The Brewers introduced Tuesday that first baseman Rhys Hoskins has been positioned on the 10-day injured listing as a result of a strained proper hamstring. Infielder/outfielder Owen Miller was recalled from Triple-A Nashville in a corresponding transfer.
Hoskins departed Monday’s recreation early after tweaking his hamstring. He was set to go for an MRI Tuesday, and it seems that the pressure was found and that Hoskins might want to miss a while. Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless not publicly identified how extreme the pressure is nor how lengthy the membership expects him to be out of motion.
Regardless, it’s an unlucky growth for the Brewers. Though Hoskins missed all of 2023 as a result of a torn ACL, he has bounced proper again to his outdated self this yr. He’s hit a team-leading 9 residence runs and is drawing walks at an 11.5% price thus far this yr. His .233/.340/.474 batting line interprets to a 131 wRC+, proper in keeping with his profession slash of .242/.353/.491 and 126 wRC+.
Dropping that type of manufacturing will clearly harm the Milwaukee offense. Hoskins and Jake Bauers have been splitting the primary base and designated hitter duties, however with Bauers nearly by no means going through lefties. Of his 92 plate appearances this yr, solely 4 of them have been towards southpaws.
Maybe the right-handed hitting Gary Sánchez will cowl first base a bit extra to proceed shielding Bauers from lefties. Sánchez had simply 4 innings of first base expertise coming into this yr however has already logged 12 2/3 innings there in 2024. Miller can also be able to taking part in some first base however he has reverse splits in his profession. Tyler Black was up with the membership for some time however has since been optioned and is a lefty hitter anyway.
Bauers is having a pleasant season, regardless of a 35.9% strikeout price. He has 4 residence runs and is hitting .244/.326/.476 for a 127 wRC+. Maybe the membership shall be open to giving him extra of an opportunity towards lefties however he has a line of .211/.278/.340 towards them in his profession to this point.
