The deadline is coming up for players to accept — or deny — the qualifying offer.
Only 13 players across Major League Baseball were tendered the qualifying offer. Brandon Woodruff was one of those 13 guys and now he has until 4 p.m. ET on Nov. 18th to decide if he is going to pick it up or not. If Woodruff were to accept the qualifying offer, he would get a one-year deal worth just over $22 million for 2026. If he declines it and signs a deal elsewhere, the Brewers will get draft compensation in return based on the deal he ultimately lands.
We are just days away from finding out Woodruff’s decision. But, it sounds like he can do better than the one-year deal, per The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon.
“Right-hander Brandon Woodruff and left-hander Shota Imanaga,” Rosenthal and Sammon said. “While their circumstances are completely different, they’re both starting pitchers, occupying the segment of the market that often generates the most heated interest. Woodruff, who turns 33 in February, missed all of 2024 coming off shoulder surgery and made only 12 starts for the Milwaukee Brewers in ‘25. Still, he produced a 3.20 ERA and a strikeout-to-walk rate that was the best of his career, albeit in a limited sample.
The Brewers may have a tough time bringing Brandon Woodruff back