Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers placed right-handed reliever Nick Mears on the 15-day injured list on Friday, retroactive to September 2nd.
In a corresponding move, the Brewers recalled Carlos Rodriguez from Triple-A Nashville.
Mears has been struggling with a back injury. The move is not welcome for a team that is already struggling with injuries in the bullpen.
The Brewers have already lost Shelby Miller (right UCL sprain) for the season and Logan Henderson (right flexor tendon strain) for at least the remainder of the regular season.
DL Hall (right oblique strain) isn’t expected back until late September. Grant Anderson (right ankle tendinitis) is starting a rehab assignment this weekend at Triple-A Nashville. Closer Trevor McGill (right flexor strain) threw a bullpen session on Thursday and could return by Sept. 16, per Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy.
Mears, 28, is 5-3 with a 3.42 ERA over 52 2/3 innings in 59 bullpen appearances for the Brewers this season.
He is 7-9 with a 4.61 ERA in 165 career games (zero starts) with the Pittsburgh Pirates (2020-22), Colorado Rockies (2023-24), and Brewers.
Rodriguez, 23, pitched 6 1/3 innings over two games out of the bullpen this season for the big-league club, earning a 1-0 record and a 9.95 ERA. He is 3-4 with a 3.86 ERA in 15 games (13 starts) in Triple-A this season.
Manager Pat Murphy teased the move during Friday’s postgame press conference, saying the team would be placing another P on the injured list, but he wasn’t ready to name that player at the time.
–Field Level Media
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