{"id":73284,"date":"2024-05-14T19:21:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T23:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=73284"},"modified":"2024-05-15T00:19:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T04:19:18","slug":"rhys-hoskins-il-hamstring-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/14\/rhys-hoskins-il-hamstring-strain\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers Place Their New First Baseman on IL With Hamstring Strain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MILWAUKEE \u2013 The Milwaukee Brewers placed first baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hoskirh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhys Hoskins<\/a> on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a strained right hamstring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoskins <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/14\/rhys-hoskins-hamstring-injury-brewers-loss\/\" target=\"_self\">suffered the injury<\/a> early in Milwaukee\u2019s 8-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday night, trying to turn the corner on a second-inning single. He was replaced by pinch-runner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/perkibl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blake Perkins<\/a> and underwent an MRI exam Tuesday morning that confirmed the injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bauerja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Bauers<\/a> started in Hoskins&#8217; place at first base in Tuesday night&#8217;s game, a 4-3 win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s terribly bad but still it&#8217;s a hamstring strain so it&#8217;s going to take two, three, four weeks,&#8221; Brewers manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/murphpa99.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pat Murphy<\/a> said after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/14\/73301\/\" target=\"_self\">Milwaukee&#8217;s 4-3 victory over the Pirates<\/a> Monday night. &#8220;We just have to see how it comes along.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI felt a little grab in the hamstring and I\u2019ve learned over the years not to push soft tissue stuff like that,\u201d Hoskins said Monday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1B Rhys Hoskins placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained right hamstring.<\/p>\n<p>INF\/OF Owen Miller recalled from Triple-A Nashville. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sJxpE4KY3Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/sJxpE4KY3Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brewers\/status\/1790500443119845577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Rhys Hoskins Heads to IL with Hamstring Strain<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still with the Philadelphia Phillies at the time, Hoskins missed all of last season after tearing his left anterior cruciate ligament during spring training. But needing to add some punch to a lineup that struggled to produce offense, Milwaukee took a chance and signed Hoskins to a two-year, $34 million contract in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was off to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/12\/rhys-hoskins-major-impact-brewers\/\" target=\"_self\">good start<\/a> in his first season with the Brewers, slashing .233\/.340\/.474 with 9 homers, 27 RBI, and a .794 OPS in 38 games. Hoskins had been swinging an especially hot bat of late. In his last six games, he went 6-for-19 with three homers, nine RBI, and a 1.199 OPS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat\u2019s a big blow,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cWe lose one of our leaders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a corresponding move, Milwaukee recalled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/milleow01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Owen Miller<\/a> from Triple-A Nashville to fill Hoskins\u2019 spot on the active roster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MILWAUKEE \u2013 The Milwaukee Brewers placed first baseman Rhys Hoskins on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a strained right hamstring.\u00a0 Hoskins suffered the injury early in Milwaukee\u2019s 8-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday night, trying to turn the corner on a second-inning single. 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