Joe McPhillips, the Brewers promising young center fielder, has finally returned to the club after being out with a torn ligament in this thumb suffered back in early May. He has spent the last 9 days on a rehab assignment with the AAA Chester Big Stick where he predictably put up tremendous numbers.
With McPhillips return first baseman Greg Tietz finds himself heading back down to Chester. It was the only move that made sense but of course management felt bad about having to demote the kid who had provided some great at-bats to the team of late and especially gave them a lift with his power hitting. But surely Tietz will be back in September to get an opportunity to be part of the stretch run.
McPhillips should make an already potent lineup even more scary and really helps solidify the up the middle defense for the club. (Although both Pat Rondeau and Ryan Rodgers did a fine job manning center field in his absence, both of them at this stage of their careers are far better on the corners.)