Josh

Lindblom

The 35-year-old Lindblom recently announced his retirement from his playing career after spending seven seasons in MLB and five overseas. Now he’s ready to help younger players on their journey to successful careers, as well.

Lindblom revealed the news via his own personal Twitter page on Thursday afternoon. The 35-year-old right-hander pitched for six different MLB clubs over parts of seven seasons and also spent a good chunk of time in the Korea Baseball Organization.

Lindblom spent the entire 2022 campaign at Triple-A Nashville, registering a pedestrian 4.05 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 133/47 K/BB ratio across 133 1/3 innings (26 appearances, 24 starts). The 35-year-old righty wound up making just 20 appearances (10 starts) for the Brewers after signing a three-year, $9.13 million contract prior to the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign.

Lindblom cleared waivers, and has accepted an assignment to Triple-A, after being designated for assignment earlier this week.

The right-hander has more than a year and a half remaining on the three-year contract he signed with Milwaukee. Lindblom has simply not been effective for his entire stint with the Brewers, posting a 5.16 ERA over 45 1/3 frames in 2020 and a 9.72 ERA and 1.98 WHIP over 16 2/3 innings this season.

Lindblom will be available out of the Brewers’ bullpen on Thursday afternoon against the Cardinals after missing a couple of weeks because of a knee issue. He had allowed 13 runs through 10 2/3 innings.

Lindblom has completed his minor league rehab assignment and is with the Brewers on Tuesday, with his activation likely coming Wednesday or Thursday. He’s been out since April 25 with a knee issue.

He issued a walk but struck out two. Lindblom is expected to make one more rehab appearance later this week and then should be cleared to return to the Brewers. He’s been on the IL since April 24 due to knee trouble.

Lindblom will likely throw two innings on Tuesday and then make another rehab appearance later this week before possibly returning to the Brewers’ active roster. He’s been out since April 24 with a knee issue.

Linblom is the second prominent pitcher the Brewers have lost due to injury in the last several hours, joining Brett Anderson, who is slated to miss a few weeks with a hamstring injury. It’s unclear when the 33-year-old righty sustained the injury, but it seems like he’s going to be shut down for a bit. There was a chance he could’ve been stretched out to take Anderson’s spot in the starting rotation, but that won’t happen now. There should be an update on his status in the coming days.