Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio was tearing it up in July when he strained his hamstring legging out a triple on Tuesday. Thursday evening brought the news that he was ahead to the injured list and it only got worse from there. Less than 24 hours later, manager Pat Murphy said Chourio would be out beyond the 10-day minimum and possibly at least a month.
On Saturday, beat reporter Curt Hogg shed another tidbit of light on the slugger’s timetable.
Chourio update neither promising nor another gut punch for Milwaukee Brewers
After suffering the injury, Chourio left Tuesday’s game and sat out Wednesday. To help expedite tissue healing, Chourio received a PRP, or Platelet-Rich Plasma injection. Obviously, he was also missing from yesterday’s lineup.
It’s not necessarily worse news, but Hogg’s update probably does not illuminate much.
Jackson Chourio will begin physical rehab — not baseball activities — on Monday. Pat Murphy said training staff is more concerned about *where* the injury happened in the muscle than how bad the muscle damage is. They’re having him rest while the PRP injection goes to work.
— Curt Hogg (@CyrtHogg) August 2, 2025
Fans already knew Chourio was going to be out a while after Friday’s report, so this latest info isn’t surprising. It isn’t all that encouraging, either. It certainly suggests no expedited return schedule. Not to make assumptions, but the emphasis on the location of the damage versus evaluating its severity seems to indicate the Brewers are just hoping Chourio avoided a worse-case scenario.
In that case, caution would indeed be first in the order of operations. Only after ascertaining clarity there would it make sense to seriously estimate a recovery timetable. That he won’t be ready to immediately resume baseball workouts further points to a slow, methodical recovery process.
For however long he remains out, the lineup will miss him badly. Chourio’s 17 homeruns rank second on the team behind Yelich, as do his 67 RBIs. His .786 OPS leads the offense among qualified hitters. In 90 at bats last month, he hit .367/.408/.600.
The Brewers are resilient everywhere, but without one of their few genuine power threats and hottest bats, plus an everyday outfielder, they are courting a potential offensive slump. The most fans can hope from Chourio is that he returns fully healthy by the first week of September.
Until then, Blake Perkins and trade pickup Brandon Lockridge should see plenty of outfield playing time, while Yelich takes more reps there after getting most of his at bats this season as the designated hitter.
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