Milwaukee Brewers’ Sal Frelick runs to first base on a single to shallow center field during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, May 2, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich runs to score on an RBI single by Sal Frelick during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)
St. Louis Cardinals catcher Pedro Pag茅s, right, looks on as Milwaukee Brewers’ Sal Frelick scores behind him during the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, April 25, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)
Brewers’ Sal Frelick remains out of lineup with knee issue but says he should return later this week
MILWAUKEE (AP) 鈥 Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick was out of the lineup for a second straight night with a knee issue but believes he should be ready to play again later this week.
Milwaukee Brewers’ Sal Frelick runs to first base on a single to shallow center field during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, May 2, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
MILWAUKEE (AP) 鈥 Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick was out of the lineup for a second straight night with a knee issue but believes he should be ready to play again later this week.
Frelick had left the Brewers鈥 over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday with discomfort in his left knee after hurting it while taking a swing. Frelick underwent an MRI that showed no major damage, and the 2024 NL Gold Glove right fielder said he felt much better when he woke up Tuesday.
鈥淔rom what the trainers are saying, it seems like they鈥檒l try to keep me out until the off day to get an extra day and be ready to go on Friday,鈥 Frelick said before the Brewers鈥 Tuesday night game with the Houston Astros.
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The Brewers complete a three-game series with the Astros on Wednesday afternoon before beginning a six-game trip Friday at Tampa Bay.
Frelick said he felt a grab behind his left knee after swinging the bat in the second inning of Sunday鈥檚 game. He briefly stayed in the game before getting removed in the fourth inning.
鈥淢y whole body rotated, but the spike on my toe staying in the dirt. My foot almost came out of my shoe,鈥 he said. “I tried to play another inning, but my knee was blowing up on me. ... Based on my previous meniscus stuff, I think we dodged a bullet there.”
The 2021 first-round draft pick said he underwent two meniscus surgeries on that knee while playing for Boston College, but he hadn鈥檛 had any other issues with it until Sunday.
Frelick said the MRI he underwent showed no tear but 鈥渏ust a ton of inflammation in there.鈥 But he says he鈥檚 feeling better now.
鈥淵esterday I came in and was not too much better,鈥 Frelick said. 鈥淭his morning I woke up and it was like unbelievable.鈥
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Frelick, 25, is batting .297 with a .381 on-base percentage, one homer, nine RBIs and seven steals in 35 games. That follows a 2024 season in which he hit .259 with a .320 on-base percentage, two homers, 32 RBIs and 18 steals in 145 games.
His absence has tested the depth of an outfield that already has Garrett Mitchell and Blake Perkins . Mitchell last played April 25 as he deals with a left oblique strain. Perkins still hasn鈥檛 made his 2025 debut as he recovers from a fractured right shin.
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