MILWAUKEE — With a number of young players already up with the big league club, the Milwaukee Brewers didn’t do much Tuesday when major league rosters expanded to 40 players.
Their only move, though, was a big one, as they selected the contract of right-hander Zach Davies from Triple-A Colorado Springs and inserted him into the starting rotation.
He’ll make his major league debut Wednesday against the Pirates at Miller Park.
“I got a little bit of a chance in spring training to throw against a couple of their guys, but only an inning or two,” Davies said Tuesday. “This will be a little bit different but I always like to challenge myself with the best competition to show what I have.”
Davies is one of a handful of prospects the Brewers acquired at the trade deadline in July, coming from Baltimore in exchange for outfielder Gerardo Parra.
He was 5-6 with a 2.84 ERA in 19 appearances (18 starts) for Triple-A Norfolk when the trade was made; since then, he’d posted a 1-2 record and 5.00 ERA in five starts for Colorado Springs.
The 22-year-old joins a roster that already includes outfielder Domingo Santana, who came in a package from Houston as part of the Carlos Gomez trade; infielder Hernan Perez, who was claimed off waivers in June and home-grown pitching prospects Jimmy Nelson and Taylor Jungmann.
Milwaukee will also add right-hander Tyler Cravy in the next week or so; the rookie has been on the 15-day disabled list since Aug. 13.
“We’re hoping to have him back by the Miami series,” Counsell said. “With all of these (recent) off-days, we’re in good shape. But if we get to the point where something happens, we can get somebody.”
With the Brewers well out of contention and a number of prospects already on the roster, Counsell wasn’t expecting a surge of talent from the minor leagues for the final month.
