Brewers right-hander Trevor Megill was positioned on the 7-day concussion listing this morning, the staff introduced. Right-hander J.B. Bukauskas is up from Triple-A Nashville to take his spot on the roster. The damage occurred in weird and horrifying vogue, per Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (X link) Megill contracted meals poisoning final weekend and within the aftermath felt light-headed, fainted and wound up struggling a concussion when his 6’8″ body dropped to the bottom.

It’s one other robust loss for a Milwaukee bullpen that’s with out nearer Devin Williams for at the very least the following couple months. Megill, 30, was an unheralded acquisition by the Brewers final offseason who’s tossed 36 2/3 innings with a 3.44 ERA with an enormous 35% strikeout charge towards a strong 8.3% stroll charge. With Williams sidelined, Megill, Joel Payamps and younger flamethrower Abner Uribe had been slated for vital late-inning work in first-year skipper Pat Murphy’s bullpen.

The Brewers didn’t present a timetable for Megill’s return, which is lots comprehensible given the character of his damage. Concussions are tough to foretell, and the severity can differ drastically. Even ostensibly minor concussions can have lingering results that affect a participant for prolonged durations of time.

In Bukauskas, the Brewers will flip a bullpen spot over to a 27-year-old former high prospect whom they acquired off waivers early within the 2023 season. He pitched six shutout innings for Milwaukee final yr however carries a 5.92 ERA in a tiny pattern of 24 1/3 huge league innings. Rough as which will look, Bukauskas additionally logged a 2.92 ERA, 26.8% strikeout charge and 6.4% stroll charge in 37 Triple-A frames for the Brewers final yr, and he fanned 16 of his 41 spring opponents (39%) en path to a 3.72 ERA. There’s loads of uncertainty within the ultimate few spots of the Brewer bullpen, so it stands to cause that with a robust first impression, Bukauskas might doubtlessly carve out a task for himself. He’s controllable for an additional 5 seasons if he’s ready to take action.

Megill’s damage will solely additional open the door for the 23-year-old Uribe to determine himself as a viable high-leverage possibility. He’s 3-for-3 in save alternatives on the younger season and, courting again to final yr’s MLB debut, carries a 1.87 ERA and 29.9% strikeout charge in 33 2/3 innings. Command is a matter for Uribe, who’s walked 15.3% of his opponents, plunked a hitter and unleashed six wild pitches in his younger profession. However, he’s additionally averaged 99.4 mph on his blazing sinker and induced grounders at a hearty 53.4% clip, displaying clear late-inning promise.

The Journal-Sentinel’s Todd Rosiak spoke to Uribe and his teammates in regards to the spectacular younger righty’s rise to significant late-inning work. “I live for it,” Uribe mentioned of pitching in adrenaline-charged eventualities just like the save conditions he’s encountered so far. Murphy tells Rosiak he’s been impressed with the right-hander’s demeanor regardless of his youth, noting that Uribe “has learned so far and really kept his emotions under control and focused on his task.”

Payamps has picked up one save within the Brewers’ first 4 wins of the yr as properly, nevertheless it appears Uribe would be the most popular possibility for ninth-inning work whereas Williams and Megill mend. Presumably, when Williams is ready to return, Uribe will slide again down right into a setup function. It’s all the time doable the command struggles will flare up and result in a very tough patch, however at the very least this far in his younger profession, Uribe appears to be like the a part of a reputable late-inning arm who can stick on the MLB stage. If that’s certainly the case, Milwaukee can management him throughout the 2029 season and he received’t be arb-eligible till after the 2026 marketing campaign.

Elsewhere within the group, the Brew Crew remains to be within the early levels of navigating a shoulder damage for touted catching prospect Jeferson Quero. The 21-year-old suffered the damage in Nashville’s season opener, and GM Matt Arnold this week introduced that Quero has been identified with a subluxation in his proper shoulder (hyperlink by way of Adam McCalvy of MLB.com). He’s had one MRI and is receiving a second opinion to find out the severity of the difficulty and get a transparent sense of his rehab plan. The Brewers haven’t introduced a timetable for his return or whether or not surgical procedure could be required.

Quero is broadly regarded not solely as one of many Brewers’ greatest prospects however the most effective prospects in all of baseball, touchdown on top-100 lists at The Athletic (No. 12), ESPN (No. 32), Baseball America (No. 33), MLB.com (No. 35), Baseball Prospectus (No. 38) and FanGraphs (No. 40). The Athletic’s Keith Law calls Quero a probable plus defender behind the plate with the potential for 20-homer energy throughout his prime years.

Quero spent the 2023 season as one of many youngest gamers in Double-A however greater than held his personal towards older, extra superior competitors. In 381 plate appearances, he slashed .262/.339/.440 (107 wRC+) with a formidable 10% stroll charge towards a lower-than-average 17.8% strikeout charge.

In higher damage information, McCalvy tweets that outfielder Garrett Mitchell is on a timeline of 4 to 6 weeks to return from the fractured finger in his left hand, which is so far therapeutic as anticipated. The 25-year-old has gotten transient appears to be like within the outfield in every of the previous two seasons, posting a mixed .278/.343/.452 slash (119 wRC+) with 5 homers and 9 steals. It’s very robust manufacturing, however these numbers are additionally propped up by a wildly unsustainable .441 common on balls in play and masks a extra ominous 38.3% strikeout charge. It’s solely 141 plate appearances, however Mitchell will ultimately must considerably reduce on the strikeouts if he’s to carve out a long-term function in Milwaukee’s outfield.