MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Milwaukee\u2019s Brandon Woodruff won\u2019t pitch in the NL Division Series as he recovers from a right lat strain, but the Brewers aren\u2019t closing the door on the possibility he could return later in the postseason.<\/p>\n
Brewers manager Pat Murphy made the announcement Friday while emphasizing this is unrelated to the shoulder injury that prevented the two-time All-Star from pitching at all last season. The lat issue caused Woodruff to go on the injured list Sept. 21.<\/p>\n
The NL Central champion Brewers face the Chicago Cubs in the best-of-5 NLDS that starts Saturday in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s looking into everything he possibly can to try to get healthy as soon as he can, but he has a long career ahead of him,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cBut just the news that the shoulder is 100 percent intact is the most important part.\u201d<\/p>\n
Woodruff likely wouldn\u2019t be available before a potential World Series appearance.<\/p>\n
Murphy was asked if there\u2019s any possibility Woodruff could be ready to pitch in the NL Championship Series if the Brewers advance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that would be a little bit early because he\u2019s not throwing,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cBut the fact that he\u2019s got his eyes on it and we\u2019re researching what can be done might be a possibility after that. I think that\u2019s the best way I can answer it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Woodruff, 32, went 7-2 with a 3.20 ERA in 12 regular-season starts this season through Sept. 17. He didn\u2019t make his season debut until July 6 as he worked his way back after surgery in October 2023 to repair an anterior capsule tear.<\/p>\n
He has spent his entire career in Milwaukee and us 53-28 with a 3.10 ERA and 871 strikeouts over 745 innings.<\/p>\n
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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/p>\n
Steve Megargee, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Milwaukee\u2019s Brandon Woodruff won\u2019t pitch in the NL Division Series as he recovers from a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-188042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}