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The numbers got Tim Dillard on Wednesday. The former Itawamba Community College standout was designated for assignment by the Milwaukee Brewers, who no longer had room for him on their 40-man roster after claiming another right-handed pitcher, Marco Estrada, off waivers from Washington. Dillard, 26, has had a couple of lackluster stints in the big leagues, posting a 6.27 ERA over 18 2/3 innings. He’s a big guy with good stuff, as they say, and has had success in the minors (he won 11 games at Triple-A Nashville in 2009). But the Brewers had to make a roster move, and Dillard was the odd man out. “Hopefully, we can work out a way to keep Dillard,” Brewers assistant GM Gord Ash told mlb.com. The Brewers could lose Dillard to a waiver claim by another club. Or Dillard might want to pursue other opportunities. He’s not done yet, for sure.