The Milwaukee Brewers activated two of their top players, outfielder Jackson Chourio and first baseman Andrew Vaughn, from the 10-day injured list Monday ahead of a series opener at the St. Louis Cardinals.
Outfielder Blake Perkins was optioned to Triple-A Nashville and utility player Greg Jones was designated for assignment in a pair of corresponding moves.
Chourio, 22, could make his season debut for Milwaukee on Monday after he suffered a hairline fracture in his left hand during the World Baseball Classic in early March.
He played three rehab games at Nashville and batted 1-for-6 with three walks. He left the third game after he fouled a ball off his left ankle, but X-rays came back clean and it won’t delay his return to the big leagues.
Chourio had near-identical batting stats in his first two major league seasons: 21 home runs, 79 RBIs, 22 steals and a .275 average as a rookie in 2024, and 21 homers, 78 RBIs, 21 steals and a .270 average in 2025.
Meanwhile, Vaughn helped spark the Brewers’ offense in 2025 after an early-season trade from the Chicago White Sox. However, he suffered a hamate bone fracture in his left hand on Opening Day and has been on the shelf since.
In three rehab games at Nashville, he went 2-for-11 with a double. The 28-year-old is a career .253 hitter with 86 homers and 340 RBIs in 675 major league games since 2021.
Perkins, 29, was hitting .109 with five RBIs in 19 games for Milwaukee this season. Jones went 2-for-21 (.095) with one RBI in 11 appearances. The Brewers were Jones’ third team in three years after brief stints with the Colorado Rockies in 2024 and the White Sox in 2025.
