PITTSBURGH -- Jimmy Nelson is expected to miss "a chunk" of the 2018 season while recovering from right shoulder surgery, Brewers general manager David Stearns said Wednesday.
Nelson hoped for better news from his Tuesday afternoon surgery in Los Angeles, saying last week that doctors told him there was a chance they would not have to repair his partially torn labrum. When Dr. Neal ElAttrache got into the joint for a look, however, a repair was deemed necessary. Stearns offered no specific timetable for Nelson's rehabilitation.
"This is probably somewhere in the middle of the scenarios," Stearns said.