MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers will be without starting pitcher Wily Peralta for at least the next month after a test revealed Monday that the right-hander strained his left oblique, sending him to the disabled list for the first time in his career.
“I think we’re probably looking at a minimum of four weeks,” manager Craig Counsell said Monday afternoon.
Peralta was 1-5 with a 4.00 ERA in nine starts this season but had thrown four shutout innings Friday night at Atlanta before leaving the game with a sore side.
“It surprised me,” Peralta said. “I didn’t think it was going to be that (bad), but it’s more than they expected.”
Peralta’s next turn in the rotation is set for Wednesday but Counsell wasn’t sure who would fill the spot. Right-hander David Goforth will join the team Tuesday, but was used as a reliever in his 16 appearances for Triple-A Colorado Springs.
“We’re still going to wait one more day,” Counsell said. “There’s a possibility Mike Fiers might start on short rest … or Mike Blazek.”
The Brewers did get some good news on the injury front Monday; catcher Jonathan Lucroy and shortstop Jean Segura underwent X-rays on their fractured appendages and both appear to be on-track to return in the next week.
Segura has been out since May 14 with a broken right pinky finger but should be ready to play Friday when he’s first eligible to come off the DL.
Lucroy, meanwhile, expects to go on a short rehab assignment this weekend and be activated Monday when the Brewers open a road trip in St. Louis.
“That’s what we’re shooting for,” Lucroy said. “For now, I’m going to spend a few days here doing some stuff full speed then head out on a rehab assignment, maybe three or four games. That’s all it was last time I was on the DL. I shouldn’t need that much.”
Lucroy has been sidelined since breaking his left big toe on April 21.