Brandon Woodruff

Bats L Throws R6'4" 243 lbBorn 1993 Tupelo, USADebut 2017Team MIL2x All-StarDraft 2011 R5 #174 Texas Rangers, Wheeler (MS) HSContract 1 y/$22.025M (26) 2026: $22,025,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	464	24.9	6.2	3.08	20.6	6.38	106.5
2027							106.3
2028							106.6

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 97 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Chris Sale	2021	113.6	113.2	25
2	Chris Carpenter	2007	116.3	112.9	63
3	Stephen Strasburg	2021	113.0	42.9	23
4	Dustin Hermanson	2005	115.2	87.8	27
5	Erik Bedard	2011	109.2	93.5	557
6	Sonny Gray	2022	108.7	115.8	754
7	Carlos Carrasco	2019	104.7	109.6	280
8	Chris Young	2011	109.9	93.8	493
9	Johnny Cueto	2018	106.1	99.9	67
10	Jake Peavy	2013	110.0	96.6	852

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	MIL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	MIL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	MIL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	MIL	30	58	0	6	0	0	2	3	28	0.115	0.164	0.115	0.279	-28.1
2020	MIL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	MIL	27	49	1	12	4	0	4	1	20	0.267	0.283	0.356	0.638	61.8
2018	MIL	19	10	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	0.250	0.333	0.625	0.958	151.7
2017	MIL	8	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0.200	0.273	0.200	0.473	27.3
Career		147	129	5	22	4	1	7	6	51	0.191	0.231	0.252	0.484	25.2

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									464				106.3
2026*									174				135.6	99.8	135.4
2025	MIL	7	2	3.20	12	12	0	64.7	257	9	14	83	118.6	100.5	119.1
2023	MIL	5	1	2.28	11	11	0	67.0	253	9	15	74	125.2	98.2	123.4
2022	MIL	13	4	3.05	27	27	0	153.3	620	18	42	190	110.0	102.0	112.0
2021	MIL	9	10	2.56	30	30	0	179.3	708	18	43	211	120.6	101.5	122.0
2020	MIL	3	5	3.05	13	13	0	73.7	293	9	18	91	118.2	103.1	121.4
2019	MIL	11	3	3.62	22	22	0	121.7	493	12	30	143	112.3	99.1	111.4
2018	MIL	3	0	3.61	19	4	1	42.3	176	4	14	47	111.2	102.2	113.4
2017	MIL	2	3	4.81	8	8	0	43.0	184	5	14	32	103.9	101.3	105.2
Career		53	28	3.10	142	127	1	745.0	2984	84	190	871	115.4		116.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	58	82.9	6.6	0.0	11.1	43.4	30.3	0.116	0.139	0.142	20.3
2019	49	88.2	9.5	0.0	25.0	33.7	34.8	0.219	0.294	0.228	24.2
2018	10	90.3	-1.5	14.3	37.5	18.8	28.6	0.291	0.610	0.422	25.7
2017	12	82.2	-20.1	0.0	33.3	17.6	16.7	0.234	0.252	0.257	22.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIL	P	12	65	1	4	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2023	MIL	P	11	67	4	3	0	1	1.000	-0.6
2022	MIL	P	27	153	8	13	0	1	1.000	+1.6
2021	MIL	P	30	179	10	19	2	2	0.935	+1.3
2020	MIL	P	13	74	0	10	0	0	1.000	+1.1
2019	MIL	P	22	122	7	8	0	1	1.000	-0.6
2018	MIL	P	19	42	4	5	1	1	0.900	+0.5
2017	MIL	P	8	43	4	9	0	0	1.000	+0.3

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2016	AA	Biloxi Shuckers	Bat	27	1 HR, 0 SB	0.292	0.778
2026	A+	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Pit	21	5.1 IP, 29% K	5.29
2025	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	106	25.1 IP, 22% K	3.59
2025	A+	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Pit	64	16.2 IP, 19% K	1.67
2023	A+	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Pit	25	7.0 IP, 28% K	1.29
2018	AAA	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pit	310	71.1 IP, 22% K	4.05
2017	AAA	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pit	325	75.1 IP, 22% K	4.31
2016	AA	Biloxi Shuckers	Pit	457	113.2 IP, 27% K	3.02
2016	A+	Brevard County Manatees	Pit	176	44.1 IP, 28% K	1.84
2015	A+	Brevard County Manatees	Pit	457	109.2 IP, 16% K	3.46
2014	Rk	Helena Brewers	Pit	208	46.2 IP, 18% K	3.31

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.192	0.121	0.131	0.141
2019	0.310	0.245	0.328	0.143
2018	0.000	0.514		0.450
2017	0.175	0.257	0.000	0.500

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2020	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0.500	0.667	2.000	2.667
Career	8	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	0.333	0.500	1.333	1.833

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2021	0	1	3.68	2	1	7.3	6	1	1	8	0.95
2020	0	1	5.79	1	1	4.7	5	0	0	9	1.07
2019	0	0	2.25	1	1	4.0	2	1	0	3	0.50
2018	1	1	1.46	4	1	12.3	7	0	3	20	0.81
Career	1	3	2.86	8	4	28.3	20	2	4	40	0.85