Ryan Braun Injury: Updates on Brewers Star's Hand and Return

Updates from Thursday, Sept. 11

MLB Lineups on Twitter confirmed Ryan Braun's return:

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9/11 @Brewers lineup vs MIA Gomez CF Gennett 2B Lucroy C Ramirez 3B Braun RF Parra LF Clark 1B Segura SS Fiers P

— MLBLineups (@mlblineups) September 11, 2014"

Updates from Wednesday, Sept. 10

Ryan Braun's status for tonight's game against the Marlins has been announced with the posting of tonight's lineup via MLB lineups: 

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9/10 @Brewers lineup vs MIA Gomez CF Gennett 2B Lucroy C Ramirez 3B Parra RF Davis LF Clark 1B Segura SS Peralta P

— MLBLineups (@mlblineups) September 10, 2014"

Updates from Tuesday, Sept. 9

Ryan Braun's status for tonight's game against the Marlins was confirmed by Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:

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Ryan Braun, who has been plagued by an ongoing thumb issue and unproductive of late (3 for 15 on the home stand), is out of the Brewers' lineup for the second game of their series against Miami on Tuesday night at Miller Park.

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Haudricourt added:

Updates from Saturday, Sept. 6

Tom Haudricourt of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Braun will unexpectedly be in the Brewers' lineup:

Adam McCalvy of MLB.com provides the full lineup:

Original Text:

A hand injury will once again keep Ryan Braun out of the Milwaukee Brewers lineup.

Adam McCalvy of MLB.com provided the latest info on the former MVP:

Braun missed two games earlier in the week with the same issue but returned Friday to go 1-for-4 in the team's first win in 10 games.

With the squad desperately trying to hold onto the second Wild Card spot in the National League as well as potentially catching the St. Louis Cardinals for a division title, the Brewers need one of their top hitters at full strength. 

After missing the second half of last season due to suspension, Braun has had an up-and-down year in 2014. He is currently hitting .275 with 18 home runs and a team-leading 77 RBI. While this is certainly a drop in production from what he showed a few years ago, the Brewers will still hope he is able to return to action as soon as possible.

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