club for a while but has since been optioned and is a lefty hitter anyway.
Bauers is having a nice season, despite a 35.9% strikeout rate. He has four home runs and is hitting .244/.326/.476 for a 127 wRC+. Perhaps the club will be open to giving him more of a chance against lefties but he has a line of .211/.278/.340 against them in his career thus far.
WAR what is it good for., 0.4 and 9 homers and 27 RBI in 155 abs. Nice !!!
I mean he can’t really field nor run the bases, an ops barely over .800 for a 1b isn’t all that great either. yeah war isn’t gonna like him.
Hey an obs over 800 for a first baseman is nowadays good, just ask Toronto or Seattle how their 1B’s are contributing
Bauer outage time! Oh wait wrong dude.
Comin on strong as of late. I was a hater early but he’s been alright.
Good. Fake tough guy
Underrated contributor in fantasy baseball, but not fielding and WAR
W.A.R OVER values walks and completely under values guys that drive in and acore runs. Kyle Schwarber hits 47 hrs, drives in 100+ runs and scores 100+ runs and that equals only .5 W.A.R?…We know that Schwarber is a bad defender, but so is Juan Soto(clearly not as bad as Schwarber)and his W.A.R stays high because of his 2 walks per night.
scoring is less important than getting on base in the first place because you need to get on base in order to score
Also moneyball talked about the RBI’s
The Brewers will find ways to win without Hoskins.