Brandon Woodruff did not have surgery, to start throwing program.

[MrTPlush]

Probably a loooong shot to pitch this year though.

[adambr2]

Fantastic news, but yeah I think expectations should probably be in check as to any contributions this year. A 5 week progression would put things close to the end of the regular season, and even if there were no setbacks, he’d be awfully hard to trust for the playoff roster. 

I could see some sort of scenario where we need to swap out an overused arm from the NLDS and he gets on the NLCS, but this is still longshot of longshots.

Happy for him if this means he will be ready to pitch next season and can get a contract.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

37 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Fantastic news, but yeah I think expectations should probably be in check as to any contributions this year. A 5 week progression would put things close to the end of the regular season, and even if there were no setbacks, he’d be awfully hard to trust for the playoff roster. 

I could see some sort of scenario where we need to swap out an overused arm from the NLDS and he gets on the NLCS, but this is still longshot of longshots.

Happy for him if this means he will be ready to pitch next season and can get a contract.

Thought the same, almost to the letter.

Good for Woodruff, probably meaningless for the Brewers this year. We've been surprised before, and the playoffs are weird, but I think you hit the nail on the head in terms of "hard to trust." 

I guess we could see him on the postseason roster in that long-relief, you're down 4 or 5 runs, role. But that seems like most optimistic projection.