Brandon Woodruff’s right shoulder has taken another troubling turn.
An MRI revealed a new injury to the anterior capsule, and the Brewers now want another set of eyes on it before deciding what comes next. Woodruff will get a second opinion from Dr. Keith Meister in the coming days, after leaving his last start Saturday in Arizona and heading back to Milwaukee for tests.
The development is especially unsettling because Meister was the doctor who repaired Woodruff’s anterior capsule in October 2023. That surgery led to a long rehab that kept Woodruff off a major league mound until July 2025.
He had been effective when available since returning, but the injuries have kept piling up. Last September, he was shut down with a season-ending right lat strain. This season, he’s already had two more setbacks, both tied to starts against the Diamondbacks, when his velocity dropped sharply.
The first came in April, when a cyst in the shoulder joint led to a minor surgery and nearly two months on the injured list. Saturday’s outing in Arizona was just his third start back from that stint.
Now Woodruff is back on the 15-day injured list while the Brewers wait for more clarity.
“We’ve got a lot of information. We’re not ready to speak about it,” manager Pat Murphy said.
“It’s hard, but he’s trying to be strong, and he’s trying to look for the positive in all of it. He was so good when he was pitching.
He makes the whole room relax.”
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