Brewers beginning pitcher Brandon Woodruff has a proper shoulder damage, which is able to hold him from taking part in within the upcoming NL wild-card Sequence, supervisor Craig Counsell instructed reporters (together with Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). Whether or not or not he can pitch later within the postseason, ought to the Brewers advance, stays to be seen.
The All-Star right-hander spent 4 months of the 2023 marketing campaign on the injured checklist with a subscapular pressure in his proper shoulder. Nonetheless, he returned in early August and appeared wholesome down the stretch, pitching to a 2.59 ERA in 9 begins whereas averaging greater than six innings per sport. His shoulder bothered him throughout his remaining outing of the common season, however initially, he responded nicely to remedy. Thus, the severity of his damage got here as a shock for the Brewers; the crew was relying on him to start out sport two of the Wild Card sequence towards the Diamondbacks.
Woodruff plans to get a second opinion on his shoulder, however the crew isn’t anticipating an replace till the tip of the week. Whereas they are going to hope for the perfect, Counsell and his workers should put together for the worst-case state of affairs, during which their quantity two starter is out for the remainder of the playoffs.
The Brewers haven’t but introduced who will begin on Wednesday in Woodruff’s place, though Freddy Peralta appears to be the most definitely candidate. The 27-year-old pitched his first qualifying season this 12 months, making 30 begins with a 3.86 ERA. It’s more durable to guess who will begin for Milwaukee in a possible sport three. Wade Miley and Adrian Houser are presumably the main candidates; every had a strong 12 months in 2023, and every is coming off a robust September. Miley pitched to a 3.04 ERA in his remaining 5 video games, whereas Houser put up a 2.14 ERA in 4 September begins. The elder Miley in all probability has the sting, due to his veteran expertise and his lefty arm, however Counsell will certainly take his time serious about particular person matchups earlier than he decides.
