MILWAUKEE (AP) – All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy will miss four to six weeks of spring training for the Milwaukee Brewers because of a strain of his right hamstring.
The injury is near the top of Lucroy’s hamstring, close to the hip, an area that had given Lucroy a little trouble at the end of last season, assistant general manager Gord Ash said Wednesday.
Lucroy was fine when he was examined on Jan. 26 in Milwaukee at the time of the team’s winter fan outreach event, Ash said. The Brewers are unsure how Lucroy aggravated the injury.
Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to the team’s spring training facility next week in Arizona. Ash said he was hopeful that Lucroy would be ready for the April 6 opener against Colorado.
“One thing we wanted to make clear here, he can still throw, he can still hit,” Ash said. Lucroy will also get more work on the practice field at first base, as the Brewers had planned, though he won’t get game experience this spring.