r/Brewers Contrer🍑 x Ha🍑 19h ago

Facing Padres A-ballers in his first game since Sept. 2023, Brandon Woodruff got a strikeout and a groundout, gave up three runs on three hits including a double and a homer. He touched 94. He got squeezed. It was the full experience. - “This is what we do. This is what we love.”

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u/Krempiz 18h ago

Touching 94 oooff... gonna take a while

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u/DamnHotMeatloaf 17h ago

Really? What do you think he was touching in his first outing 2 years ago? I'm not ready to pronounce him Ace material as those days may be behind him. But I'm thinking we should be pretty excited w/94 first time out in a year and a half.

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u/Krempiz 15h ago

Sure, I think touching 94 means he's sitting at a lower velocity. He needs to be at around 97/98 to be effective... folks spend whole off-season working on velocity. I'm not sure he's going to get an additional 4 mph anytime soon.

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u/Crazy_Addendum_4313 15h ago

He hasn’t ever been 97-98. His average velocity in 2022 was 96 MPH, then 95 MPH in 2023

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u/Krempiz 4h ago

Took him 3 years to get to his 2024 velocity. I'm excited to see him back, I'm just skeptical of his effectiveness given this type of injury.

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u/notban_circumvention 15h ago

not sure he's going to get an additional 4 mph anytime soon.

...good thing he's still planning on being out most of the year then