In split-squad motion in the present day, the Milwaukee Brewers obtained a pair of shutouts towards the Angels and Athletics. That was the excellent news: the unhealthy information was that Tobias Myers, who began for Milwaukee in Tempe versus the Angels, needed to go away within the second inning of his begin with “discomfort” in his left indirect. That information overshadowed a superb day for Brewer pitchers, together with Opening Day starter Freddy Peralta.
Each offenses obtained off to sizzling begins in the present day. At American Household Fields of Phoenix, the Brewers jumped throughout A’s starter Mitch Spence within the second inning. After Joey Ortiz was hit by a pitch with one out, Manuel Margot and Jorge Alfaro hit back-to-back doubles, the second of which scored two runs. Milwaukee obtained a 3rd run when Cooper Pratt (who began for Brice Turang, who was a late scratch—there isn’t a concern there) knocked an RBI single to proper. The inning didn’t finish there, although, as Sal Frelick adopted with a single that arrange a three-run bomb by William Contreras. It was no cheapie, both.
The Brewers nonetheless weren’t executed. A Christian Yelich single knocked Spence (quickly) out of the sport, after which Rhys Hoskins adopted together with his sixth homer of the spring, which gave the Brewers eight runs within the inning.
In the meantime, in Tempe, the less-experienced Brewers crew additionally took an early lead, although they did it extra with small ball than with the homer. The Brewers began with back-to-back singles by Isaac Collins and Garrett Mitchell, and Collins scored an a fielder’s selection from Oliver Dunn. Dunn moved up a base on a wild pitch after which one other by tagging on a flyout, after which he scored on a two-out RBI single by Jake Bauers. Within the second inning, Milwaukee added a run on a sac fly from Collins.
However the large information in that second inning in Tempe was the exit of Myers, who signaled to the dugout with two outs in backside of the body. There was nothing apparent when trying on the replay, however Myers was clearly in discomfort; the published later reported that he was eliminated with “left indirect discomfort.” It doesn’t sound like a significant damage, however indirect accidents for pitchers can nag, and this very a lot places Myers’ Opening Day roster standing doubtful.
We’ll await phrase on the Myers damage, but when he isn’t in a position to be part of the rotation out of the gate, that leaves a spot open, assuming that Brandon Woodruff (who makes his Cactus League debut tomorrow!) received’t fairly be able to go to begin the season. This may very well be excellent news for Elvin Rodriguez, who obtained off to a superb begin this spring however has been hit round a bit extra in his final two outings, the latter of which was his first begin of the Cactus League season. Rodriguez is on a significant league contract, and he’s already on the 40-man roster, so slotting him in can be straightforward from a transaction standpoint. Tyler Alexander is in an identical contract scenario, however he’s had a rougher spring and hasn’t began any video games.
It’s doable that the Brewers might flip to a minor leaguer: Logan Henderson has regarded nice this spring, and he would most likely be the highest possibility amongst gamers who haven’t debuted but. It is a barely extra formidable transfer, and the crew would possibly want to see what they will get out of their veteran guys earlier than beginning Henderson’s service time clock.
As for the remainder of the video games, issues settled down after the large early begins. In Tempe, Garrett Mitchell made a few good performs within the outfield, and the Brewers added a run within the sixth on Isaac Collins’ third single of the day, this one following an Andruw Monasterio triple. Mitchell additionally had two hits on this recreation, and Tyler Black was 0-for-1 however walked 3 times. After Myers left with the damage, the Brewers obtained scoreless outings from Nick Merkel, Connor Thomas (whose ERA stands at 0.96; I believe he’s going to make the crew, of us), Grant Anderson, Abner Uribe, and Bayden Root.
At house in Phoenix, neither crew scored outdoors of the eight-spot the Brewers put up within the second. Peralta shined with 5 1⁄3 scoreless innings through which he didn’t stroll any and struck out 4, reducing his spring ERA to 2.61. Trevor Megill, Jared Koenig, Easton McGee, and Grant Wolfram additionally made scoreless appearances on this recreation, and the crew didn’t enable a stroll till the ninth inning.
Myers spoke to reporters after he was pulled and stated he wasn’t overly involved, although Pat Murphy took a extra pessimistic method and, based on Adam McCalvy, stated he was “actually involved.”
Tobias Myers will bear imaging to find out the severity of his left indirect damage, however he’s optimistic. Brewers already projected to have starters Aaron Ashby, DL Corridor, Brandon Woodruff and Robert Gasser on the injured listing to open the season. pic.twitter.com/xhSXgmVLVN
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) March 15, 2025
If Myers has to overlook common season time with this damage, it’s a sudden hit to the depth of a workers that projected to go eight deep with high quality beginning pitchers. We knew that Robert Gasser was out for many of the season and that Woodruff was unlikely to be prepared to begin the season, however the accidents to DL Corridor and Aaron Ashby have been sudden. Add Myers, and the Brewers now have a full big-league beginning rotation of injured pitchers.
You may catch the Brewers twice tomorrow, as they’ll be on FanDuel Sports activities Community for the afternoon recreation at 3:10 p.m. for Woodruff’s spring debut and once more on MLB Community at 6:40 p.m. for his or her spring breakout recreation, which Jacob Misiorowski will begin.
