The Milwaukee Brewers revealed some troubling news for their lineup early in the spring as the team tries to defend their National League Central crown.
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Through 15 games, the Brewers are 8-7 overall and 1.5 games back from the Pittsburgh Pirates for first place in the division.
On Sunday, Brewers manager Pat Murphy suggested bad news was coming for Christian Yelich after he was pulled in the fifth inning of Sunday night’s 8-6 loss to the Washington Nationals due to tightness in his left hamstring.
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Yelich, 34, did not want to come out of the contest, but Milwaukee didn’t want to take any chances early in the season with one of their most important pieces of the offense after he felt a “twinge.”
“We’re most likely going to get some bad news on Yelich,” manager Pat Murphy said, via ESPN. “There is some fluid in there, so let’s wait and see. He wanted to stay in the game, but … we’ve just got to be careful with these guys. We’re in April.”
Yelich had to undergo imaging on his hamstring.
Per the Associated Press, the Brewers revealed on Tuesday that Yelich was not expected to return for at least a month, but it could be longer before he takes the field again. He’s dealing with an adductor strain.
The Brewers hope Yelich, a three-time All-Star, can return around mid-to-late May.
The left fielder is currently leading Milwaukee in at-bats with 51 through 15 games. He’s batting .314 with a team-high 16 hits, two doubles, one triple, one home run and 10 RBIs.
Yelich’s absence will be felt for the Brewers offense, which struggled last week. Milwaukee has scored just 12 runs in their last five outings.
Milwaukee was off on Monday but is set to start a three-game series at home against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.
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