Brewers' William Contreras: Dealt with knee sprain in playoffs
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Brewers general manager Matt Arnold revealed Thursday that Contreras playing through a minor knee sprain during the team's wild-card series loss to the Mets, Jack Stern of BrewerFanatic.com reports.
Contreras didn't have to miss any time because of the injury, but it did force a move from catcher to the designated hitter spot in Game 3 of the series. He will not require surgery on the knee and is expected to be fine by the time spring training rolls around with an offseason of rest.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Resting Sunday
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Contreras is absent from Sunday's lineup against the Mets.
Contreras will rest for the regular-season finale, as Eric Haase starts behind home plate and bats fifth. Unless he pinch hits Sunday, Contreras will end his second regular season with the Brewers having slashed .281/.365/.466 with 23 home runs and 92 RBIs (both career highs) across 679 plate appearances.
Contreras (finger/hip) is in the lineup as the designated hitter for Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks.
The 26-year-old is said to be dealing with lingering finger and hip issues, but he will tough it out Sunday with the help of the DH tag. Milwaukee has already secured the NL Central, so Contreras could perhaps see additional down time over the final week of the season. That said, he's been a workhorse and will likely push to play as much as the team will let him in preparation for the playoffs.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Out of lineup Saturday
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Contreras isn't in the Brewers' lineup Saturday versus Arizona.
Contreras will get a chance to catch his breath Saturday after going 4-for-5 with a two-run homer in Friday's loss. Eric Haase will fill in behind the plate and bat ninth.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Dealing with lingering injuries
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Contreras was held out of Saturday's game against the Diamondbacks due to finger and hip injuries, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Contreras' injuries appear to be minor and he wanted to play Saturday, but the Brewers will rest the 26-year-old catcher for at least one contest. He could be back as soon as Sunday for the series finale, but with the Brewers scheduled for an off day Monday, he could be held out for additional rest until the start of the upcoming road series against the Pirates on Tuesday. Since Sept. 1, Contreras has slashed .286/.397/.500 with three home runs and 12 RBI across 69 plate appearances.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Four hits in Friday's loss
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Contreras went 4-for-5 with a two-run home run in Friday's 7-4 loss to the Diamondbacks.
The star backstop took Zac Gallen deep in the fifth inning as the Brewers rallied from an early 4-0 deficit, but the Milwaukee offense failed to score a run in any other frame. Contreras is red hot with the playoffs looming, slashing .400/.490/.700 over his last 12 games with three doubles, three homers, eight runs and 12 RBI, and he sits four runs and eight RBI short of reaching 100 in each category for the first time in his career.
Contreras went 1-for-2 with a two-run double, two walks and a stolen base in Monday's 6-2 win over the Phillies.
Contreras opened the scoring with a two-run double in the third inning and was part of a double steal in the seventh. Over his past 10 games, the catcher has three multi-hit efforts with five extra-base hits and 10 RBI. On the season, he is hitting .281 with 22 homers, 90 RBI, 94 runs scored and seven steals across 640 plate appearances.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Taking seat Sunday
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Contreras is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks.
Contreras started the past eight games and will receive a day off after going 9-for-27 with two doubles, two homers, eight RBI and six runs. Eric Haase will do the catching for left-hander DL Hall in the series finale.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Homers, drives in four
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Contreras went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, a walk, four RBI and three total runs scored in Saturday's 15-8 win over the Diamondbacks.
Contreras did a little bit of everything, including opening the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the first inning. He added an RBI double in the fourth a two-run home run in the ninth to log multiple RBI for the second time over 12 games in September. The catcher is hitting .231 (9-for-39) this month, but he still has a brilliant .280/.362/.470 slash line with 22 homers, 88 RBI, 94 runs scored and six stolen bases through a career-high 144 contests this season.
