The Milwaukee Brewers have begun Spring Training, and right fielder Sal Frelick is gearing up for his fourth season of Major League Baseball.  

In a recent discussion with Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Frelick talked about the status of his health going into the 2026 season. 

“Yeah, I feel great,” Frelick said. “Good offseason just to kind of recuperate and get the body back to where it needs to be; build it up, you know, put on some good weight and yeah, I feel good.” 

Frelick played 142 regular-season games for Milwaukee last season and all nine postseason games. During the postseason, he was managing left knee soreness that could have led to offseason surgery, but Frelick ultimately avoided it and instead recuperated that and other ailments in the offseason. 

“Yeah, I was just rehabbing it,” he said. “I mean, kind of just rehabbing everything in general, pretty much all the nicks and bruises. So, a big part of the offseason, obviously, I want to come in healthy, and I think I was able to accomplish that.” 

Frelick acknowledged that he did not realize the extent of what he was dealing with physically until after the season had concluded following the Brewers’ loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. 

“I didn't notice till I got home,” Frelick said. “It was on the couch, you know, a week later, I'm like, wow, I'm kind of banged up.  

"Like in the moment with the adrenaline and you're competing, you don't notice," Frelick said. "So, I didn't notice like at the end of the year, but you kind of notice when you get home and you know, you wake up in the morning and you're like, ‘geez.’” 

Frelick enjoyed strides across the board in his third MLB season. He improved his slash line from .259/.320/.335 with a .692 OPS in 2024 to .288/.351/.405 with a .756 OPS last season. His home run total also jumped from two to 12. 

While Frelick is satisfied with his statistical improvements, he emphasized how important it was to be healthy and available. 

“I mean, you obviously want to play well, right. And definitely up there with biggest takeaway. I mean, I would put just health up there as well,” Frelick said. “Like, play 150 games every single year of your career; that's what you want to do first and foremost is just out there playing.  

"So, just to have another full year healthy and playing, you know, not in the IL was the biggest," Frelick said. "Let's repeat what we did in the off season.”

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