Brebbia, who had a 3.20 earned run average and a .226 opponents’ average against last season, beat out lefthander Tyler Webb, who will be optioned to Class AAA Memphis, and nonroster lefthander Tommy Layne.
Milwaukee features many elite lefthanded hitters, including 2018 National League MVP Christian Yelich, and taking only one lefthanded reliever into that series might be a risk.
“We looked at it closely,” said Shildt. But the manager said he was confident that, among several righthanded relievers, Alex Reyes, Hicks and Dominic Leone all would do well against lefthanded hitters. Reyes, in his career, has held lefthanded batters to a .