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The Brewers reinstated Jimmy Nelson from the casualty list and offered him an option for the AAA class San Antonio, while he continues his return from a torn rotator cuff. (Photo: Roy Dabner, Sentinel of the Milwaukee Diary)

Jimmy Nelson's return to the Milwaukee brewers arrives.

When that will remain to be seen.

The team announced Friday that it has reinstated the right-hander in the 10-day disabled list and then selected him for the AAA class in San Antonio, where he will continue his departures every six days for the missions.

"It's really for him to keep coming back where he thinks he can go," said manager Craig Counsell. "We think he's progressing well, he's answered questions about health, and he's on the way home.

"At this point, an option was, for us, what we thought was best for the roster and best for him to continue on a regular program of pitchers."

The clock being exhausted during the 30 days that Nelson was assigned to his minor league reeducation relay, the Brewers had to make a decision in one direction or in the other.

Nelson has launched well overall; after his fourth appearance Thursday (third start), he is 2-0 with a 4.74 ERA and 22 strikeouts over the 19 innings.

But with the Brewers' rotation stabilized and having worked well over the last three weeks, there was no screaming need or any obvious place to hook Nelson.

Before starting the first games of the series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, the rotation had compiled a collective total of 2.46 ERA over the previous 18 games of the Brewers.

"I think we need to look at our list a bit," Counsell said. "We have a group of guys who do it very well in our rotation, if we have injuries, I think it's a different conversation, or some performance issues, a different conversation."

"I think it's partly about Jimmy and the players who throw the ball pretty well."

Still, Baseball President David Stearns said that bringing Nelson back was "an important consideration".

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Whenever he comes back, he will almost certainly be in a beginner role rather than trying to release him with some relays out of the envelope.

"We see this guy as an elite player in the major leagues," Stearns said of Nelson, who had a breakout of 2017 with a 12-6 record, a 3.49 record and a 199 points in attack in 29 (175 1/3 innings).

"We know how common it is and, from a health point of view, we do not necessarily know how he would react if he needed to recover quickly from the pen.

"Having said that, I do not think we're closing the door on anything, I think it's going to stay pretty fluid here – we're going to continue to evaluate where it is, where we're from. list the perspective.

"In the end, Jimmy will help us this year in one form or another."

Nelson, who is on the way back since rebuilding the right shoulder since September 19, 2017, is one of the most competitive players the Brewers have known in recent memory. He was not surprised to learn that he was disappointed with the news.

"Jimmy was disappointed, but he was mature and professional," Stearns said. "I thought he was doing it as well as we could expect.He asked good questions.He told us that he wanted to be safe. improve.

"It's a very good reaction from my point of view."

Corey Ray put away

After a Strong performance in the major league camp this spring, outfielder Corey Ray is struggling to win the AAA class in San Antonio.

Potential Prospect # 2 Brewers was placed on the list of injured Thursday and would miss more than 4 to 6 weeks.

Ray initially suffered the injury in mid-April and missed a little over two weeks, but has struggled since returning. In 25 games, he has only managed .178 with three homers and eight RBIs after a career season in 2018, earning him the title of the Year 's Player in the Minor Brewers League.

"There is swelling and inflammation in there," said Tom Flanagan, director of the Milwaukee Farm. "He did something during the spring training, played it, it healed, and then at the start of the season in San Antonio, he dipped for a ball and somehow stuck his glove hand in the grass.

"It's something he tried to pass on and play, but it just was not possible. Now, let's give it some time and let the thing close properly.

Flanagan also provided updates on left-handers Nathan Kirby and Cam Roegner, injured since spring training.

Kirby has undergone his third major surgery since being elected 40th in the Brewers of the University of Virginia in 2015 and is expected to be away for several months.

"He went into spring training when throwing, did not feel well and was operated on for the thoracic parade syndrome," Flanagan said. "He's probably going to be left out for about two months, unfortunately it's a bigger setback for him."

Kirby was operated by Tommy John in September 2015, missed the full 2016 and then missed the full 19 season after an operation for ulnar neuritis.

He had a full season in North Carolina, advanced Class A in 2018, scoring a 3-5 with a 4.28 ERA and 75 attempts in 71 innings in 27 innings (11 starts), but must now overcome a another major obstacle after its April 22 operation. .

If there is a positive result, it is that the last surgery does not concern his throwing arm.

"Last year, he had a good year, arrived in the spring in good health, then felt something inside and had to get a rib off the right side," said Flanagan. "A hard break for him because it's another good year that he's going to have to leave out."

Rogner, a Brewers pick for the 22nd round in 2016 and hailing from Beloit, is almost ready to return after a shoulder injury that marginalized him in March.

He was one of Milwaukee's most notable players among the miners last season, recording a 9-7 record with a 2.83 medal in 26 games (25 starts) and 130 third-inning innings. between Carolina, the AA Biloxi class and the AAA Colorado Springs class.

"He's about to go to a club, a double would be what I suppose," Flanagan said. "We want to bring him to five innings before taking him to a club. He reported that his spring was in good health, that he had been well ridden most of the spring, but that he had been stopped in the middle of the session with persistent pain.

"We brought him back here recently and he already has more than four innings, I would say that in early June he should be in a club."

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