Where They Stand: Updates On Brewers' Injuries

Forbes

07-04-2025

Brandon Woodruff hasn't pitched in a major-league game since undergoing shoulder surgery in ... More September 2023. (Photo by Aaron Gash/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Barely two weeks into the 2025 Major League Baseball season, the Milwaukee Brewers' roster – especially their pitching – has been battered by injuries.
Milwaukee went into its first off day of the season with nine players on the IL, eight of them pitchers including seven starters after veteran left-hander Nestor Cortes landed on the IL Sunday with a left flexor strain.
As the Brewers prepare to open a six-game swing through Colorado and Arizona, here's a rundown on who's out and how they're faring in their recovery.
Injury: Right shin fracture
Expected return: May
Perkins fouled a pitch off his shin during one his first live batting practice sessions of Spring Training and has yet to see action but has been running, hitting and throwing and after undergoing another MRI earlier this month, could see live pitching soon.
Injury: Right oblique strain
Expected return: Unknown
Ashby has been progressing in his throwing program and is expected to have his first bullpen session on April 11.
Injury: Left hamstring strain
Expected return: Late April
Civale lasted just three innings in his first start of the season before leaving with what imaging confirmed to be a mild strain. He threw off the mound for the first time on April 5 and will do so again April 8. If all goes well, he could return to action by the end of April.
Injury: Left flexor strain
Expected Return: Unknown
Cortes said his elbow wasn't quite right after his disastrous debut outing but an MRI revealed no structural damage and Cortes felt strong enough to make his next start but after throwing six innings of shutout ball last Thursday, the elbow wasn't recovering right and the team placed Cortes on the IL. The injury is the same one that left him sidelined for a month last season.
Injury: Illness
Expected return: April
Mears has worked 3 2/3 scoreless innings over three outings in a minor-league rehab assignment with Triple-A Nashville and could join the team when it opens a three-game series against the Rockies in Colorado on April 8,
Injury: Left oblique
Expected return: April
Myers will make the first start of his minor-league rehab assignment for Nashville on April 8 with two more starts scheduled on April 13 and 18. If all goes well during those outings, he could join the Brewers during their road trip to San Francisco at St. Louis at the end of the month.
Injury: Right shoulder surgery
Expected return: May
The team has taken a cautious approach in building Woodruff back up after he missed all of last season recovering from shoulder surgery but he's expected to head out on a minor-league rehab assignment this week and is still on track to join the Brewers sometime in May.
Injury: Tommy John surgery
Expected return: August/September
After undergoing season-ending Tommy John surgery last June, Gasser is still in the earliest stages of the rehab process and isn't expected to see action until late in the 2025 season.
Injury: Left lat strain
Expected return: Late May
Hall suffered a lat strain during one of his last throwing sessions before the Brewers officially opened Spring Training and has remained in Arizona to continue building up strength. He's scheduled to throw off a mound on April 15 and 18 then throw live batting practice on April 23.
Because he was placed on the 60-day injured list, Hall is not eligible to return until May 4, but will likely need even more time before heading out on a rehab assignment.