Brandon Woodruff has been a Wisconsin institution since making his MLB debut in 2017, but that could change this offseason.
The Milwaukee Brewers did opt to give him the qualifying offer, which is worth a shade over $22 million this year. After declining his end of a $20 million mutual option (and receiving a $10 million buyout), Woodruff must now make the choice of whether to stick around with the Crew on the ostensible one-year deal, or test the free-agent market after a brief, but highly successful 2025 season.
When healthy, "Woody" was his usual excellent self on the mound, pitching to a 3.