Heard him interviewed on the pre-game yesterday. He isn't concerned. He said he really didn't pitch at all for 18 months and command is expected to be off given the layoff. Body feels good. Shoulder feels good. I like that he talks with certainty about the return of command and velocity.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/rattlers/2025/04/18/minor-league-baseball-brandon-woodruff-pitches-for-timber-rattlers/83164102007/?tbref=hp
“When you have any type of surgery, especially shoulder surgery, typically the last thing that comes for guys is the command of the baseball,” Woodruff said. “Out there today, I got to two strikes or even earlier in the count, I didn’t execute with two strikes.
“Then you get behind early and it doesn’t matter what level you’re at, especially right now until the velocity gets back, that’s what I’m going to have to be able to lock in on, the command.”