The Brewers placed outfielder/DH Christian Yelich on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a left groin strain.
The three-time All-Star was removed in the fifth inning of Sunday’s 8-6 loss to the visiting Washington Nationals.
The Brewers are projecting that Yelich could return in mid-to-late May. The move was retroactive to Monday.
“I’m not going to put a timeline on it,” Yelich said. “Just going to try to attack the rehab as good as I can and get back out there as soon as possible.”
Milwaukee said he has a second-degree adductor strain. Yelich, the National League Most Valuable Player in 2018, said he has never before dealt with a soft-tissue injury.
“Obviously, it’s frustrating,” said Yelich, 34, in his 14th major league season.
He felt tightness on a groundout in his first at-bat and wasn’t able to loosen up before another groundout in what the team initially diagnosed as hamstring tightness.
“He wanted to stay in the game,” manager Pat Murphy said. “But just like everything else, we have to be careful with these guys. It’s April 12, and we’ve got a lot of injuries.”
Yelich is off to a solid start this season, batting .314 with one homer, 10 RBIs and three steals in 15 games.
Milwaukee called up infielder/outfielder Greg Jones from Triple-A Nashville. Left-hander Rob Zastryzny (shoulder/ribs) was transferred to the 60-day IL to make room for Jones on the 40-man roster.
–Field Level Media
