The Milwaukee Brewers will be without star outfielder Christian Yelich for the remainder of the season after he opted for season ending back surgery. Dr. Brandon Rebholz will perform the surgery in Milwaukee.
Yelich, who will go under the knife Friday to address a lingering back issue, was leading the NL in batting average and OBP at the time of his injury. Instead, his season will now be over after just 73 games.
The 32 year old posted a video online saying that surgery “was just the best option that we really had left…It just got to the point where it wasn’t getting better,” Yelich said. “I tried everything I could, ran out of options and it came time to make a decision.”
As of Thursday, Milwaukee sat 9 games clear of Cincinnati for first place in the NL Central division, sporting a 69-52 record.
“It’s a great group of guys,” Yelich said. “They’re playing extremely well. I’m happy to watch them and see what they’re going to do. Hopefully they can win the division and get in the playoffs. And then once you’re in the postseason, it’s like who knows what’s going to happen? You get hot and it could be a cool run. I’m excited for them. We’ll see. Hopefully they can pull it off. I think they’ll be just fine.”
Milwaukee is next in action Friday as they kick off a 3 game series versus the red hot Cleveland Guardians.
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