Brett Lawrie Released by Brewers Without Playing a Single Game Anywhere

It appears that Brett Lawrie's long road back to the major leagues has taken another blow.

After being signed to a minor league deal by the Milwaukee Brewers, Lawrie has officially been released without even playing a single game, never reaching the desired level of game readiness.

Lawrie has been struggling to get back to the majors for years, and has not played in a game at the major or minor league level since 2016. A series of injuries, primarily a variety of leg ailments, has kept Lawrie off the field.

Milwaukee was hoping to rehabilitate Lawrie (who initially drafted him, before sending him to Toronto for Shaun Marcum) and eventually call him up to the majors. Clearly, Lawrie never got healthy enough to play in a game at any level, and the Brewers ultimately gave up on him.

Lawrie was once considered a bright young talent for the Toronto Blue Jays, but always struggled with injuries. Lawrie posted 4.5 bWAR in his sophomore season in 2012, but never eclipsed 125 games in a season for Toronto. He would eventually be sent to Oakland in the infamous Josh Donaldson trade, where he would post a career high in games played, with 149. Lawrie would then be traded to the White Sox and play 94 games with the team in 2016, missing significant time due to injury before leaving the major league map forever.

It's tough to see someone who was once thought of as a high-upside young player go through this. Lawrie is still only 29 years old, and still has time to mount a comeback if his health permits it.

But this doesn't bode well, to say the least.