Bummer news to report. The hot Yelich is slowed down finally...
MLB.com reports:
A chance for history was on hold Monday for Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich, who was out of the starting lineup for Milwaukee's series opener against the Colorado Rockies.
The National League's reigning Most Valuable Player Award winner, Yelich experienced lower back discomfort during the top of the fifth inning of the Crew's 5-2 loss to the Mets on Sunday afternoon. He reported feeling “a little better” on Monday but remained day-to-day, sitting one home run shy of the all-time record for homers before the end of April.
“When it’s ready, it’s ready,” said Yelich, who dealt with something similar just before the start of last year’s All-Star break, when he caught a hot streak that carried him to the MVP Award.
“Obviously, we’re going to be cautious,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.
Yelich has followed up his MVP campaign last year with a fast start, hitting .353 with 1.264 OPS. He entered Monday in a tie with Dodgers slugger Cody Bellinger for the NL lead with 14 homers -- which tied Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez for the MLB record for most long balls before May 1. Yelich and Bellinger, it should be noted, had a head start thanks to four games in March, but it’s still quite a feat.
Yelich's absence meant another day with the Brewers’ offense at less than full strength. Second baseman Mike Moustakas missed a series in St. Louis last week because of a fractured right ring finger, but he returned over the weekend in New York, where Yelich went down.
“We probably haven’t been as consistent as we would like, but there’s definitely been flashes of it,” Yelich said. “We’re not going to score 10 every night, but we’re definitely capable of doing more than we’ve been doing.”
Asked whether he expected to miss any games beyond Monday, Yelich said, “We’ll see. I don’t really want to put a timetable on it. It’s one of those things that when it’s better, it’s better.”
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