The Milwaukee Brewers can be with out one among their most dynamic gamers to begin the common season. Heart fielder Garrett Mitchell has a fracture in his left hand and can open the season on the injured listing, supervisor Pat Murphy introduced Monday (per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). Mitchell suffered the harm when he was jammed on a swing over the weekend.
Mitchell, the No. 20 decide within the 2020 draft, is a profession .278/.343/.452 hitter with 5 house runs and 9 stolen bases over 47 massive league video games. Shoulder surgical procedure restricted Mitchell to solely 19 video games final season — 16 earlier than surgical procedure and three after — and now the hand harm will sideline him to open the 2024 season. He’ll see a specialist to find out a timetable for his return.
The Brewers are loaded with outfielders, a lot in order that Sal Frelick was anticipated to spend at the least a while at third base this 12 months. Mitchell’s harm figures to push Frelick again into the outfield full-time with Joey Ortiz, who came visiting within the Corbin Burnes commerce, taking up at third base. Murphy’s common lineup may appear to be this:
- CF Sal Frelick
- C William Contreras
- LF Christian Yelich
- 1B Rhys Hoskins
- SS Willy Adames
- DH Gary Sánchez
- RF Jackson Chourio
- 2B Brice Turang
- 3B Joey Ortiz
Frelick performed loads of proper discipline final 12 months and Chourio got here up by the minors as a middle fielder, although Chourio has performed proper discipline primarily within the ultimate days of spring coaching, and is prone to start the season there. Both approach, with Frelick or Chourio, the Brewers can have a robust defender in heart. Joey Wiemer, one other robust defender, is ticketed for Triple-A.
Along with Mitchell, the Brewers will even be with out nearer Devin Williams (stress fractures in his again) and lefty Wade Miley (shoulder soreness). Williams is predicted to overlook at the least three months. Stalwart Brandon Woodruff will miss the season following shoulder surgical procedure as effectively.
Milwaukee went 92-70 and gained the NL Central for the second time in three years final season, although they had been shortly swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks within the Wild Card Sequence. Longtime supervisor Craig Counsell joined the division rival Chicago Cubs within the offseason.
The Brewers can be in New York to face the Mets on Opening Day this Thursday.
