Brewers Place DL Hall On Injured List, While Grant Anderson OK

[Steve Drumwright]

 

A couple of scary pitching injuries from Thursday's game resulted in one player going on the injured list.

Left-handed reliever DL Hall was placed on the 15-day injured list by the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday with a left pectoral strain. Right-handed reliever Jake Woodford was designated for assignment. Coming up from Triple-A Nashville are right-handed reliever Craig Yoho and left-handed reliever Brian Fitzpatrick. The Brewers' 40-man roster now stands at 39.

Apparently escaping anything serious was right-handed reliever Grant Anderson, who took a line drive off the bat of San Francisco Giants rookie slugger Bryce Eldridge off his right forearm that left seam marks on his skin.

Hall left the game in the fifth inning after throwing a pitch. He had found a nice role in the bullpen as a multi-inning reliever, throwing 31 innings across 24 games with a 2.03 ERA. Hall has had issues with walks this season, sporting an unsightly 19% walk rate, while striking out 25.4%, his best mark since joining the Brewers before the 2024 season.

Woodford was acquired by the Brewers from the Tampa Bay Rays the day before Opening Day. After signing a minor-league deal in the offseason, he had an upward mobility clause that would have forced the Rays to put him on their 40-man roster or be offered to other teams for the same purpose. The Brewers took a gamble on the veteran, who was mainly used in a mopup role over his 16 appearances, putting up a 6.94 ERA in 23⅓ innings. He had a 6.3% walk rate and 17.9% strikeout rate this year.

Yoho is back in the majors after making his MLB debut last year with seven appearances. The changeup specialist had one blowup outing in his brief time up, covering four call-ups. That was allowing five runs in a game against the Chicago White Sox. In his other 7⅔ innings, he allowed two runs. Yoho had nine walks and seven strikeouts overall, with four walks coming against the White Sox.

Fitzpatrick is up for the second time this season. He appeared in four games, including making his MLB debut April 29 vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks. Fitzpatrick pitched a total of 5⅔ innings and had a 1.59 ERA with three walks and four strikeouts.

 

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[Opening Day]

Im glad Yoho is getting another shot.  I know he struggled a little last year in the majors (similar to this year's Woodford).  But that was a small sample size, and looking at his numbers in Nashville, he's earned it.  Im hoping he figures it out.  At the very least, it will give them time to get an idea if they need to pick up someone for that spot at the deadline.  I'd rather audition people within the organization now.

[adambr2]

I really hope Yoho can figure it out this time. Obviously his previous trips up have not gone well.

I don’t like to use the expression “the lights are too bright” but I wonder if that has been the case because you’re talking about a jump from 2.5 BB/9 to over a walk an inning. It’s obviously not a question of his ability or stuff.