Jackson Chourio made the Milwaukee Brewers roster ahead of Opening Day and will make his MLB debut on March 28 against the New York Mets at Citi Field.
However, one of the top prospects in baseball will also reportedly be playing through an injury for a long time.
Chourio, age 20, is going to be one of the youngest MLB players in 2024. Heading into the year, he was rated by MLB.com as the second-best prospect in baseball and FanGraphs rated him third among their top 100 prospects.
After a fast ascent to the minors, Chourio is widely viewed as one of the next future stars in baseball with the talent to become a perennial All-Star outfielder.
Milwaukee was so sure of its best prospect that it signed him in December to an eight-year contract with a maximum value of $82 million, plus two club options to extend it to a ten-year agreement.
Although it is a risk for a guy who has never made it to the major leagues, it shows how confident the club is in his abilities. Having said that, an injury is stated to have required work throughout the season.
The New York Post’s Jon Heyman claims that Chourio has an elbow ailment that needs to be maintained on a daily basis and will probably continue to be a problem in the future.
It is said that he pitched in a national championship game in Venezuela when he was twelve years old and sustained the injury.
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