The Milwaukee Brewers’ playoff hopes took a big hit on Friday night in the form of an injury to their ace pitcher.
The team confirmed Saturday that their ace right-hander, Jimmy Nelson, will miss the remainder of the season due to a strained rotator cuff and partial labrum tear in his right shoulder suffered when he was sliding back into first base against the Chicago Cubs on Friday.
.@Jimmy_J_Nelson will miss the remainder of the season with a right rotator cuff strain and partial anterior labrum tear.
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) September 9, 2017
This is a huge blow for the Brewers. They had already had at least some concerns about their starting pitching — they looked into the top names on the market back at the trade deadline — but Nelson, with his 3.49 ERA, had comfortably been the team’s best pitcher. Milwaukee sits three games out of the second wild card spot and four behind the Cubs in the NL Central, but an injury to their ace may ensure that both deficits are too much to overcome.
