NL Central: Could Luis Lara be the solution to the Brewers injury issues in the outfield?

Milwaukee Brewers

After a scorching hot start to the baseball season, the Brewers have fallen off a bit losing six of their last seven games. They've had a number of injuries to key players, and this week DH Christian Yelich joined Jackson Chourio on the injured list. As a result, the Brewers have basically emptied their 40-man roster for outfield talent by calling up 28-year old Greg Jones this week.

Jones is a toolsy athlete with 80-grade speed. He's stolen 46 bases as recently as 2024 in AAA while playing for Colorado. A number of injuries limited his playing time to 86 MiLB plate appearances and two MLB plate appearances with the White Sox in 2025. In 2024 across 417 minor league plate appearances (406 of them at AAA) Jones slashed...

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