The Brewers have already sent Corey Knebel to Triple-A because he’s been ineffective. Now they face the same issue with Matt Albers.
Albers was a highly productive reliever during the first two months of the season. Then he injured himself, and he hasn’t been the same since. He went on the DL a second time and he still hasn’t gotten back into form.
On May 28th, Albers had a 1.08 ERA. In his 11 appearances since then, his ERA has ballooned to 7.24 after Tuesday’s outing.
If you exclude his two pitch, one hitter outing on August 24th, the last time Albers didn’t allow a run during an appearance was on June 8th, two and a half months ago.