Christian Yelich’s resurgence playing vital role in Brewers’ quest for NL Central title
1 year, 4 months ago

Christian Yelich’s resurgence playing vital role in Brewers’ quest for NL Central title

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MILWAUKEE — Christian Yelich heard all the talk about whether he ever could recapture the MVP form he showed early in his Milwaukee Brewers tenure. “If you’re always trying to please people or care what people think, it’s going to beat you up mentally,” Yelich said. Yelich noted that once a player has won an MVP award, “you’re always going to be measured to that standard in most people’s eyes, especially once you sign a deal like I have.” Instead, his numbers fell after the Brewers signed him to a nine-year, $215 million contract in the spring of 2020, quite an investment for a small-market franchise. “Everyone just thinks it’s normal to have a Cy Young-caliber season or an MVP-caliber season and you can just pencil that in every year and that’s what the standard should be,” Yelich said. You’ve got to treat every year as its own thing.” After winning consecutive NL batting titles in 2018 and 2019, Yelich saw his average plunge to.205 in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.

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Brewers’ Yelich believes his back surgery should have long-term benefits for his baseball career
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Brewers’ Yelich believes his back surgery should have long-term benefits for his baseball career

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MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich said his back issues had started bothering him off the field as well as on it by the time he opted to undergo season-ending surgery. “I don’t know how deep I want to get into it, but really it was just like cleaning some stuff out that needed to go and was causing …

Brewers optimistic that Christian Yelich will be ready for start of 2025 season
4 months, 1 week ago

Brewers optimistic that Christian Yelich will be ready for start of 2025 season

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MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold said the back surgery that Christian Yelich underwent Friday should enable the 2018 NL MVP to be ready for the start of the 2025 season. “We’re optimistic about him being ready for opening day.” The 32-year-old Yelich was leading the NL in batting and on-base percentage in his 12th major …

Brewers All-Star Yelich placed on IL, will see specialist to determine if back surgery is needed
5 months ago

Brewers All-Star Yelich placed on IL, will see specialist to determine if back surgery is needed

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CHICAGO — The Milwaukee Brewers were bracing for the possibility that Christian Yelich misses significant time after placing the All-Star outfielder on the 10-day injured list Wednesday because of inflammation in his lower back. “He’s been an offensive machine, the attitude he brings,” manager Pat Murphy said. Hopefully, we can get him back.” Asked how concerned he is that Yelich …

Yelich, Perkins power Brewers to 9-2 victory over Dodgers and avoid being swept in weekend series
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Yelich, Perkins power Brewers to 9-2 victory over Dodgers and avoid being swept in weekend series

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LOS ANGELES — Christian Yelich and Blake Perkins both homered, had three hits and drove in three runs as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-2 Sunday to snap a seven-game losing streak at Dodger Stadium. Yelich, voted in as one of the NL’s starting outfielders for the July 16 All-Star Game, batted.393 with three homers and five …

Riding a tricycle! Yelich record-tying 3rd cycle, Brews fall
2 years, 7 months ago

Riding a tricycle! Yelich record-tying 3rd cycle, Brews fall

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CINCINNATI — Christian Yelich bolted out of the box, sprinting around the bases and cruising into third standing up for his first triple of the season. Yelich became the sixth player in major league history to hit at least one home run, triple, double and single in the same game three times. It is still pretty cool.” Tyler Stephenson drove …

Stearns says Brewers don’t know cause of Yelich’s struggles
3 years, 2 months ago

Stearns says Brewers don’t know cause of Yelich’s struggles

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MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns says nobody has been able to figure out the cause of Christian Yelich’s hitting struggles over the past couple of seasons. “I think if we did, if Christian knew exactly what happened, it’s easier to solve,” Stearns said Friday during a news conference wrapping up the Brewers’ season. You just …

Brewers’ Yelich on COVID-19 list after positive test
3 years, 4 months ago

Brewers’ Yelich on COVID-19 list after positive test

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PITTSBURGH — Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich has tested positive for the coronavirus and is showing mild symptoms. Yelich and utilityman Jace Peterson were placed on the COVID-19 injured list, Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns said Tuesday, adding that Peterson was sidelined due to contact tracing and hasn’t tested positive. Yelich — who has been vaccinated against the …

Brewers’ Yelich back on injured list, 1 day after returning
3 years, 7 months ago

Brewers’ Yelich back on injured list, 1 day after returning

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PHILADELPHIA — Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich is going back on the injured list just one day after getting activated. “I’m just not where I need to be to go out there on an everyday basis and compete in a Major League Baseball game,” Yelich said before the Brewers played Tuesday night at Philadelphia. “We’re kind of at a point …

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