Brewers Bring Back Jeffress In Trade Deadline Deal

Reliever Jeremy Jeffress is in his third stint with the Brewers after being traded from Texas Monday for Double “A” reliever Tayler Scott. It was Milwaukee’s only deadline deal, though G-M David Stearns says he was in talks all the way to the three p-m cutoff — and he thinks there will be more trades than normal in the Majors in August when players must clear waivers. The Brewers traded the 30-year-old Jeffress to Texas at last year’s deadline along with catcher Jonathan Lucroy who was dealt to Colorado Sunday — and Jeffress ended his season one month later when he was arrested for drunk driving and spent 22 days in rehab. This year, he was 1-2 in 39 relief outings at Texas with a five-point-three-one E-R-A — and both he and Stearns expect him to be better in Milwaukee where he has felt a sense of being “home” since being the Brewers’ top draft choice in 2006. Outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis was designated for assignment to make room for Jeffress on Milwaukee’s 40-man roster.