Brewers' Christian Yelich expected to miss at least a month with adductor strain

The Milwaukee Brewers placed three-time All-Star and former MVP Christian Yelich on the injured list Tuesday with a second-degree adductor strain that’s expected to sideline him for at least a month.

The Brewers confirmed the injury Tuesday afternoon and announced that he’s expected to be out until at least mid-May. Yelich sustained the injury in Sunday’s 8-6 loss to the Washington Nationals.

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The Brewers replaced Yelich in the lineup for his scheduled third at-bat on Sunday. The severity of his injury wasn’t initially clear, but manager Pat Murphy wasn’t optimistic in his postgame news conference.

“We’re most likely to get some bad news on Yelich,” Murphy told reporters.

It turns out that he was right to be concerned.

Brewers will look to break slump without Yelich

The injury is a blow to a reeling Brewers team that lost its fifth straight game on Sunday to drop to 8-7. The loss completed a three-game sweep at the hands of the Nationals.

Milwaukee had Monday off and starts a three-game series against the reigning AL champion Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday in third place in the NL Central, 1.5 games behind the first-place Pittsburgh Pirates (10-6). The Blue Jays are off to their own poor start at 6-9.

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Yelich, 34, is playing his 14th MLB season and his ninth with the Brewers. The 2018 NL MVP, Yelich is a three-time All-Star, three-time Silver Slugger winner and one-time Gold Glove winner.

Yelich made his most recent All-Star team in 2024. He didn’t make the All-Star team in 2025, but finished the season with 29 home runs, his highest tally since he hit 44 in 2019.

Yelich was off to a strong start prior to his injury. Through 15 games, Yelich is slashing .314/.375/.451 with 1 home run, 10 RBI and 3 stolen bases. The Brewers will have to look to break out of their slump without him.