The Brewers placed right-handers Corbin Burnes and Zack Godley on the injured list Thursday, the team announced. Manager Craig Counsell was unable to discuss why Burnes went on the IL, which suggests the hurler tested positive for COVID-19, Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel tweets. Meanwhile, Godley landed on the 10-day IL with a right index finger contusion. Milwaukee recalled righty Alec Bettinger and lefty Eric Lauer in corresponding moves.
While it’s unclear how much time Burnes will miss, the Brewers can ill afford to go without him for long. The flamethrowing 26-year-old broke through as one of the game’s premier starters last season and has continued to roll in 2021. Burnes has pitched to 1.53 ERA with even more impressive fielding-independent numbers (0.50 FIP, 1.18 xFIP, 1.24 SIERA), and he has somehow managed to avoid walking anyone over the first 29 1/3 innings of his season. Not only that, but Burnes has fanned a whopping 49 hitters – putting him two strikeouts away from tying Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen’s 51:0 K:BB ratio for the all-time record to begin a season.
The loss of Godley is much less troubling for the Brewers, though it does further subtract from their starting depth. Milwaukee, which is also without injured starter Brett Anderson, selected Godley’s contract before its game against the Marlins on Wednesday. Godley threw just three innings of three-run ball in a 6-2 loss before exiting with his injury.
Lauer, who made 54 starts between San Diego and Milwaukee from 2018-20, will slot into the Brewers’ rotation for the time being. Although Lauer faced a daunting opponent, the Dodgers, on Thursday, he rose to the occasion with five shutout innings in a 2-1 victory.
NOOO NOT BURNES
Dodgers are lucky they won’t face “Buzzsaw” C. Burnes
I would’ve loved to watch Burnes face a healthy Dodgers squad firing on all cylinders. It would’ve made for a great match.
You’ll get that chance to see Burnes vs the Dodgers in the playoffs, and it’s not going to be pretty for the Dodgers, along with Woodruff and Peralta, the Brewers are one of the few teams in the game that could have a slight advantage in playoff starters, at least for the first 3.
Yes the Dodgers caught a break as Burnes is CY-worthy. But then again, Pee Wee Herman would hold them to 1 run or less the way their offense looks right now.
Uhh. What? That is not cool. What in the wide wide world of sports is going on here??
Zack Godley really got roughed up during that interference collision
Considering what a bum pitcher Godley is, him being on the DL is only a positive for Milwaukee.
I’ve seen some bad calls before, and that “interference” call was right up there with the worst.
Dodgers catch a break by missing Burnes this weekend, though I was really looking forward to watching him pitch. Enormous talent.
Tonight’s game will be Bauer versus Lauer
Which one will be the first to hit the shower?
Updates on the hour.
Lauer makes me cower.
That’s a little sour. You should give him a flower
Lauer was a certified dodger killer in his time with pods
Lauer Power – looking great thru 4
Was hoping Small would get promoted. I think he is gunna exceed expectations.
It can’t be difficult to exceed Small expectations.
wont say why….most likely covid related.
Hoping so and not something serious.
Are they saying burnes or boo-urnes
Burnes has basically been pitching porn so far this year, the game needs him back asap
It’s all stacking up for the Pirates to win the NL Central!
Burnes has been absolutely insane. He’s trying to rival Degoat this season, but even he can’t come close.
Counsell “cant discuss” why hes on the IL…yup COVID for sure
RIP Eric Lauer tonight. I say 9-0 after the second inning. Kid just flat out sucks
Bauer v Lauer tonight. What’s the difference between them? The L
ItsStillMillerPark: After tonight’s performance I think it’s safe to say that you DEFINITELY shouldn’t quit your day job. Your prognostications TRULY SUCK unlike Lauer’s performance tonight.
Yeah that take aged pretty bad.
ItsStillMillerPark –
Huh…guess you were wrong. I’m shocked.
As a Padres fan, I can’t believe the doyers are getting lucky again and missing Corbin Burnes! Although Eric Lauer had pretty good success against them when he was with the Padres. beatLA
Lauer has been excellent against the Dodgers in his career, it will be interesting to see if he can have a quality start.
Lauer with five more clean innings against the dodgers tonight. Amazing. It might be worth keeping him on the roster just for pitching against them. He sucks against everyone else.
These guys are getting the COVID vaccine and are following protocols and everyone they come into contact has been vaccinated… right? If they are doing all these things I would think getting COVID should be rare.
Something is not adding up. Either they are not vaccinated or they are not following protocols.
“Something is not adding up. Either they are not vaccinated or they are not following protocols”.
It hasn’t added up since the beginning……………
LOL
@Arthur
Not all players are vaccinated yet. The vaccines grow in effectiveness over time, but none are 100% effective. The players are playing in stadiums filled with thousands of maskless strangers who are screaming. It’s going to keep happening; COVID isn’t “over” and won’t be for years, if ever.
HAHAHAHA! Really? Even those idiots at the CDC don’t believe that you can get “Covid” from screaming fans. This has got to be the most ridiculous comment about “Covid” that I have ever seen. Congratulations!
How about this – how about we close all the stadiums – that way everyone that works there doesn’t get paid, lose their jobs, then the hotels can close too because nobody is staying there, and then the restaurants close because no one comes to the games. oh that’s right that’s already happened.
Meanwhile the rest of America tries to move on…..tired of the BS.
Too bad there isn’t a thumbs down option on comments.
well said Ted, and fortunately MLB (outside of Texas) seems to be on the same page. Ignore the unintelligibles .
Weekly Monitoring Testing:
• 11,547 tests conducted, with 4 new positive tests (2 Major League players and 2 Alternate Site players); a 0.03% positive rate.
That’s direct from the MLB site.
Meanwhile – the current stomach flu that is going around and which effects are lasting longer than COVID goes unreported. But that is “unintelligibles”.
Rough day for Wisconsin sports fans, amirite?
Tough news for Burnes he’s lights out.
Maybe Godley got hurt on that ‘collision’ at first base with Diaz?
Has anyone heard any logical explanation how that play was obstruction?
The logical explanation is that Marty Foster is incompetent and should be sent to AAA to refresh his skills.
How is Godley even in the Major Leagues? Godley is a perfect example why service time manipulation needs to be addressed during the next CBA. Fixing that issue would show the fans that the organization’s best available talent would ALWAYS be on the field.
Anybody have a read on what Bettinger brings to the table? Ever actually heard of him before…does he have a chance to be good?
Its Ungodley the number of injuries going down.