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Brewers’ Garrett Mitchell To Undergo Shoulder Surgery

By Steve Adams | June 28, 2025 at 1:21pm CDT

TODAY: Mitchell will indeed undergo the shoulder surgery on Tuesday.  Speaking with McCalvy and other reporters today, Murphy reiterated that Mitchell should have a chance to return before the season is over, but a clearer timeline will be established once the surgery has taken place.

JUNE 24: Brewers outfielder Garrett Mitchell has been rehabbing an oblique strain that’s kept him on the injured list dating back to April, but he now appears to be facing a much larger absence due to a new injury. Manager Pat Murphy tells the Brewers beat that Mitchell suffered a shoulder injury during his rehab stint (link via MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy).

The initial diagnosis on Mitchell is that he’s dislodged some of the anchors that were installed in his left shoulder after he underwent surgery to address a subluxation back in April 2023. He’s been recommended for another surgery that would sideline him for an additional eight to ten weeks, but he’ll get a second opinion to confirm that prognosis before any action is taken. Regardless, he won’t be back with Milwaukee any time soon.

Mitchell, 26, was the Brewers’ first-round pick in 2020 and has dealt with myriad injuries throughout his pro career. He’s typically been productive when he’s been able to take the field, hitting .264/.343/.463 with 13 homers and 20 steals in 365 plate appearances from 2021-23. That strong output was buoyed by a whopping .389 average on balls in play and belied a concerning 34.2% strikeout rate, however, leading to some skepticism of Mitchell’s ability to sustain that production. His bat indeed regressed this season prior to injury, as Mitchell hit just .206/.286/.294 with no home runs in 78 plate appearances.

The Brewers have been going with Isaac Collins, Jackson Chourio and Sal Frelick across the outfield on most nights. Collins, selected from the Rockies in the minor league phase of the 2022 Rule 5 Draft, has been an unexpected godsend. He’s come up and played 60 games (172 plate appearances) and turned in a .260/.363/.404 slash with four homers and eight steals while taking near-regular reps in left field. Chourio has taken up the mantle in center field, with Frelick playing a plus right field. Chourio has held his own but doesn’t grade nearly as well defensively as Mitchell.

A return for Mitchell could’ve freed Collins to play more in the infield; he has experience at second base in particular but has some briefer forays into the left side of the diamond, which has been an ongoing issue for Milwaukee all season. Instead, it seems likely that Mitchell will now be sidelined into mid-August or perhaps even early September, depending on the outcome of his second opinion with Dr. Neal ElAttrache (and, presumably, the progress of his rehab from the forthcoming procedure).

Mitchell has still only played in 141 major league games, but he’ll cross three years of service time this season while on the 60-day injured list. That’ll put him in position to reach arbitration for the first time in the coming offseason. His lack of time on the field will keep his first-year salary fairly light, and he’s still controlled three more years beyond the current season, so this setback — frustrating as it is for all parties — shouldn’t put Mitchell at any risk of a non-tender.

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  1. cwizzy6

    2 months ago

    Worst injury luck I have ever watched play out before my eyes. Very sad.

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    • superunclea

      1 month ago

      Buxton on line one…

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      • cwizzy6

        1 month ago

        So true, but he’s been on the field long enough to show hes an MVP level player. Brewers still dont know what they truly have in Mitchell since is he constantly injured. Is what good hes shown a flash in the pan, or is it any level of sustainable.

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        • tangerinepony

          1 month ago

          Kinda been over rated when he was healthy striking out 35-40% of the time.

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        • Jeremy320

          1 month ago

          3.6 war in 141 games and cf gold glove consideration.

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  2. RockinRobin

    1 month ago

    Too bad. Gonna be chalked up as another “woulda coulda”.

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  3. marrtho

    1 month ago

    As a Type 1 diabetic brewers fan this sucks in more ways than one.

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    • Bartolo Cologne

      1 month ago

      As a far-sighted Yankees fan, I hear ya.

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    • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

      1 month ago

      As a red headed Mariners fan I am somewhat perturbed by this.

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    • Craig Yoho ho ho and a bottle of rum

      1 month ago

      As a fat Brewers fan, I’m really kinda indifferent on this one

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      • JimOToole

        1 month ago

        As a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-assed, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed, sack of monkey crap, I’m looking on the bright side as per usual.

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        • Jbeck29

          1 month ago

          As someone who tries to only flush once, I take offense to this.

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  4. cheesemanforever

    1 month ago

    Great player but definitely snakebit. Best wishes for a fast recovery.

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  5. Jeremy320

    1 month ago

    I’de imagine Milwaukee will option him and transfer him to the 60-IL. He has 2.04 years of service. This would cause him to be a super-2 but gain an additional year of control.

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    • Russell Branyan

      1 month ago

      Dont think you can option injured players

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      • Jeremy320

        1 month ago

        Think you are right. Though the rules are rather complicated.

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        • Jeremy320

          1 month ago

          Could they remove him from the 10-day, call him up, option him and place him on the 60-day IL?

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        • Russell Branyan

          1 month ago

          Not now the injury is known, the Players union would fight that even if MLB approved it

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    • knucklecurve

      1 month ago

      The rules wouldn’t permit this. He will eclipse 3 years of service time by the end of this season as he was on the roster all season long. I’m making the assumption that he will be injured for the remainder of the season. He should be arbitration eligible this offseason. I can’t imagine he will get a significant raise, but his salary will certainly go up.

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      • Roll

        1 month ago

        not necessarily as teams can actually reduce salary up to 20% … rarely happens as they will just release them. Also players dont want to take less money than prior year (who does) and teams dont want bad pr so it might just stay even.

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        • knucklecurve

          1 month ago

          You can’t reduce from the league minimum. His salary will be going up.

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    • Chris Koch

      1 month ago

      He’s already on the IL. 15 day keeps him on the 40man. The Brewers will clearly put him on the 60 day which opens a 40 man spot.

      Reply
  6. nitnontu

    1 month ago

    “[Isaac] Collins, selected from the Rockies in the minor league phase of the 2022 Rule 5 Draft, has been an unexpected godsend. He’s come up and played 60 games (172 plate appearances) and turned in a .260/.363/.404 slash with four homers and eight steals while taking near-regular reps in left field”

    Too bad about Mitchell, but I doubt if he would have been better what they’ve gotten offensively out of Collins so far.

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    • Chris Koch

      1 month ago

      Offensively, questionable, defensively Mitchell hands down….though these injuries piling up, that may not be true.

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    • Phunkzilla

      1 month ago

      Why do Brewers fans only pay attention to offense? Oh yeah.. they still thinks its the 90s and steroid ball

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    • cwizzy6

      1 month ago

      He’s been playing elite defense in the OF as well. Brewers really found something with Collins.

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  7. Chris Koch

    1 month ago

    It isn’t a Brewers season without an injury sliding back in to the bases.

    Feel for the guy. On rehab nearing a return. And back to IL we go.

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    • cwizzy6

      1 month ago

      Thats three now right? Woody, Quero, now Mitchell?

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      • Chris Koch

        1 month ago

        Nelson too.

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        • cwizzy6

          1 month ago

          Thats right. I kept him off since I wasnt sure and didnt feel like looking it up. Him and Woody… what could have been…

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  8. chandlerbing

    1 month ago

    Still Only 26
    If he can stay healthy , has 20-20 potential

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    • Craig Yoho ho ho and a bottle of rum

      1 month ago

      lol nah

      He has 13 HRs in 443 MLB plate appearances. He’s never hit double digit HRs in a szn at any level. Quit making him into something he’s not.

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      • Chris Koch

        1 month ago

        Looks like he could based on 13 HRs in 443 PAs when a healthy player gets upwards of 550+

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        • Dumpster Divin Theo

          1 month ago

          If you double that maybe 26 HR in 886 PAs if math checks out

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        • Chris Koch

          1 month ago

          Good luck reaching 650 PAs in a season.

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  9. douglasb

    1 month ago

    Brewers went from thinking they had 6 good players in the OF 18 months ago to now where they just hope to put 3 on the field. They dealt away Taylor and Weimer to make some room.

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    • JimOToole

      1 month ago

      Blake Perkins is on his way back from a broken ankle. Bobby Dalbec is a candidate to replace Jake Bauers whenever the latter is traded. And Eddie Rosario is waiting for someone to give him a job.

      Reply
  10. dirtbagbaseball427

    1 month ago

    I don’t care how much potential or ability you have. Sometimes the most important ability is availability

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  11. MLBTR needs to hire editors

    4 weeks ago

    “Frustrating as it is” is not proper grammar when you don’t have “as” before it. And there should be no comma before “presumably.” Adams stinks.

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