MILWAUKEE -- Corey Ray, the Brewers’ No. 2 prospect and No. 90 overall according to MLB Pipeline, has landed back on the injured list at Triple-A San Antonio. He is expected to miss the next 4-6 weeks with a right middle finger injury that already sidelined him three weeks earlier this season.

It’s a disappointing development for Ray, who was Milwaukee’s 2018 Minor League Player of the Year and posted an .848 OPS in big league Spring Training.

“The initial time we placed him on the IL was helpful, but it didn’t prove to be a long-term fix,” said Brewers farm director Tom Flanagan. “He had attempted to play through it, but recently it has reached a point where we need to place him on the IL again to give him time to get it back to 100 percent.”

“It’s disappointing on a number of levels,” added Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns. “The first is that he had a big-time year last year. He worked really hard over the offseason. He came in and had a really nice spring and made a big impression in big league camp. Little did we know then, he was battling finger soreness even then, and was just playing through it.”

Ray has been examined by multiple specialists, Stearns said, who have not detected serious structural damage.

“There’s nothing that requires surgery,” Stearns said. “With that said, the swelling has not gone down completely, and that’s really what has been bothering Corey, is the continued swelling, and what that does to his ability to grip the bat and swing with some authority. I think he did a good job trying to play through it, and we tried to manage him through it, and we’re at the point now where it’s time to let it heal completely.”

Stearns also offered updates on two players who have been working out at Brewers Fields of Phoenix:

Brett Lawrie: “Brett continues to progress through baseball activities," Stearns said. "The next step for Brett will be full-scale running, sprinting, stopping, starting, cutting -- all the things you have to do on the baseball field. The goal here is to get through that over the next couple of weeks. Once we get through that, then you can really begin to start taking about affiliate placement.”

Phil Bickford: “Phil is still in Arizona. He will continue to strengthen and participate in some of our strength programs down there. It’s certainly our expectation he gets out to an affiliate in the not-too-distant future. I don’t have a distinct timeframe on it, but certainly that’s our expectation.”

Former Braves infielder Bolling honored

The Brewers and the Milwaukee Braves Historical Association on Friday inducted former infielder Frank Bolling into the Milwaukee Braves Wall of Honor at Miller Park, adding a plaque in his honor alongside 17 others, including Hall of Famers Henry Aaron and Warren Spahn.

A still spry Bolling, 87, spoke in front of an audience that included 25 family members and friends. He played five of his 12 Major League seasons with the Milwaukee Braves, leading National League second basemen in fielding percentage in 1961, ’62 and ’64, while also representing Milwaukee at the All-Star Game in ’61 and ’62.

Experiences up for auction

The Brewers Community Foundation launched its “Ultimate Auction” Friday, offering unique experiences to fans through June 9, with proceeds benefiting families in need in the Milwaukee community. Among the items up for bid are meet-and-greets with Lorenzo Cain and Yasmani Grandal, a VIP trip to the team’s newly renovated Spring Training facility, a private batting practice session on the field at Miller Park and a “mascot experience” that includes running the famous Sausage Race and a trip down Bernie Brewer’s slide.

To see all of the items up for bid, visit Brewers.com/BCFAuction.