Christian Yelich Out For Season With Fractured Kneecap

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Christian Yelich Out For Season With Fractured Kneecap 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:36 am

Christian Yelich will miss the remainder of the season after fracturing his right kneecap on Tuesday night.

The Milwaukee Brewers announced the extent of the injury following their 4-3 victory over the Miami Marlins.

David Stearns said Yelich will return to Milwaukee for additional tests on Wednesday, adding that it\'s not yet known if he\'ll need surgery.

The 27-year-old was injured in the top of the first inning when he fouled a pitch off his kneecap.

\"First and foremost, we feel awful for Christian. This is a guy who\'s carried us in a number of ways over the last two years,\" Stearns said. \"He could\'ve [been] two-and-a-half weeks away from a repeat Most Valuable Player award. So that\'s where our thoughts go first.

\"From a team perspective, we\'ve got a lot of guys in that clubhouse who will hurt tonight. This is a gut punch for a night. And then we need to recover and play really strong baseball. We\'ve been through this before as an organization -- two years ago, almost to the day, we lost Jimmy Nelson to a similarly freak injury, and we competed at a very high level for the remainder of that season. And I expect our team to compete at a similarly high level going forward.\"

Via ESPN

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