Brewers announce pair of roster moves prior to August 12 matchup vs. Dodgers

At 67-50, the Milwaukee Brewers continue to roll. Winners of six of their last 10, the Brewers are currently 7.5 games above the St. Louis Cardinals and the proud owners of the best run differential in the National League.

Prior to Monday evening's late night matchup against the Dodgers, the Brewers took to social media (X link) to announce a pair of roster moves that will be of the utmost significance for their bullpen moving forward.

Coming off of the injured list is left-hander Bryan Hudson, who has been on the shelf since late July with an oblique strain. The 6-foot-8 behemoth has been one of the very best arms in this Brewers bullpen this year and has quietly been one of the best relief pitchers in all of baseball so far.

Heading back down to Triple-A is fellow southpaw DL Hall, who was only just recently activated from the injured list himself.

Brewers activate Bryan Hudson, option DL Hall

Hudson, 27, has the fourth-lowest ERA (1.60) amongst relievers (min. 50 innings) this year. He's also sitting in the top 20 in both walk rate and strikeout rate, which is not all that common in today's game. Most of the time, high-strikeout relievers also have a hard time commanding their pitches and as a result have troubles with walks. Hudson is not your typical reliever.

Through 35 appearances, he's only allowed nine earned runs all year through 50.2 innings of work. Five of those earned runs came spread around four of his last six appearances before he went down with an injury. In nearly every way you look at it, Hudson has been dominant. What makes him especially valuable is his underrated ability to go multiple innings in a single outing. He's gone more than a single three-out inning 20 times this year.

Making things all the more sweet is the fact that the Dodgers these Brewers are getting set to take on are the very same ones that gave up on Hudson in January of this year. Los Angeles flipped him to the Brewers in exchange for left-handed pitching prospect Justin Chambers, who has a 17.18 ERA in four Rookie Ball appearances this year. Should he take the mound during this series, he'll look to get revenge against the Dodgers, as they hit three solo home runs off of him across two outings back on July 5 and 6.

Hall, 25, was one of the centerpieces acquired from the Orioles in exchange for Corbin Burnes earlier in the year. He's struggled to stay healthy and hasn't looked like himself when he's active. He's only made five big league appearances this year and has a 7.29 ERA in 21 innings of work. On Sunday, he went 4.2 innings and struck out nine Reds while surrendering three runs on five hits.

Make no mistake about it, Hall is certainly still to be viewed as an integral part of this Brewers pitching staff in the not-so-distant future. However, he's returning to Triple-A for now, where he has posted a 2.87 ERA across 12 starts and 31.1 innings this season. He's going to be one of the first men recalled if the Brewers run into any more injuries at the big league level.