The Brewers positioned Jackson Chourio on the 10-day injured checklist, 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 crew. Lockridge jumps into proper area and will get the nod on the high 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 however made it there safely, he was instantly changed by pinch-runner Blake Perkins. Supervisor Pat Murphy informed reporters that the pressure is extra extreme than initially anticipated, by way of Curt Hogg of The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. He’ll definitely be out longer than 10 days, and Murphy left open the opportunity of a month-plus-long absence.
Milwaukee not too long ago welcomed Sal Frelick again from his personal hamstring pressure. He’ll get nearly all of the fitting area taking part in time, although he’s out of the lineup Friday evening towards the lefty starter Parker. Frelick’s return had initially pushed Perkins right into a fourth outfield position. He’s now in line for on a regular basis taking part in time in middle area. The switch-hitting Perkins missed many of the season due to a spring coaching shin fracture. He stole 23 bases with a .240/.316/.332 slash line a yr in the past. Chourio’s damage would possibly’ve performed a job in Milwaukee’s determination 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 affords. The 21-year-old is batting .276/.311/.474 with 29 doubles, 4 triples and 17 house runs. He was a bit inconsistent early within the yr, however he’d been on a tear (.367 with 4 homers and 12 extra-base hits) in July. The damage halts that scorching streak and can value him a minimum of a number 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 report at 64-44.
