MILWAUKEE — Brewers manager Pat Murphy is bracing for the likelihood that Robert Gasser won't pitch again this season as the rookie left-hander prepares to receive a third opinion on his left flexor strain.
Murphy was going through his pitching staff's long list of injuries before Milwaukee's 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night when he discussed Gasser along with Brandon Woodruff and Wade Miley, who already have been ruled out for the season.
''Miley, Gasser and Woody, you're probably not going to see,'' Murphy said. ''It would probably be safe to say those three are out for the year.''
Gasser is 2-0 with a 2.57 ERA in five starts — all Brewers wins — after missing the end of spring training with bone spurs in his throwing elbow. He last pitched on June 1 and reported some tightness and soreness the next day.
Since that game, the 25-year-old Gasser has received two opinions from doctors who examined the elbow.
''One doctor says get reconstruction,'' Murphy said. ''I don't think you say it's something that serious if in fact there isn't something wrong. With that, his option is probably to come back and do the same thing he did before, and then what are we going to get and how do we know and where's the kid's mental state going to be? He's a rookie, so I'm a little more pessimistic about that one. But I hope I'm wrong. I really do.''
Gasser is one of several injured Milwaukee pitchers. The Brewers are hoping some of them could return relatively soon.
Murphy said Jakob Junis (right shoulder) will throw in a controlled scrimmage Wednesday and ''should be ready anytime after that'' if all goes well. DL Hall (left knee) is heading to Triple-A Nashville for a rehabilitation assignment.
