In order to bring Brandon Woodruff back to the big leagues, the Milwaukee Brewers had no choice but to send someone to Triple-A Nashville.

In the team's corresponding move, they decided to option Drew Rom back to Triple-A.

Rom, 26, is a lefty who has made four appearances for the Brewers this season. He had a lengthy layoff between big-league appearances as those four were his first in the majors since 2023.

Rom posted a 0.1 WAR and 3.38 ERA in his 5.1 innings pitched. He recorded more than three outs on all but one occasion but, at the end of the day, there simply wasn't any more room for him on this roster now that Woodruff is healthy.

Robert Gasser is coming off a tremendous start in the team's latest series finale, and Chad Patrick is back to his usual self in the bullpen. Sure, Aaron Ashby just cost this team a win, but at the end of the day he's not a closer and that decision was more on Pat Murphy and Co. than it was Ashby.

A guy like Shane Drohan remains in the big leagues, but he's a proven inning-eater while Rom is still the expendable option. Obviously, he'll run out of minor-league options eventually but, for now, the team is perfectly fine with bouncing him around between the big leagues and minors for the rest of the season.

Rom's four appearances came from June 6-18. He didn't record a decision in any of them, but most importantly, issued a pair of walks in his last two appearances. Sure, his strikeout totals have been incredible (10 in 5.1 innings), but that doesn't make up for the fact that he's walked four batters in his last 64 pitches thrown.

While this news broke yesterday, Woodruff's major-league return is finally official. The Brewers announced that finally, Woodruff will make another start for a team that has one of the most solid starting rotations in all of baseball. 

Woodruff has been waiting for this moment for quite some time, and it's well documented this could indeed be his final season in Milwaukee.

So far, it hasn't exactly gone according to plan, but there's still an entire half of baseball to be played and the Brewers are hoping they'll have the veteran around for most, if not all of that span in pursuit of a World Series. 

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