Brewers Pitcher Woodruff Diagnosed With Right Shoulder Injury After Velocity Drop

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff was diagnosed on Wednesday with a new injury to his right shoulder. An MRI exam revealed damage to his anterior capsule, which had been surgically repaired after the 2023 season. The Brewers initially diagnosed inflammation and are sending Woodruff to surgeon Dr.

Keith Meister for a second opinion. Woodruff, 33, had shown a drop in velocity during his start Saturday at Arizona and left in the fourth inning. That outing was his third since returning from the injured list, where he had spent nearly two months following minor surgery to remove a cyst.

Woodruff posted a 2.98 ERA across nine starts this season. He did not pitch in 2024. Woodruff returned midway through the 2025 season, performed effectively, then suffered a lat muscle strain that kept him out of the playoffs.

"It's hard, but he's trying to be strong, and he's trying to look for the positive in all of it," Brewers manager Pat Murphy told reporters in St. Louis. "He was so good when he was pitching.