Sep. 28: The Brewers have made it official, announcing Houser’s placement on the 15-day injured list with a right groin strain. Right-hander Justin Topa was recalled in a corresponding move.
Sep. 27: The Brewers are planning to place starter Adrian Houser on the 15-day injured list, manager Craig Counsell informed reporters (including Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel). The righty left today’s start against the Cardinals in the fourth inning due to what appeared to be a right groin injury.
It’ll be Houser’s second IL stint of the season. He lost around six weeks this summer after suffering a flexor strain in his forearm. Houser returned from that issue around a month ago and reassumed his role in the starting rotation after a couple brief appearances to build up his pitch count. Unfortunately, he’s now done for at least the remainder of the regular season, and it’s possible he won’t throw another pitch at any point this year.
Milwaukee wound up dropping tonight’s contest to St. Louis, officially eliminating them from the NL Central race. They’ve long known they were playing for a Wild Card spot, and they remain a game and a half back of the Phillies with a week to play. The Brew Crew play St. Louis again tomorrow before closing the season with four games against the Marlins and three against the Diamondbacks. Philadelphia has two games against the Cubs, then four with the Nationals and three against the Astros to wrap things up. The Phils hold the tiebreaker over the Brewers, so Milwaukee will need to leapfrog Philadelphia (or, less likely, San Diego) in the standings to earn a playoff berth.
They’ll have to cover one of Houser’s scheduled starts along the way. Rotation injuries have been a major problem for the Brewers, as they’ve also lost Freddy Peralta and Aaron Ashby for extended stretches recently. Both pitchers were reinstated from the injured list last week, but they’ve each been on tight pitch limits without the benefit of a minor league rehab stint. Milwaukee has been left mostly trying to patch things together behind their top duo of Corbin Burnes and Brandon Woodruff, and Houser’s injury only exacerbates the issue.
It hasn’t been a great season for the 29-year-old Houser, who entered tonight’s start with a 4.62 ERA through 99 1/3 innings. He rode an elite 59% ground-ball rate to a 3.22 ERA in 28 outings last season, but that grounder rate has dropped to 47.2% this season. Houser’s strikeout and swing-and-miss rates have also gone in the wrong direction, but Milwaukee has continued to rely upon him as a back-of-the-rotation arm when he’s been healthy enough to take the mound.
I suppose we could call this adding injury to insult… Crew can look forward to playing golf in October, unfortunately…
Sympathy from a padres fan, but maybe Velasquez or Arrietta are available?
Arrieta retired
Burnes and Woodruff have 2 years left so Milwaukee can’t afford to see either of those guys go down and require tommy john surgery. I think they extend 1 and trade the other but hopefully they find the budget to keep both.
Condition was confirmed by Doogie Houser !!
Maybe they can see what they have in Ethan Small. He was only a 1st round draft pick back in ‘19
Brewers do not do well with first round draft choices.
So..they should just keep them all in the minors and never bring them up?
I hope the Phillies fall on their faces so that the Brewers get into the playoffs as the last wild card team and the Cardinals can continue knocking them down. Let’s go!!!
1982 and 2011 all over again, huh? That’s fine with me.
Yeah, right. The Brewers have completely collapsed. 25-27 since the start of August isn’t going to get it done. Trading Hader sure seems to have upset your boys. That’s a real bummer.
Professional athletes don’t use that as an excuse to dog it.
Brewers need some major housecleaning of the roster this offseason. Also badly need some veteran team leaders.
The brewers president and GM killed the brewers by destroying the team chemistry when they traded Hader. Thanks Stearns!!
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That was an excellent trade for the Brewers.
They dumped what was left of a $11m salary in 2022 for a guy headed to arbitration. He has an 8.78 ERA with SD, and a -1.2 bWar for the year. They took on Taylor Rodgers for the remainder of the year at $7m and are free of him at year-end – he was almost as bad as Hader, but he isn’t closing (and losing) games. They have a real closer that Hader was blocking. They acquired a pitching prospect as well as a CF prospect that hit over .300 in AA and 2 AAA stops in 2022, along with over a .400 OBP at all 3 stops, and OPS’s of .861, .935, and 1.085 – plus he is a very good defensive OF.
Team chemistry? A so-called veteran pennant contending team should have been able to work through that. They point-blank quit because they wanted the FO to trade away what few young prospects they had to get yet more high salaried veterans. If Mr. Stearns did what people like you and those players wanted, the Brewers would have sucked for the next 5 years. So yes, you should thank Stearns.
I repeat – they need to clean house of the quitters and get some professional players in this offseason. They should have been gliding into the playoffs the past 2-3 weeks. The funny thing is…..they can still make them.
I fail to see how the team would be better off had they kept Hader. Better morale? Maybe, but that doesn’t mean more wins.
Yelich would still be a noodle armed slap hitter, and the entire offense would still be loaded with guys who hit hr or K, except Yelich of course. And they don’t hit enough hr to offset all the K’s.
They were 13-15 last September. They don’t finish strong.
Unfortunately, my Phillies are doing everything they can to assure an appearance by the Brewers in the NL playoffs. They lost their fifth in a row last night to the lowly Cubs and a rookie pitcher! If we lose again this afternoon, the Cubbies will have won the season series 6-O. Inexcusable!
I lived through the debacle of 1964 when the Phillies blew the pennant. Had a 6 1/2 game lead with just 12 to go and went belly up by losing 10 games in a row. Your Cardinals took their place in the WS vs. the Yankees. A WS that was supposed to be my first as a Phillies fan. Note: Too young to remember the Whiz Kids of 1950.
Stated to follow the Phillies in the mid-’50s when I was still in grade school. Still haven’t gotten over the fact that they blew it. I refer to 1964 as my Purple Heart when it comes to being a Phillies fan.
Chuck Tanner hit the nail on the head when he said, “Winning a pennant is hard. Losing one is harder!”.
Instead, the Cards fell on their faces.
More bullpen games, YEAH!
The Brewers need a complete rebuild and no better time to do it than this offseason. With next year being a two team race between the Cubs and the Pirates, they can retool and be somewhat back in the mix by 2024
Problem is they really only have 2 guys that can legitimately bring back a decent haul..and that’s if they don’t immediately DFA them because of a ‘roster crunch.’
Yelich has a no trade, awful contract and why would anyone want him?
Taylor is fine defensively but can’t hit.
Urias can’t play D and hits .225
They probably let Wong walk.
Hiura can’t hit, field, throw or catch.
Tellez is..he hits HR and is decent at 1B (range is awful but the glove is ok.
I like Caratini as a backup but neither he or Narv can hit.
Adames and Renfroe are probably the best trade bait that aren’t starting pitchers, and I’m not saying that means a lot.
The rest is Peterson (fine utility guy), Brosseau (great pinch hitter..when healthy), Cutch is 36(?) and Mitchell..they should maybe keep him another year.
I’m afraid we’re stuck with most of the guys who are under contract for next year.
you must be talking about 2nd place, the Cards own the NL central and everyone knows it.
The NL central is the cheapest monopoly piece on the board. Anyone who isn’t in jail can own it.
Great analogy.
Yeah Slider but that’s true of every central division in every sport. The two coasts get most of the talent and wins. Playing in flyover states is like playing JV in high school,
Nah, it’s Baltic Avenue at worst. The AL Central is Mediterranean Avenue.
Cubs and Pirates?! Not as early as next year! If the Brewers rebuild this offseason, the Cardinals will win the 2023 NL Central title basically by default.
Besides, when you’ve got two more years of excellent starting pitching, some decent support pieces around them, and play in a weak division, that’s when you go for it.
With a winning record it would be stupid for a rebuild. However they do have like 4 1st round picks ready for the majors like yesterday.
Cardinal fans at it again! Keep beating the Brewers? Hmmm, you mean like last year when the Brewers won the Central division. What’s that, you own the division? Brewers won the division in 2018 and 2021, Cards in 2019, 2022 ….not exactly owning the division especially if I go to 2017 and 2016 when the Cubs were doing something.
Cards fans = the most arrogant fans in baseball ….and not too bright either!
Let’s be fair, the Cards broke my heart in ‘82, but it’s a great franchise and the fans support their team well. Was at Busch stadium a few times to catch the Crew, and the fans were fun – clearly they follow their team closely. Can’t really call it a rivalry yet since the Brewers don’t have enough history and certainly not enough success, but we’ll work on that…
You’re not too bright if you think the NL Central division only dates back to 2016. The Cardinals have now won the NL Central 13 times (including 2001, when they were co-champions with the Astros but were relegated to the wild card seed on a tiebreaker) since it was established in 1995! (Well, technically 1994, but we all know how that turned out.)
Yes, let’s be fair. I’ve worked at Am Fam field for 6 years and the Card fans are unequivocally the most arrogant fans that come to the ballpark.
When the topic comes up with coworkers, it’s virtually unanimous, it’s the definition of a no brainer. Yes, they’ve had success but that’s not a reason to be so incredibly conceited!
If you can do it, then it ain’t conceit. It’s a fact. Cardinals are rarely bad. Seem to be in contention every year. Never been to a game in St. Louis, so can’t comment about the fans. Did attend a couple of ST games in Jupiter, Fla. over the years. Sorry, but didn’t notice the arrogance you alluded to.
Then you never dealt with Red Sox or Cubs fans.
Agreed Rafa. Have gone to many Cards Crew games throughout the years. Hands down most arrogant in the game. Went to a series in St Louis back in 2009, and the “greatest fans in sports” only cheered for Pujols. When they had such great players, it’s like they only cheered when Pujols was up. Didn’t pay attention to the game, didn’t know the relievers coming out of the pen, never cared to care. They wrote the “unwritten rules” so many different ways and changed them to suit their needs. Yankees, Sox, and Cubs fans don’t hold a torch to Cards fans in the arrogance department.