Having recovered from his earlier bout with shoulder inflammation, the Brewers stalwart captain, Matt Helm, was in the midst of a rehab assignment at AAA Chester to get back into playing form to help out his team down the stretch run.
And then disaster struck in the form of a strained oblique muscle. Helm returns to the IL and isn't expected to be ready to go again for a month to five weeks. Given the amount of time he has missed already it is unlikely that he will be ready to pitch effectively again in the last few weeks of the season or even in the Kinsella Classic Series, should the Brewers make it back to the post-season.
On the plus side, the WPK's number 1 overall prospect two years running, starting pitcher Jim Atwell, is pretty much looking ready for his big league debut and will almost surely be in a Brewers uniform on September 1st, if not before.
