The Milwaukee Brewers moved to place a star prospect on the injured list. Pitcher Robert Gasser, who recently joined the big league club, will head to the IL with an elbow injury.
What’s more, is that the team scheduled a visit for Gasser to meet with a famed doctor. Gasser will meet Dr. Neal ElAttrache, a famed sports doctor who’s performed for many of the most notable athletes in sports.
The Brewers announced that they placed Gasser on the IL along with other corresponding moves on Wednesday afternoon.
LHP Aaron Ashby and RHP Tobias Myers recalled from Triple-A Nashville.
LHP Robert Gasser placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to June 2, with a left flexor strain.
RHP Janson Junk optioned to Triple-A Nashville. pic.twitter.com/q3O6nYoKaD
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) June 5, 2024
Then, later, news emerged that Gasser would seek a second opinion with a visit to ElAttrache.
Robert Gasser is on his way to Los Angeles for a second opinion with Neal ElAttrache on his left flexor strain.
DL Hall will be headed out later today to see ElAttrache, as well.
— Todd Rosiak (@Todd_Rosiak) June 5, 2024
Gasser began the year in Triple-A but later joined the Major League club. In his short time in the bigs, Gasser went 2-0 in 28.0 innings with a 2.57 ERA. He made five starts and had been going through the motions, but the elbow injury derailed any chance of him getting his feet set in Milwaukee long-term this season. It’s a dispiriting conclusion to a lot of early promise.
Ultimately, we’ll see what happens. But the ongoing elbow injury epidemic in baseball has seemingly claimed another. It’s another in a disturbingly torrid run of elbow injuries in the game. So far, it only seems to be accelerating, which is both unfortunate and foreboding.
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