Brewers Announce Brandon Woodruff’s Long-Awaited Return originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
After nearly two years and two last-minute setbacks, right-hander Brandon Woodruff is back with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Woodruff is scheduled to rejoin the rotation on Sunday against the Miami Marlins, manager Pat Murphy confirmed. The 32-year-old will return to action on the very mound where he made his last Major League start on September 23, 2023.
Pencil in your calendars: Brandon Woodruff “looks like” he will pitch in Miami on Sunday, Pat Murphy said.
652 days since his last big-league appearance, Woodruff will take the mound in the same ballpark as his last appearance.
— Curt Hogg (@CyrtHogg) July 2, 2025
Not even two weeks later, Woodruff announced that his season was over. His next season was over too, after undergoing intensive labrum surgery.
“Honestly, I don’t know how I’ll feel,” Woodruff said. I don’t know the emotions. I’ll just be excited to go pitch a Major League baseball game again. Whatever happens, happens.”
Woodruff pitched through most of Spring Training and began a rehab assignment on April 12. However on May 11, he suffered an ankle injury that forced him to start a new rehab provess. Then, in a stroke of bad luck on June 4, his final rehab start, he was struck on the elbow by a line drive.
That setback sidelined him for more than three weeks before he returned to Triple-A Nashville, where he made what turned out to be his actual final rehab outing on June 29.
Now that his return is set for Sunday, the Brewers will employ six starters during this turn through the rotation, with Quinn Priester and Chad Patrick slated to start agains the Marlins.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 3, 2025, where it first appeared.