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 crew. Lockridge jumps into proper subject and will get the nod on the high of the lineup tonight in opposition to Nationals southpaw Mitchell Parker.
Chourio suffered the harm on Tuesday in opposition to 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 advised 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 potential for 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 precise subject enjoying time, although he’s out of the lineup Friday night time in opposition to 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 enjoying time in heart subject. 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 yr in the past. Chourio’s harm would possibly’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 provides. 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 yr, however he’d been on a tear (.367 with 4 homers and 12 extra-base hits) in July. The harm halts that scorching streak and can price him at the least just a few 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 greatest document at 64-44.
