Brewers: The 5 Dumbest Injuries in Brewers Franchise History

For the second postseason in a row, the Milwaukee Brewers will be without one of their best relief pitchers.

After Devin Williams lost his fight with a wall, there is a good chance he will not be able to return this season. The original reports were that he could return to the World Series. But by then, the Brewers will have already battled their way through the NLDS and NLCS. If they want to make it to the final series, they will need to figure out who their new 8th inning guy is. It might be hard to plug Williams back in and in the same position.

It would be easy to say that this is the craziest or dumbest injury to happen to the Brewers. But that might not necessarily be the case. Devin’s injury could easily be in the Top 5 right now, but there have been enough dumb injuries to go around. First though, a few honorable mentions.

In 2011, starting pitcher Chris Narveson was trying to repair his baseball glove with a pair of scissors. It ended with a thumb laceration, stitches and two missed starts for the team. Narveson would also sadly miss most of the 2012 season due to injury. He played with Milwaukee between 2009 and 2013.

Current Atlanta Brave and NLDS opponent and former Brewer Will Smith also gets an honorable mention. While taking off his shoe in March of 2016, he heard a pop in his knee and tore his LCL. He would end up having a great season before being traded to the San Francisco Giants.

So here are our Top 5. It doesn’t mean these players are dumb or crazy, just the circumstances of the injury.

The Milwaukee Brewers have had some doozies. And after researching these, there are serious doubts any of these happened the way they said they did.

2. Matt Wise, 2006

If you don’t remember, Matt Wise was a relief pitcher for the Brewers between 2004 and 2007. Sadly, most fans remember him for hitting Pedro Lopez in the face with a fastball that broke his cheekbone. He never really recovered from that as a Brewer. He had just established himself as a solid set-up man too.

And if you don’t remember that, others will remember him for his bizarre injury in 2006.

While reaching for some salad tongs, he cut open his middle finger. He was only out for four days, but the thought of being able to cut your hand on tongs is very funny. After researching, there is no evidence which restaurant or hotel he cut his fingers at. But, there is an 85% chance it was a Ponderosa.

1. Jonathan Lucroy, 2012

A lot of you probably saw this coming. It is maybe one of the most infamous injuries. It is bizarre, and maybe had the biggest impact. In May of 2012, Lucroy suddenly was placed on the disabled list with a broken right hand. The starting catcher then admitted that he sustained the injury in a hotel room from a falling suitcase.

The story goes that Jonathon was missing a sock in the hotel room. So, he decided to look under the bed for it. When his wife went to pick up the suitcases to leave, she accidentally dropped one and it went right onto his hand. Lucroy would end up missing 50 games and two months of action that season.

It was terrible timing, since he had just signed a five-year extension worth $13MM with the team over the offseason. Sadly, social media and Facebook were around when this injury happened. The Lucroy family, including his wife, were bombarded with hateful messages about the injury. Unacceptable stuff. There are some rumors out there that he also punched a wall like Devin, and that the story was made up to cover for it. But obviously, there is no real proof of that.

Unless new information comes out, injury by suitcase will be one of the craziest injuries you can have. It turns out, a catcher isn’t very helpful without a hand to throw the ball back to the pitcher with. Rumor is that Jonathan will no longer wear any non-baseball socks to this day.