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The Mets couldn't get their offense going, and the pitching and defense weren't up to snuff in a 6-1 loss to the Phillies on Saturday afternoon.

New York made three errors, matching their hit total, and multiple defensive miscues, while the combination of Sean Manaea and Kodai Senga just couldn't keep the Phillies off the board.

Here are the takeaways....

-The start time for Saturday's game was pushed up due to impending weather, and both teams seemed off, especially in the field. Trea Turner made his 14th error of the season, and Carson Benge booted a ball he tried to pick up in right field. Marcus Semien, first start since being activated off the IL, botched a transfer on a double play ball and there was also a play where Francisco Lindor nearly tripped over himself as he was ranging to his left on a throw to first. Eric Wagaman saved Lindor from an error by keeping a toe on the bag.

Even Phillies starter Jesus Luzardo seemed uncomfortable at times on the mound, stopping to pace and, as the SNY broadcast pointed out, it looked like he was "pitching mad." But the southpaw made it through five innings, allowing just one run on two hits and two walks, striking out seven.

-Manaea had a tough start to the second half of his season. After Turner reached with a leadoff infield single, Kyle Schwarber launched his MLB-leading 33rd home run of the season into the second deck in right field. 

The Mets southpaw pitched through trouble in multiple innings -- some not of his own making -- but Manaea was not efficient enough. He had thrown 73 pitches through four innings and that affected his ability to give New York length. In the fifth, Turner led off with a solo shot, his second in the series, to put the Phillies up 3-1. 

Francisco Alvarez made a two-base throwing error, trying to pick off Schwarber at first base. Alec Bohm brought Schwarber home to give the Phillies a 4-1 lead. But after allowing a couple of more base runners, Manaea's day was done after 4.2 innings. Manaea allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven. His ERA rose to 4.74. 

-Tyrone Taylor, starting in left field with Juan Soto DHing after the slugger exited Thursday's game with calf soreness, got the Mets scoring going with a 406-foot solo shot in the second inning. But that was all the offense the Mets would receive. They had just three hits total -- Taylor picking up two of them -- and their futility with RISP continued.

Mets entered Saturday 1-for-30 (.033) with RISP in their last four games, and on Saturday, they went 0-for-3 with five left on base.

-Senga wrapped up the fifth for Manaea, but it wasn't too easy. He walked J.T. Realmuto, the first batter he faced, on eight pitches to load the bases. He bounced back to strike out Derek Hill on five pitches. 

Senga's second inning of work did not go as well. The right-hander allowed two runs on two hits and two walks in the sixth to put the game out of reach at 6-1. Senga came out for the seventh and after allowing a single to Realmuto, the heavens opened and the rain started to come down hard. The game was halted due to a delay, but resumed about 45 minutes later. 

Senga finished, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks across 1.1 innings. He also struck out two batters and now has an 8.85 ERA. 

Game MVP: The Phillies

Philadelphia pitched well and hit well in an overall dominant win.

Highlights

Keith: "Tyrone, his power has been upgraded this year"

One pitch later, Tyrone Taylor homers! pic.twitter.com/4mjkEsaFF4

— SNY (@SNYtv) July 18, 2026

Back-to-back strikeouts for Sean Manaea to get out of trouble in the 4th! pic.twitter.com/7x0oAQVYCD

— SNY (@SNYtv) July 18, 2026

What's next

The Mets and Phillies wrap up their three-game set on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is set for 1:35 p.m.

Nolan McLean (6-6, 3.52 ERA) will take the mound and go up against Alan Rangel (0-2, 4.19 ERA).

When things are cool for the Rockies, they’re ice cold. But when things go well, they go great. Today was, thankfully, the latter. Multiple key defensive plays, resilient pitching across the board, and several batters with multi-hit games came through for a dominant win.

After a less-than-ideal Friday night, the Rockies bounced back in winning fashion. With a dominant start from Tomoyuki Sugano, the Rockies pitching and defense were able to pave the way for their offense to overwhelm Cincinnati’s Rhett Lowder in a 10-3 win where just about everything went right for the Rockies, including the ability to capitalize on the Reds’ mistakes.

Sugano sailing and Reds reeling

The Rockies got the exact start they needed on both sides of the ball. Between Sugano hitting an early groove and making quick work of the Reds’ lineup early, finding a way to get runners on and bring them home, and capitalizing on Cincinnati’s miscues, the Rockies found themselves up 6-0 by the end of the second inning.

Sugano needed just seven pitches to get through the first inning. He got Elly de la Cruz (coming off of a four hit night) to ground out on the first pitch of the ballgame, Jake McCarthy ran down a deep line drive from Sal Stewart, and Sugano fanned JJ Bleday to sit down the side. He carried that momentum into the next inning, going 1-2-3 again on 10 pitches with another strikeout.

The Rockies got an early two-run lead in the first inning. Jake McCarthy notched a leadoff double with an assist from the Colorado sunshine, after a seemingly harmless flyball plopped between center field and second base with the fielders losing it in the July sun. He tagged up and moved to third on a Mickey Moniak fly out before scoring on a Cole Carrigg double. TJ Rumfield got Carrigg the rest of the way home with an RBI single.

The Rockies added four more runs in the bottom of the second, stringing together an almost never-ending series of base knocks, with all runs coming on two outs. Brett Sullivan tripled between the first and second outs and then was scored on a perfect bunt from McCarthy.

That was followed by a parade of singles from Moniak, Carrigg, Rumfield, and Willi Castro. There were lots of RBI to go around. When it was all said and done, the Rockies led 6-0. By the bottom of the inning, Cincinnati had the bullpen getting loose with Lowder nearing 40 pitches.

An early shower for Lowder

Sugano finally sustained some damage in the third inning. He’s been vulnerable to home runs this season; luckily, the vast majority of those have been solo shots. Jose Trevino added another one to the list to make it a 6-1 game. As he typically does, however, Sugano responded and limited things there.

Lowder couldn’t say the same. The Reds let him go into the third, but he didn’t last long. Edouard Julien kicked the inning off with a double. An Ezequiel Tovar single put runners on the corners. That would be the end of Lowder’s day. He was replaced by Colorado’s own Julian Garcia, hailing from Fort Collins and playing his college ball at Metro State.

Garcia got McCarthy to ground out, but the play scored Julien. Moniak nabbed another single, bringing home another of Lowder’s baserunners to make it an 8-1 Rockies lead.

After yo-yoing between the Reds bullpen and rotation to make today’s start, Lowder finished with a whopping 11 hits and all eight runs earned in just 2.1 innings of work. The defense behind him didn’t do him any favors, but it was a struggle of a day for Lowder. His ERA on the season jumps up to 5.75.

Carrigg continues to shine

After coming in with a pinch-hit single on Friday night, Carrigg returned to the starting lineup Saturday. With a great day at the plate topped off with some wonderful defensive plays out in center field, Carrigg continues to be a bright spot in the lineup since his call up to the majors.

Carrigg made some pivotal catches, showing tremendous range and running down a few well hit balls. Especially of note was a sliding catch to end the fourth inning on a ball hit to left center.

At the plate, Carrigg drove in the first run of the game and finished his day with two hits, one RBI, three runs, and a walk. In the sixth, he managed an impressive at-bat, battling back from being down two strikes to draw that walk, which would turn into another run thanks to a Rumfield homer blasted to the second deck to put the game at 10-2.

Goin’ up, up, up, another “Golden” performance from Sugano

As he’s done so many times this season, Sugano delivered a gem. This one wasn’t just good for his first game back from the injured list. It was good, period.

As mentioned earlier, he continued his susceptibility to giving up solo home runs. He gave up two today, both to Trevino, giving the Reds batter his second and third dingers on the season. But that’s about all that was working against Sugano today.

He was otherwise extremely efficient. He needed 10 or fewer pitches to get through four of his six full innings. Although he couldn’t make it all the way through the seventh, he ended his day after 6.1 IP, giving up three earned runs on six hits.

He made use of a nice balance of a wide arsenal of pitches. Of his 77 pitches thrown, he relied heavily on his sinker and splitter (26% each), mixed in his cutter (18%), and rounded things out mostly with sliders and four-seam fastballs (13% each). He sprinkled in just a few curveballs (three total for 4%). On the year, Sugano has relied on his four-seamer most heavily at 22%. With that dropping down to 13% today, he dominated with a mix of off-speed pitches.

Manager Warren Schaeffer lauded Sugano’s day, pointing to his “excellent fastball command, strong velo. His splitter was really good. He gave us just what we needed. Typical Tomo Sugano stuff.”

Firing on all cylinders

Aside from the well-deserved shoutouts to Sugano and Carrigg above, a number of other players pitched in to bolster the strong team effort. Carrigg, McCarthy, Moniak, and Rumfield all notched multi-hit games.

Of note, Rumfield looked incredible at the plate. He logged his first four-hit game in the majors with four RBI and a homer in five at-bats. With his best offensive performance of the season, Rumfield bolstered his NL Rookie of the Year case. On that topic, Schaeffer said “TJ’s making a very, very strong case for that, but he’s got another 6o games to go. So no let-up.” He praised Rumfield’s two Rookie of the Month wins.

The bullpen looked great as well. Juan Mejia, Brennan Bernardino, and Zach Agnos worked through their innings with no earned runs of their own, effectively working out of any jams – but not allowing really any of those to begin with.

In the end, the Rockies played as a team, got ahead early, and never looked back, cruising to win number 40 in the 2026 campaign.

Up Next

Another Sunday, another rubber match.

The Rockies and Reds conclude the three-game series with a Sunday afternoon showdown before the Washington National come to town on Monday.

The Rockies are slated to send out Ryan Feltner (3-3 in 13 starts, 4.55 ERA). Cincinnati turns to a righty of their own in Hunter Greene (1-1 in two starts, 6.97 ERA).

First pitch is set for 1:10 p.m. MDT.

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The game will.begin in a rain delay

ere’s the Pirates’ lineup:

99/162. Game 2️⃣ of doubleheader.

📺: @SNPittsburgh
📻: @937TheFanpic.twitter.com/NxqzoKOLQM

— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) July 18, 2026

Here’s the Guardians’ lineup:

Tonight's game will begin in a delay.#GuardsBallpic.twitter.com/oqQr7325eS

— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) July 18, 2026

Let’s go, Guardians!

White Sox 0 Blue Jays 1

You really shouldn’t win if you only score one run. I’d search to figure this out, but there are very few 1-0 games in a season.

We got our run in the fourth. Vladimir Guerrero doubled off the center wall, just a couple of feet short of a home run. When it wasn’t, I worried that he could be stranded. But, no, George Springer singled him home in the next at bat. Unfortunately, that is where it ended. Kazuma Okamoto struck out and Daulton Varsho ground out.

We only had five hits and three walks. One (the Springer hit) for four with RISP. Vlad had two of the four hits.

Shane Bieber was terrific. Six innings, just three hits, two walks and six strikeouts. Easily his best start of the season. Maybe he’s rounding into form.

Jeff Hoffman pitched the seventh, giving up a lead off walk, just to get our blood pressure up. But two strikeouts and a ground out (nice play by Ernie Clement got us out of the inning.

Tyler Rogers got the eighth. He gave up a bunt single to Chase Meidroth (very nice bunt hit, no change to get him). But a caught stealing (great throw Kirk), strikeout and fly out ended the inning.

And Louis Varland pitched the ninth. Ground out, strike out, fly out.

Save #20 for Louis. Holds #11 and #20 for Hoffman and Rogers respectively. And win #1 for Bieber.

Jays of the Day: Bieber (0.36 WPA), Varland (0.16), Rogers (0.12) and Hoffman (0.10). Let’s give Vlad one, as well, for his 2 for 4, 0.08 WPA. Hope it is a sign of good things to come.

Other Award: Clement (-0.09, for an 0 for 4, he was at his chase happiest today, swinging at everything), Nathan Lukes (-0.09, also 0 for 4, two strikeouts, a soft ground out and fly out) and Okamoto (-0.08, 0 for 4, 2 k).

Tomorrow is an early start, 12:00 Eastern. Sean Burke (6-4, 3.41) and Trey Yesavage (4-4, 3.72).

I’m still puzzled by the Spencer Miles start yesterday. It seems to be that, after the All-Star break, you’d want to come out with one of your ‘real’ starters.

This game also had the unveiling of the Joe Carter statue (I’ll admit I didn’t love the statue, but since it is replacing the stupid Ed Rogers statue, it is a big upgrade). And they had several members of the 1992 and 1993 World Series winnings. It was great to see those guys again. They are getting up there in age. I’ll take any excuse to see them.

NEW YORK — Saturday night’s Dodgers-Yankees game was postponed because of rain, setting up a split doubleheader Sunday.

Sunday’s first game is scheduled to begin at 12:35 p.m. Eastern (9:35 a.m. Pacific). The series finale is set for Sunday at 7:20 p.m. Eastern (4:20 p.m. Pacific).

The Dodgers did not immediately announce if the rainout would alter their pitching plan. Initially, Emmet Sheehan was scheduled to start Saturday and Yoshinobu Yamamoto on Sunday.

The team will also be allowed to call up an extra player for Sunday because of the doubleheader.

It will be the Dodgers’ first time playing a doubleheader since May 2024, when they got rained out during a visit to the Mets.

Sunday’s first game will be televised on SportsNet LA after originally being slated for Fox’s national broadcast Saturday night. Sunday night’s game will remain on NBC/Peacock.

Weather always figured to loom large during this current East Coast road trip the Dodgers are on — be it rainy forecasts, muggy summer heat or even poor air quality from Canadian wildfire smoke that cleared up just in time for Friday’s series opener at Yankee Stadium. 

After Sunday night’s game, they head to Philadelphia for three games against the Phillies. On Thursday, they will go to Washington for a White House visit to celebrate their 2025 World Series. Next weekend, they wrap the nine-game swing with a series against the Mets. 

Now, they can only hope Saturday’s rainout is the only time their schedule is impacted.

The Twins climbed back to .500, but getting over the hump back to a winning record will have to wait a few more games. Minnesota falls to 49-50 after a decisive win by the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs jumped on starter Taj Bradley early, tagging the Twin for five earned runs in the first three innings. A solo shot from Michael Busch gave the Cubs the lead in the first, and a two-run Miguel Amaya double made it 3-1 Cubs in the second, after Kody Clemens had leveled the playing field with a homer of his own.

A pair of walks — two out of three total on Taj’s line — came around to score in the third, making it a 5-1 Chicago lead. Bradley got through five innings, but it was his worst start in weeks, and it handed him his fourth loss of the season. Mike Paredes struck out four in two relief innings, but allowed a walk and a few hits in a messy seventh inning to give the Cubs one more run.

Clemens would homer again in the seventh, the only other Twins tally on the afternoon.

The Twins attempted to rally in the ninth, putting their first two men on, then proceeded to lose two outs on the bases on a Brooks Lee single, as Josh Bell got hung up between third and home, and Brooks Lee was iced trying to retreat to the bag. It would have been nice to have a few plate appearances with the tying run up and nobody out, but hey, they’re professionals. They know a lot better than we do in situations such as.

The loss means tomorrow’s game will be nice and rubbery. We shall see you there!

STUDS:

2B Kody Clemens (2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR)

DUDS:

SP Taj Bradley (5 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, HR)

The Dodgers’ game against the New York Yankees on Saturday in the Bronx was rained out and rescheduled as the first game in a split doubleheader Sunday.

It was the Dodgers’ first postponement of the season.

They are set to play Game 1 at 9:35 a.m. PDT Sunday, followed by Game 2 at 4:20 p.m.

Saturday’s game was originally scheduled to air on Fox at 5:08 p.m. PDT. But with persistent showers in the forecast, the decision to postpone was made official more than three hours before game time.

Dodgers right-hander Emmett Sheehan (4-6, 4.81 ERA) was scheduled to take the mound opposite Yankees lefty Ryan Weathers on Saturday. But the Dodgers shifted their pitching plan after the postponement.

Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, already lined up for Sunday, is set to start the morning game. The Dodgers have not announced their Game 2 starter.

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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

Well, hat tip to the powers that be. With storms rolling into New York in a couple hours, MLB has decided to postpone tonight’s Yankees-Dodgers clash. In a move that surprised me, the game will be made up in a split-admission doubleheader tomorrow, sandwiched around the World Cup final at 3pm local time.

If you have tickets for today’s game, they are only eligible for tomorrow’s 12:35pm ET first pitch. That game will be played — the forecast for Sunday looks gorgeous — and then the Stadium will be cleared out to prepare for Sunday Night Baseball, at 7:20pm local time. Yankee manager Aaron Boone indicated shortly after the postponement that there’s a “good chance” the team stands pat with their pitching decisions, meaning its most likely Ryan Weathers starts the first game and we get that Cam Schlittler/Yoshinobu Yamamoto killer in primetime.

If you’re in New York, keep yourselves safe. Parts of Queens are already experiencing flooding and there’s a second round of storms coming. Keep an eye on official public notices, and follow the direction of city officials. If nothing else, all this rain should clear up some of the wildfire smoke issues the city has experienced this week.

See you tomorrow, Yankee fans.

The middle game between the Dodgers and Yankees on Saturday was postponed by rain, and rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader on Sunday.

The first game on Sunday is scheduled for a 9:35 a.m. PT start, followed by the nightcap on NBC, with Jason Benetti, Orel Hershiser, and Roger Clemens on the exclusive national telecast for the second game.

After SportsNet LA televised Friday’s series opener at Yankee Stadium, there wasn’t going to be a Dodgers game on the network until Tuesday in Philadelphia, with Saturday’s game in New York slated for Fox, followed by Sunday night on NBC, and Monday against the Phillies on ESPN. Now, SportsNet LA will carry the first game of the doubleheader on Sunday, followed by NBC and Peacock airing the nightcap at 4:20 p.m. PT.

Pitching plans this weekend were going to be Emmet Sheehan vs. left-hander Ryan Weathers on Saturday, followed by Yoshinobu Yamamoto against Cam Schlittler on Sunday. Yamamoto starts the early game on Sunday now.

#Dodgers will start Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the early game Sunday. Starter for Game 2 is TBD. Emmet Sheehan was supposed to start today.

— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) July 18, 2026

This is the first rainout of the season for the Dodgers, who’ve had two previous games delayed by inclement weather, all on the road. The series finale in Washington D.C. against the Nationals on April 5 started two hours, nine minutes late due to rain, and on June 23 against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, the first pitch was delayed by 28 minutes.

The Yankees announced that Saturday night's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers has been postponed due to expected inclement weather.

It will be made up as the first game of a split-admission doubleheader on Sunday, with first pitch set for 12:35 p.m. And the second game of the doubleheader is set for 7:20 p.m.

The originally scheduled 8:08 p.m. first pitch was set to feature a battle between the left-hander Ryan Weathers (4.15 ERA, 1.239 WHIP in 97.2 innings) and right-hander Emmet Sheehan (4.81 ERA, 1.239 WHIP in 82.1 innings).

The scheduled starters for the game originally scheduled for Sunday are a couple of All-Star right-handers: Cam Schlittler (2.05 ERA, 0.944 WHIP in 118.2 innings) for the Yanks and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2.85 ERA, 0.913 WHIP in 110.2 innings) for the club that once called Brooklyn their home. 

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said there's a "good chance" the club will keep the pitching plan the same for Sunday's doubleheader.

New York (54-43) closed the first half of the season with a four-game winning streak, including a sweep in Washington. That put a cap on a terrible run of form that saw the Bronx Bombers suffer a team-wide slump when they dropped 11 of 13 games, including seven straight defeats against Boston and Detroit. 

However, they opened the series with another low-scoring effort, falling 2-1 to Los Angeles (62-36) on Friday night. The back-to-back World Series champions, with a 1.5-game lead for the best record in baseball, entered the break losers of four of their last five games.

Just as tonight’s game with the Houston Astros was beginning, the Orioles announced that they have signed starting pitcher Kyle Bradish to a five-year contract extension. The deal starts with the 2027 season. Bradish had been slated to become a free agent in the 2029 season, so the deal keeps him under team control for an additional three seasons.

Per Jeff Passan, the deal is worth $90 million, but no further breakdown has been released as of yet.

Bradish is the second member of the starting rotation to be signed to a long-term deal this year. Shane Baz signed a five-year, $68 million contract close to Opening Day. While Orioles’ GM Mike Elias has stated that he believes Baz has top-of-the-rotation stuff, Bradish has proven his.

Drafted in the 4th round of the 2018 draft by the Los Angeles Angels, Bradish was traded to the Orioles for Dylan Bundy in December 2019. He made his Major League debut in 2022 and made 23 starts with a 4.90 ERA. He broke out in 2023, with a 2.90 ERA over 30 starts for the AL East champions. He was off to a great start in 2024 before having to undergo Tommy John surgery in June.

Bradish has had some ups and downs this season, but has still shown his ace-like stuff at times. Overall, he has a 3.61 ERA in 19 starts this season.

The five-year contract will take Bradish through his 34th birthday.

UPDATE

We have a ballgame to play!

First pitch is now scheduled for 5:10 p.m. https://t.co/5mEU0GN0is

— Red Sox (@RedSox) July 18, 2026

OLDER

And so the weather affects this one!

Fenway Weather Update: Due to the current forecast, today’s first pitch has been delayed. We will share a new start time as soon as possible.

— Red Sox (@RedSox) July 18, 2026

Patrick Sandoval makes his Fenway Park debut for the Red Sox as the squad looks to keep this thing going! If…the weather decides to cooperate.

⚾️ Time: 4:10pm — Fenway Park, Boston, MA

📺 TV: NESN

📻 Radio: WEEI

Right back at it! pic.twitter.com/0FDSbcjowi

— Red Sox (@RedSox) July 18, 2026

Howdy, y’all? If you weren’t aware, the MLB Draft was this past weekend, and we had a good number of players get drafted. So, I thought I’d throw together a quick little recap of our newest #ProDucks. So, without further ado, here we go!

Round 3, Pick 103: SS Ryan Cooney, selected by the Toronto Bluejays

Round 5, Pick 137: P Cal Scolari, selected by the Chicago Whitesox

Round 6, Pick 187: SS Maddox Molony, selected by the Detroit Tigers

Round 8, Pick 253, P Miles Gosztola, selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers

Round 10, Pick 313, P Devin Bell, also selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers

Round 15, Pick 448, 3B Drew Smith, selected by the San Francisco Giants

Round 19, Pick 556, OF Jack Brooks, selected by the Washington Nationals

So, there we have it. Seven new Ducks into the MLB system, adding to the four from last year, and five in 2024. Which player do you think will have the best shot at making the MLB? Let us know down in the comments!

And, as always, ‘Sco Ducks!

The Mariners activated Julio Rodríguez from the 7-day IL ahead of this evening’s game against the Giants. Julio had been out since July 3, when Anaheim’s Nolan Shanuel threw the ball into the back of Julio’s head in an attempt to make a double play. Julio initially got up and sprinted to third base, looking very amped up. But it quickly became apparent that he was not alright, and he’s been recovering for the past two weeks.

There’s never a good time for a concussion, but the injury came at a particularly unfortunate time for Julio, who seemed to be regaining his timing after struggling throughout much of June. And while the injury lingered for longer than anyone would hope, it’s nice for him to have only missed one game of the second half since that’s traditionally what one might call Julio Season.

In a corresponding move, Miles Mastrobuoni was DFA’d. Among a bench full of players without options, this made the most sense because Master Bunny is the only lefty on a team that’s gotten lopsided. In addition, Mastrobuoni has already cleared waivers once this season, so there’s a reasonable chance the Mariners get to keep him again.

Julio will DH tonight as he eases back into things. Luke Raley will play centerfield because sometimes we like to have fun.

Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is likely to miss the rest of the season in a massive blow for his team.

Woodruff, 33, told reporters Saturday that he was set to undergo right shoulder capsule surgery.

He previously underwent the same procedure in 2023 and rehabbed the injury for 20 months in that instance before returning.

Woodruff, though, said he is going under the knife this time “with the goal in mind of pitching again.”

“I’m not having a funeral or anything,” he said, via MLB.com.

Woodruff has been limited by arm and shoulder injuries this year and landed on the IL earlier in July due to his latest issue.

He’s pitched well in just nine appearances and 45 ⅓ innings this year with a 2.98 ERA.

Woodruff has spent his entire career in Milwaukee after being drafted by the team in 2014.

The former Mississippi State star made his big league debut in 2017 and established himself as a reliable arm for Milwaukee, as he earned All-Star nods in 2019 and 2021.

Woodruff’s injury is a tough blow to a red-hot Brewers team that leads the National League Central with a 60-37 record heading into Saturday’s action

And, across all of MLB, only the Dodgers have a better record than Milwaukee with the second half of the season still to play.

The Brewers will face the Marlins on Saturday and Sunday before hosting the Mets for a three-game series.