![]() ![]() “I didn’t feel crisp, and Mookie jumped me there on the first pitch of the game. Woodruff surrendered a first-pitch home run to Mookie Betts, then settled in and allowed five more hits, one more run and a walk while striking out eight over a 91-pitch outing.Ĭounsell acknowledged he could have sent Woodruff back out for the seventh for the second time this year, but the need for offense was greater with his spot in the order due up in what was a 1-1 game. “There's just a maturity to what he does and even if things aren't clicking, he's going to find other ways to get outs with his stuff and that's a credit to him.” They were tough on him, but that's just how good Woody is. “We have so much going on, but you knew you were going to get a good start. “We're at the point with Woody that you almost plan on it, really,” said Counsell. The only time he’s failed to hit that mark was on opening day, when he was pulled after four. ![]() The right-hander made his sixth start of the season in Saturday’s 6-5, 11-inning win over the Dodgers and for the fifth straight time he went at least six innings. With all the roster machinations and craziness that defined the first month of the season, the Brewers have at least been able to count on Brandon Woodruff to stabilize things at the front of the rotation. "And at this point, we need healthy pitchers and having guys down that haven’t pitched in two days already is challenging." Stabilizing force "We think this is probably closer to 10 days, but we want to get the discomfort out of there and want to have him comfortable throwing," Counsell said. "So, he wasn’t there (Saturday) and that to us meant a couple more days down for sure. Thus, the move to send right-hander Eric Yardley to the injured list on Saturday with a right shoulder issue.Ĭounsell said Yardley experienced some discomfort in his last outing Wednesday, was held back from throwing Thursday and Friday and experienced more discomfort before Saturday's game. ![]() Some seasons, healthy teams are able to get by without using a reliever for several days in order to allow him to recover from various ailments.īut the Brewers are far from healthy and need all the fresh arms they can get in the bullpen. One of the Brewers' better pitching prospects, File underwent elbow surgery Feb. The Brewers also made a procedural roster move, recalling right-hander Dylan File from Class AA Biloxi and placing him on the 60-day injured list. So, to be back with these guys and how dominant they’ve been this year, I’m excited to be with them and do whatever I can to help them."įeliciano was optioned back to the alternate training site after drawing a walk in his first major-league plate appearance and scoring the winning run Saturday night. "It’s good I don’t have to learn a whole new pitching staff. "I know the guys, I know what they like to do," he said. "Everything’s been good," he said. "I got picked up by the Mariners and was ready to get going with them, then yesterday a couple things changed and we had to re-route and now I’m here. To top it all off, Nottingham went deep in his first at-bat and hit another home run in the eighth for his first career multi-homer game after having not arrived in Milwaukee until 1 a.m. We kept in touch with them and ultimately, we were able to swing the deal with Notty get him on a plane real quick last night and have him active for today." "When we talked to Seattle, it sounded like there was the potential that they could run into a roster crunch. After it became clear Omar (Narváez) wasn't going to be available, we began to see what, if any, of there might be availability from catchers who were currently in the testing cohort either at the big-league level or the alternate site. ![]() "You can't sign someone who is out of the testing cohort and immediately have them active. "This is a different transactional world we're living in," president of baseball operations David Stearns said. ![]()
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