The Brewers positioned Jackson Chourio on the 10-day injured listing, retroactive to July 30, with a proper hamstring pressure. Brandon Lockridge, acquired from San Diego on Thursday within the Nestor Cortes commerce, has reported to the workforce. Lockridge jumps into proper discipline and will get the nod on the prime of the lineup tonight towards Nationals southpaw Mitchell Parker.
Chourio suffered the damage on Tuesday towards the Cubs. He drilled a ball off the centerfield wall and legged out a triple. Chourio pulled up as he approached third base, and whereas he nonetheless made it there safely, he was instantly changed by pinch-runner Blake Perkins. Supervisor Pat Murphy instructed reporters that the pressure is extra extreme than initially anticipated, through Curt Hogg of The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. He’ll actually be out longer than 10 days, and Murphy left open the potential of a month-plus-long absence.
Milwaukee just lately welcomed Sal Frelick again from his personal hamstring pressure. He’ll get nearly all of the precise discipline taking part in time, although he’s out of the lineup Friday night time towards the lefty starter Parker. Frelick’s return had initially pushed Perkins right into a fourth outfield function. He’s now in line for on a regular basis taking part in time in middle discipline. The switch-hitting Perkins missed a lot of the season due to a spring coaching shin fracture. He stole 23 bases with a .240/.316/.332 slash line a 12 months in the past. Chourio’s damage may’ve performed a task in Milwaukee’s choice so as to add the speedster Lockridge, a righty-hitting fourth outfielder with out a lot offensive upside.
Perkins is a succesful stopgap, however he clearly has a a lot decrease ceiling than Chourio gives. The 21-year-old is batting .276/.311/.474 with 29 doubles, 4 triples and 17 residence runs. He was a bit inconsistent early within the 12 months, however he’d been on a tear (.367 with 4 homers and 12 extra-base hits) in July. The damage halts that sizzling streak and can price him no less than a couple of weeks because the Brewers battle the Cubs for the NL Central crown. They enter play Friday main Chicago by a half-game and narrowly maintain MLB’s finest file at 64-44.
