The Milwaukee Brewers placed left-hander Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a flexor strain in his pitching elbow.
Cortes is headed to the injured list due to a flexor strain for the second time in eight months. He returned from the injury and was able to pitch in the World Series last season for the New York Yankees.
Brewers assistant general manager Matt Kleine told reporters that the starting pitcher’s injury isn’t expected to be a “long-term issue.”
Also on Sunday, the Brewers recalled left-hander Graham Wolfram from Triple-A Nashville.
Cortes (1-1, 9.00) rebounded from a disastrous season-opening outing against the Yankees by allowing one hit over six shutout innings in a 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.
Cortes was decidedly better than his previous trip to the mound, in which he yielded a homer on each of his first three pitches of a 20-9 loss to New York. The 30-year-old gave up eight runs, six hits and five walks in two innings.
Cortes owns a 34-22 record with a 3.88 ERA in 137 career games (88 starts) with the Baltimore Orioles (2018), Yankees (2019, 2021-24), Seattle Mariners (2020) and Brewers.
Wolfram, 28, has a 6.00 ERA without a decision in two relief appearances this season for the Sounds.
