If anyone can make the best of a bad situation, it's Brandon Woodruff .

Four days after being struck in his pitching elbow by a 108.2-mph line drive, the right-hander chose to put a good face on a setback that will push back his return to the Milwaukee Brewers ' rotation for the second time in as many minor-league rehab assignments.

"That’s life, you know?" said Woodruff, who was first expected to return in mid-May but was sidetracked by an ankle injury.

Shoulder surgery in October of 2023 kept him out for all of the 2024 season, and Woodruff has traveled a long road so far this season with nine tune-up starts and counting.

Woodruff on Thursday was officially returned from his rehab assignment and remains on the 15-day injured list .

"I could have been walking down the street

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