NL Central: Are the Brewers one injury away from calling up Cooper Pratt?

Milwaukee Brewers

The Brewers are shipping out of Boston tied with the Reds after dropping a series to the Red Sox. But injury woes lurk beneath the surface of their solid start to the season. Brice Turang has now missed back-to-back games with left ankle tendinitis, an issue that apparently crept up during spring training and has been quietly nagging him ever since. Manager Pat Murphy doesn't expect it to require a roster move, but that's the optimistic read. The pessimistic read is that tendinitis is exactly the kind of issue that tends to get worse when you push through it. Turang is slashing .270/.413/.514 with four doubles, a homer, and four steals in his first 47 plate appearances on the young season and the Brewers have every...

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