WHEN THEY WELCOME THE 76 ERS TO FISERV FORUM BASEBALL. BRANDON WOODRUFF IS RETURNING TO YOUR MILWAUKEE BREWERS. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE TWO TIME ALL-STAR HAS ACCEPTED HIS QUALIFYING OFFER WORTH $22 MILLION FOR THE 2026 SEASON, WHICH MEANS HE WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE CREW FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE SEASON. THE 32 YEAR OLD HAD AN IMPRESSIVE COMEBACK CAMPAIGN IN 2025 AFTER MISSING NEARLY TWO YEARS OF ACTION BECAUSE OF RIGHT SHOULDER SURGERY, RECORDING 83 STRIKEOUTS AND POSTING A 3.20 ERA BEFORE A LAT STRAIN SIDELINED HIM FOR THE POSTSEASON. SO THAT IS GREAT NEWS FOR THIS BREWERS TEAM. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO RELOAD, MAYBE GO AFTER IT. THERE WERE ONE SERIES AW
Brandon Woodruff returns to Brewers on qualifying offer for 2026
The 32-year-old pitcher will return for the 2026 season after a strong comeback campaign in 2025 following shoulder surgery.
Updated: 8:27 PM CST Nov 18, 2025
Two-time All-Star pitcher Brandon Woodruff is returning to the Milwaukee Brewers for another season after accepting a qualifying offer on Nov. 18.Woodruff is one of four players who accepted qualifying offers from their former teams before the Tuesday deadline, thereby removing themselves from the free-agent market. The players include Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga, New York Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham, and Detroit second baseman Gleyber Torres, who accepted $22,025,000 qualifying offers from their former teams. The 32-year-old had an impressive comeback campaign in 2025 after missing nearly two years of action because of right shoulder surgery. He recorded 83 strikeouts and posted a 3.20 ERA before a lat strain sidelined him for the postseason.Players can be given a qualifying offer only once, so Imanaga, Woodruff, Grisham and Torres can become free agents after next season without draft-pick compensation being attached to them.Top HeadlinesFalling tree hits and kills motorcycle passenger in MuskegoCatalytic converters stolen from 26 school buses in Oak Creek’I’m innocent’: Milwaukee murder, child sex assault suspect says from Oklahoma jailWATCH 89-year-old woman charged with hit-and-run, accused of striking 9-year-old girl
MILWAUKEE —
Two-time All-Star pitcher Brandon Woodruff is returning to the Milwaukee Brewers for another season after accepting a qualifying offer on Nov. 18.
Woodruff is one of four players who accepted qualifying offers from their former teams before the Tuesday deadline, thereby removing themselves from the free-agent market.
The players include Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga, New York Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham, and Detroit second baseman Gleyber Torres, who accepted $22,025,000 qualifying offers from their former teams.
The 32-year-old had an impressive comeback campaign in 2025 after missing nearly two years of action because of right shoulder surgery. He recorded 83 strikeouts and posted a 3.20 ERA before a lat strain sidelined him for the postseason.
Players can be given a qualifying offer only once, so Imanaga, Woodruff, Grisham and Torres can become free agents after next season without draft-pick compensation being attached to them.
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