Christian Yelich Done For The Season; Are The Brewers?

Reigning NL MVP Christian Yelich is done for the 2019 season. Yelich's season came to an abrupt end tonight in Miami, the city where it began. In the first inning of tonight's game against the Marlins, Yelich fouled an Elieser Hernandez pitch off his right knee sustaining a fracture.

Entering tonight's game Yelich was possibly en route to back to back NL MVP Awards with .330 batting average, 44 HR, 97 RBI, 30 stolen bases and 100 runs scored.

Despite Yelich's injury, the Brewers beat the Marlins 4-3 for their fifth straight win and are 8-2 in September. As of this writing, the Chicago Cubs are losing to the San Diego Padres 6-3 in the 4th inning. Should the Cubs lose, the Brewers will be one game back of Chicago for the second NL Wild Card berth. But it's hard to see the Brewers sustaining this level of play without Yelich. They certainly wouldn't have won the NL Central last year without Yelich. On the other hand, the Brewers now have something to prove with 18 games left in the regular season.