MILWAUKEE, WI - AUGUST 13: Nick Mears #25 of the Milwaukee Brewers pitches an MLB game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 13, 2025, at American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI. (Photo by Patrick Gorski/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE - 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-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.
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Miller went on the 60-day injured list Wednesday with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament and said he’s facing the possibility of a second Tommy John surgery.
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.
The Source: The Associated Press provided this story.