Craig Counsell said after Thursday night’s game that Corbin Burnes had been fighting some soreness in his lower back in recent days and tried to fight through it, before he ultimately had to leave his start against the St. Louis Cardinals early.
Today, that discomfort was diagnosed as an oblique strain, and it may effectively end his season, depending on how many games the Brewers have left to play. He was put on the 10-day injured list, with Ryon Healy taking his spot on the roster for the rest of this weekend’s games and J.