This is not a good idea. To begin with the Brewers are a small market team and they need to spend money on players they can count on to play immediately. Teams like the Dodgers, Yankees, Cubs, Red Sox, Mets, Astros, Rangers, and even the Blue Jays, Giants, Angels and Padres have the financial resources to pay an injured player to not play significant time. The Brewers have to scrimp and save every dollar to just put together a competitive team each year and cannot afford the luxury to spend millions on a player who isn’t a sure thing to play at the very least one year and most probably two years at a diminished level. Attanasio has shown throughout his ownership that he is definitely not that type of owner (Fielder, Hader) to sign long term contracts or when he does (Yelich) he got burned. You are also assuming Woodruff would agree to a hometown discount and play for significantly less money, especially pre- free agency.
Shoulder injuries are typically a career ender for most pitchers or at the very least a significant drop off in effectiveness. This is especially true of Woodruff, as you’ve pointed out, a pitcher who counts on his velocity significantly. Shoulder injuries are known for decreasing velocity which was demonstrated in his last start this year. For the Brewer to outlay that kind of money with their lack of financial resources would be beyond foolish. Another thing to consider his age. At over 30 years old he is probably on the downside of his career and an improvement to his lifetime stats is wishful thinking with this type of injury.
Small market teams futures should be focused on youth and unfortunately investing large sums of money on injured players with a poor prognosis is not realistic for the ballclub in Milwaukee.
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