Two Brewers relievers are on the road back, and both will make their next stop at Triple-A Nashville.
Right-hander Bryse Wilson is slated to get the ball Tuesday night and work around 40 pitches, while right-hander Grant Anderson is set to throw an inning Wednesday to kick off his rehab assignment, according to Hunter Baumgardt of Fox Sports Radio Wisconsin.
Milwaukee’s bullpen has been dealing with injuries, but the team’s bigger picture keeps rolling along. The Brewers open their series against the Pittsburgh Pirates at 93-57, sitting 10 games ahead of the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central with a magic number of two. They’ve already locked up a postseason berth.
Wilson is coming back from a lower back strain that landed him on the 15-day injured list Aug. 31.
That move opened the door for setup man Abner Uribe to return from the injured list before Milwaukee’s series at Wrigley Field. MLB.com reported that Wilson first felt tightness after the team’s flight home from New York, and the issue popped back up during an outing against the Texas Rangers.
The 28-year-old joined Milwaukee on July 10 and made 12 relief appearances for the club, posting a 2.55 ERA with 22 strikeouts in 24 2/3 innings. He’s already been through three organizations in 2026.
Across 15 relief outings with the Philadelphia Phillies, Cubs and Brewers, Wilson has a 3.67 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 34 1/3 innings. Milwaukee designated him for assignment in August before bringing him back.
It’s also his second stint with the Brewers, after time with the team in 2023 and 2024. In parts of nine major league seasons, Wilson is 20-23 with a 4.74 ERA in 178 games, including 57 starts.
Anderson’s issue surfaced after a heavy workload in Cincinnati. Milwaukee put him on the 15-day injured list Sept. 7 with right biceps inflammation after he worked back-to-back days at Great American Ball Park. He threw 17 pitches on Sept. 5, then came back the next afternoon and logged a season-high 44 pitches over 2 2/3 innings in a 12-8 loss to the Reds.
After that outing, Brewers manager Pat Murphy said the team needed to back off. “We had to extend him yesterday more than he’s been, and he was feeling it,” Murphy said.
“Hopefully it’s minimal. There was no structural damage.
Nobody thought there were any alarms going off.”
Anderson, 29, has gone 3-3 with a 3.36 ERA in 52 appearances this season. Milwaukee recalled Brandon Sproat to fill his roster spot, then optioned Sproat back to Nashville on Sept. 10 after a four-walk outing against the Cubs and brought up Garrett Stallings.
Wilson and Anderson won’t be the only injured arms working in Nashville. Left-hander Rob Zastryzny, on the 60-day injured list with a left upper trap strain, began a rehab assignment there Sept. 9.
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