Milwaukee Brewers’ Rickie Weeks unfit – MLB News
It seems the Milwaukee Brewers will undergo a tough time in the upcoming weeks, as their main player, Rickie Weeks will have to remain on the disabled-list for his ankle injury.
Brewers’ second baseman Rickie Weeks ended up injuring himself on July 27 while he was running out in the infield. Although the Brewers managed to beat the Chicago Cubs by 2-0 score, Weeks’ departure outshone that sense of enjoyment.
Although the X-rays that were carried out soon after which showed the report was negative, Weeks for now has to undergo magnetic resonance imagining exam to determine the nature of the injury and at worse, to find out if it is ligament damage.
That is the question that had better be put to the Brewers’ manager as he has been closely monitoring the developments on the player. For him, understandably, the good news is almost invariably accompanied by news that is not reassuring in nature.
"He's going to be out awhile," said Roenicke, who indicated Weeks would go on the disabled list. "This isn't going to be a couple days. You win a good game and you get bad news. Losing Rickie really hurts. What we do offensively, he's a huge part of that."
Like already known to all, Weeks is considered to be the key player and backbone of the team that preponderantly rely on him in tough times.
"It's a huge test," Brewers centre-fielder Nyjer Morgan said of playing without Weeks for an extended period. "Man, it hurts. But we've just got to keep going. We're all professionals and we all know what to do."
So important and indispensable is Rickie Weeks that thinking of playing without him gives the team pangs.
Having played 746 games in his career, he has scored 517 runs so far with .256 average and having hit 108 home-runs that also includes 308 RBIs, accentuating the fact that Weeks has been extremely consistent throughout his career as the team’s baseman.
Weeks has performed phenomenally well in this season as well where he has had 104 games played and 71 runs to his credit, having hit 19 home-runs and 43 RBIs, holding an average of 2.72.
The sooner he regains his fitness, the better it is for the 23rd number baseman of the MLB 2011 season. Most importantly, it is the team that will need him the most as the play-offs are not too far off.
Only time will tell if the injury to Weeks will affect the performance of the Brewers in the long or short term. One thing for certain is that with him, the Brewers are much more competitive and having him out may create issues within the club. The Brewers
will be looking for his quick recovery and early return into the team.
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