Milwaukee Brewers' Top Prospect to Spend Multiple Weeks on Injured List
The Milwaukee Brewers, already strapped for pitching depth, are dealing with another injury as top prospect Robert Gasser is expected to miss multiple weeks with an elbow issue.
The Milwaukee Brewers, already strapped for pitching depth heading into 2024, are expected to be without one of their top pitching prospects for multiple weeks at the outset of the season as well.
Per Brewers' reporter Todd Rosiak on social media:
A couple of noteworthy tidbits from Pat Murphy:
LHP Robert Gasser is sidelined with a bone spur in his left elbow. For now it is expected to be a weeks-long absence, and dings the team’s starting-pitching depth.
Jackson Chourio is starting in RF on opening day.
At the start of the season, the Brew Crew are expected to have Freddy Peralta, DL Hall, Collin Rea, Jakob Junis and Joe Ross in the rotation. They should get veteran lefty Wade Miley back as well, but it's a far cry from years past when both Corbin Burnes and Brandon Woodruff were atop the rotation. Burnes has been traded to Baltimore and Woodruff is out for most or all of the season with injury.
Gasser enters the season as the No. 6 prospect in the organization and should still debut sometime in 2024.
The following comes from a portion of his MLB.com prospect profile:
The 6-foot southpaw throws both a four-seamer and sinker around 91-94 mph -- the former working up in the zone and the latter dropping low to limit damage (no batter managed an extra-base hit off Gasser’s sinker in 2023). He uses both more as table-setters while his 79-82 mph slider can be a true putaway pitch -- one that can run away from lefties or backfoot righties with sweep and even some lift. He’s added an upper-80s cutter that hovers right around the 0-inch horizontal mark, giving him a pitch he can pinpoint with relative ease. His upper-80s changeup has dwindled in usage as Gasser has worked on its command.
The Brewers will open up the season on Friday against the New York Mets.
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