Woody update from McCalvy

[markedman5]

 

[Team Canada]

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But with Spring Training on deck, Woodruff knows he’ll have to answer these questions soon enough. So, he let down his guard on Monday. Yes, he is throwing bullpens twice a week in Mississippi as part of a normal offseason progression. Yes, his arm feels great. No, he hasn’t seen any radar gun readings, and that’s by design.

Then there’s the big question for a Brewers team trying to hold its window of winning open for yet another year: Will Woodruff be ready by Opening Day?

“I honestly can't answer that question, but I can tell you my mindset is to get ready for that,” he said. “I'm preparing to go and pitch, whether that's in New York [the site of Milwaukee’s opening series against the Yankees], whether I'm on the back end of the rotation, who knows?

He's throwing in the lab next week to gather data on how things are going.

[umphrey]

If he's not ready for opening day then I won't expect more than 100 innings or so from him, because he's unlikely to ramp up very quickly and he is high risk to spend some time on the IL basically due to load management. 

[CheezWizHed]

It is more important to me that he peaks at the playoffs.  I think we have a team that can carry to the playoffs... let him start slow and max out at the end of the year. 

[AKCheesehead]

14 minutes ago, CheezWizHed said:

It is more important to me that he peaks at the playoffs.  I think we have a team that can carry to the playoffs... let him start slow and max out at the end of the year. 

[LouisEly]

7 hours ago, umphrey said:

If he's not ready for opening day then I won't expect more than 100 innings or so from him, because he's unlikely to ramp up very quickly and he is high risk to spend some time on the IL basically due to load management. 

If he isn't ready by Opening Day that doesn't really mean anything.  He could be really close, only 2-3 weeks away and be mostly ramped up. 

They may also not want him pitching in cold weather right away in April and may send him on a "rehab assignment" to Biloxi to keep him loose and bring him back up when it's warmer to be safe.  Only real ones to avoid are the opening series at NYY, 3 at Colorado in mid-April (the two night games, not necessarily the day game), 4 at SFG, and CWS at end of April.  Two of the three at STL are day games, so should be safe there.

[kestrel79]

All I care about is a healthy Woody mowing down the Mets in the Playoffs this Fall. 

[jay87shot]

1 hour ago, kestrel79 said:

All I care about is a healthy Woody mowing down the Mets in the Playoffs this Fall. 

I am going to predict that the Mets don't make the playoffs. Even with getting Soto that team isn't better and getting old-ish fast. They don't have a lot of high end player after Lindor and Soto (maybe Senga if healthy).

[torts]

I can't wait to see him back!  I hope he's a brewer for life!  

[Austin Tatious]

Big Woody fan and wish him all the best to getting back out there for the Brewers.  This a high quality pitcher and guy.  

[markedman5]

 

[PlayerHader]

Sounds generally positive! Must be a tough navigation back after 18 months away from throwing live ABs. Hopefully Woodruff can be effective, whether that means 80 innings or 180 this year.

[BigWoo53]

I highly doubt he's ready to go by opening day. If he was a reliever, yeah. But not as a SP. I think he should be ready by mid-late April or early May. Can't wait for him to pitch and hope for a decent and healthy year! Huge Woodruff fan and don't want to get my hopes too high with the comeback it took just to get back. Hoping for a storybook type comeback season!

[markedman5]

 

[nate82]

I am hoping Woody pitches in the game I am going to on 3/23.

[markedman5]

 

[BeerSlide]

I'm not sure what the maximum number of pitches Woody has thrown in his career, but I'm setting my level of,  "would be ecstatic if" to 50% of that number. This was a serious surgery and I'm trying to stay realistic. Don't care about any dead arm periods or mid-season "setbacks", mostly care that he finishes the season healthy so that he can possibly contribute to any postseason run, and at the same time, continue to but distance between him and the surgery.

[duewizard]

1 hour ago, BeerSlide said:

I'm not sure what the maximum number of pitches Woody has thrown in his career, but I'm setting my level of,  "would be ecstatic if" to 50% of that number. This was a serious surgery and I'm trying to stay realistic. Don't care about any dead arm periods or mid-season "setbacks", mostly care that he finishes the season healthy so that he can possibly contribute to any postseason run, and at the same time, continue to but distance between him and the surgery.

112 v the Giants in 2022

[Frisbee Slider]

Sounds like Woodruff pitches today in a minor league game.

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[markedman5]

 

[RedStickBrew]

Curt Hogg: So, uh, Brandon Woodruff has a new pitch. The cutter is the upper-80s as an in-between pitch from the heaters to the breaking stuff.

[markedman5]

 

[Matt]

Honestly it's a stunning recovery. 

[PlayerHader]

11 minutes ago, Matt said:

Honestly it's a stunning recovery. 

Is it really? Nearly a year and a half later?

[jay87shot]

So if Woody pitches Sunday, like 3-4 starts to build up and get in rhythm, We are looking at Mid April probably Not much more than 2-3 starts to start the year.