PITTSBURGH (AP) — Right-hander Nick Mears has become the latest Milwaukee Brewers reliever to go on the injured list.
The Brewers announced before their Friday night game with the Pittsburgh Pirates that Mears had back tightness and was going on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Tuesday. The Brewers recalled right-hander Carlos Rodríguez from Triple-A Nashville.
Mears, 28, joins All All-Star closer Trevor Megill (right flexor strain), left-hander DL Hall (right oblique) and right-handers Grant Anderson (right ankle) and Shelby Miller (right elbow) as Brewers relievers on the injured list.
The Brewers are hopeful Megill could return by mid-September. Anderson is expected to throw an inning in a rehabilitation assignment Saturday. Hall could return in late September.
Milwaukee entered Friday’s action owning the best record in the major leagues and leading the NL Central by 5½ games over the Chicago Cubs.
Mears is 5-3 with a 3.42 earned run average in 59 appearances with 43 strikeouts over 52 2/3 innings.
Rodríguez, 23, is 1-0 with a 9.95 ERA in two games with Milwaukee. He has gone 3-4 with a 3.86 ERA and one save in 15 games with Nashville.
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.