Brewers’ Yelich heads back to Milwaukee for MRI on sore back
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CHICAGO – Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich is returning to Milwaukee for an MRI on his strained lower back.
The 2018 NL MVP had been eligible to be activated from the injured list during this weekend’s three-game series with the Chicago Cubs.
“Nothing bad happened yesterday,” manager Craig Counsell said. “He did the day of work that we were expecting. We’re just at a plateau, and so we’re just trying to rule everything out and see if we can get any new bit, just another piece of information. It’s frustrating for Christian.”
The Brewers also said they placed pitchers Brett Anderson and Josh Lindblom on the injured list. Right-hander Phil Bickford and outfielder Corey Ray were recalled from the team’s alternate site.
Yelich hasn’t played since April 11. The Brewers placed him on the injured list April 17, with the move retroactive to April 14.
He is batting .333 with one homer and six RBIs in nine games this season.
The Brewers also have been missing centre fielder Lorenzo Cain, who went on the injured list April 14 with a quadriceps strain. Counsell said Cain would hit on the field Saturday and it “could be a stepping-stone day for him.”
“Running at full speed is going to be the last thing you conquer during this,” Counsell said. “He hasn’t been on the field hitting yet. We’re putting him out there today. That’s progress.”
Milwaukee swept a series in San Diego this week without Yelich and Cain thanks to the play of some reserves. Billy McKinney has homered in three of the Brewers’ last four games, and Tyrone Taylor has gone 4 for 9 with one homer.
Anderson left Friday’s 15-2 loss to Chicago in the first inning. Pressed into duty after Anderson’s unexpected exit, Lindblom allowed eight runs in 3 2/3 innings.
The Brewers said Anderson had a strained right hamstring. Counsell indicated an MRI showed Anderson had a strain in “the upper part of his calf, almost right behind his knee.”
Brewers officials described Lindblom’s injury as right knee effusion.
Counsell didn’t offer a timetable for Anderson’s return and said it’s still not set who will replace him in the rotation.
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