The Milwaukee Brewers placed Jonathan Villar on the 10-day disabled list and recalled outfielder Lewis Brinson from Triple-A, the team announced Saturday.
Villar was carted off the field during Friday’s 8-6 win over the Diamondbacks. He was injured after laying out to catch a ball.
It’s a huge call-up for the Brewers, as Brinson is rated the No. 1 prospect in Milwaukee’s farm system all season. He’s shown why, too, slashing his way through Triple-A with a .312/.397/.503 mark through 45 games. The 23-year-old was drafted 29th overall by the Texas Rangers in the 2012 MLB Draft and was the key piece in last season’s trade that sent catcher Jonathan Lucroy and right-hander Jeremy Jeffress to Texas.