Brewers’ Christian Yelich will undergo MRI on sick abet after hitting ‘plateau’ in restoration

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich has been sidelined with a abet damage since April 11, and or now now not it’s miles now now not sure when he’ll be in a local to return to the though-provoking roster. Forward of the Brewers’ Saturday sport towards the Chicago Cubs (MIL-CHC GameTracker), supervisor Craig Counsell told newshounds that Yelich “has hit a plateau” in his restoration from the damage and is returning to Milwaukee to undergo an MRI (by activity of Tom Haudricourt). That is obviously a relating to pattern provided that Yelich became once eligible to approach abet off the injured checklist on Saturday.

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Yelich has dealt with abet disorders on and off at some level of mighty of his MLB profession, collectively with prior stints on the IL in 2014 and 2015. 

This season, Yelich is batting .333/.459/.367 by blueprint of nine video games. While Yelich became once productive overall within the abbreviated 2020 season, he became once properly terrorized of the heights he reached in 2018 and 2019, when he conducted at an MVP level for the Brewers. He’s hoping to return to that tier in 2021, however the first disclose of industry is recovering from a abet damage that is having a behold an increasing number of critical. Yelich is within the 2d one year of a $215 million contract extension that runs now now not lower than by blueprint of 2028.

The Brewers are also without heart fielder Lorenzo Cain (quad) for the time being, that ability a recent outfield alignment of Avisail Garcia in precise, Jackie Bradley Jr., and Billy McKinney in Yelich’s bother in left. McKinney has been productive to this level in 2021, so question to him to consume into consideration being the main whereas Yelich is out.