MILWAUKEE -- Reliever Will Smith is expected to return to the Brewers on Thursday, bolstering the bullpen with a key late-inning arm, manager Craig Counsell announced before Monday's game against the Cardinals.
Smith, who tore a ligament in his right knee in March, completed his rehab assignment with a scoreless inning for the Biloxi Shuckers, Milwaukee's Double-A affiliate, on Sunday.
"It's certainly good to add him," Counsell said. "We're at that point where we can think about getting him back, and so that's a good thing. That's a very good thing."
Smith threw a simulated game on Monday afternoon for his final rehab assignment test.