Brewers activate reliever Nick Mears from 15-day injured list

The Milwaukee Brewers reinstated right-hander Nick Mears from the 15-day injured list on Thursday.

The 27-year-old reliever last pitched on Aug. 22 before being sidelined with forearm inflammation.

Mears is 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA in 11 bullpen appearances since being acquired in a July 27 trade with the Colorado Rockies .

He is 2-6 with a 5.11 ERA in 104 career games (zero starts) with the Pittsburgh Pirates (2020-22), Rockies (2023-24) and Brewers.

Milwaukee optioned right-hander Kevin Herget to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds in a corresponding transaction.