The Brewers selected Rea's contract from Triple-A Nashville on Wednesday.

EDGE Analysis

Milwaukee cleared room for Rea on the 40-man roster and 28-man active roster by designating utility man Tim Lopes for assignment and by placing Devin Williams (hand) on the 10-day injured list. Rea should fill a long-relief role for Milwaukee over its final five games of the regular season after he submitted a 2.27 ERA and 1.05 WHIP in seven starts for Nashville upon joining the Brewers on a minor-league deal in August.