Brewers infield prospect placed on injured list for second time this year

Injuries are just a part of the game for most baseball players at all levels. One Milwaukee Brewers prospect is learning that the hard way.

On Tuesday, the Biloxi Shuckers, Double-A affiliate of the Brewers, announced that infielder Mike Boeve was being placed on the 7-day injured list. It's surely a disappointing setback for a guy who has barely been in the organization for a year.

Boeve was selected by the Brewers in the second round of the 2023 MLB draft out of the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He made it up to High-A Wisconsin quickly after debuting at the Arizona Complex after being drafted, then advanced to Double-A just 13 games into this season.

His big season was slowed a bit, though, when the Shuckers placed him on the injured list back on July 9th. He would miss close to a month before returning to the field for Biloxi again on August 1st.

Unfortunately, it would be less than three weeks before Boeve would return to the injured list effective yesterday. Minor league teams don't often release much in terms of specific injury news so it's hard to know whether this is a matter of aggravating the previous injury or if this is a new one.

The Brewers drafted Boeve last summer as a player who could add some offensive talent to to their infield group. So far, he had been doing exactly that and with a little more pop in his second professional season to boot.

In his 32 total games at High-A with the Timber Rattlers, Boeve was a hitting and on base machine as he had a .355 average and .453 on base percentage at Wisconsin. He also added six doubles and a homer as well as 26 RBIs.

In 65 games so far at Double-A, he had been hitting a still impressive .306 with a .374 OBP. What increased, though, was his slugging percentage, from .436 to .447. That extra punch has resulted in 12 doubles, three triples, and six homers.

Boeve will have a great chance at factoring into into the Brewers' future infield plans at some point soon. Unfortunately, he'll have to shake off some annoying injuries first.