it usually means that a new injury has occurred, or the initial injury has re-emerged. he has to be shut down for at least five days, and then the brewers can start another rehab assignment for him, which can last up to 20 days.
eric lauer has been activated from the special covid-19 injured list and has returned to the 40-man roster. to make room on the 40-man, john curtiss was transferred to the 60-day injured list. the roster is at 40 players, with three players on the covid-19 injured list.
a corresponding move will need to be made on the 40-man, but easily done by transferring john curtiss to the 60-day injured list. and that's what happened.
aaron ashby has been returned to class aaa nashville. interesting that it wasn't noted as an optional assignment . . . perhaps being the 27th man allows for the interruption of the 10-day requisite of being on optional assignment without restarting the clock?
in 39 plate appearances with class aaa nashville, vogelbach is slashing .370 / .538 / .593. strikes out 17.9% of the time, but walks 28.2% of the time.
josh hader has been activated from the special covid-19 injured list and has returned to the 40-man roster. to make room on the 40-man, john axford was transferred to the 60-day injured list. the roster is at 40 players, with four players on the covid-19 injured list.
justin topa has been activated from the 60-day injured list and has returned to the 40-man roster. topa has all three minor league options intact and has never been outrighted to the minor leagues. the roster is at 40 players, with five players on the covid-19 injured list.
too early. there really should be a thread for each postseason round. clubs don't need as many pitchers for a wild card elimination game. and they don't need as many pitchers for a best of five division series. certainly hope that the brewers can skip the wild card elimination game (and any game 163) and get the extra rest ahead of the division series. and also, any player in the organization by 31 august is eligible for postseason play. let's get to that deadline first, and then maybe start making predictions.
jake cousins has been activated from the covid-19 injured list. he returns to the 40-man roster. sal romano has been designated for assignment. the club has seven days to try to outright him to the minors or release him. if he clears outright waivers, he can refuse the minor league assignment. the roster is at 39 players, with five players on the covid-19 injured list.
sal romano has been designated for assignment. the club has seven days to try to outright him to the minors or release him. if he clears outright waivers, he can refuse the minor league assignment.