Life comes at you fast, and Jake Woodford is one of the greatest examples of that.

Woodford is set to turn 30 on Oct. 28, and by then he may have a World Series ring waiting for him.

In fact, that's the exact date when Game 5 of the World Series is set to take place at Tropicana Field, so he could be crowned a World Series champion on his birthday.

The question is, how are we so sure Woodford is guaranteed a ring? 

The answer is simple: the former Arizona Diamondbacks reliever played for both the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays this season.

His 6.44 ERA with the D-backs in 2025 was nothing special, to say the least, but he would then appear in 16 games for the Brewers and just one for the Rays. But that decided his fate, as no matter what, he'll be a World Series Champion here in 2026.

This is a guy who has appeared on seven different teams in his big-league career, and he's played on seven teams in the last four seasons. 

Woodford opened his major-league career with some stability as he was on the St. Louis Cardinals roster from 2020-23, but then things started to get crazy.

After playing on a pair of teams in 2024, 2025 was his only season in the last three years where he only played for one team.

In '25, it just happened to be the Diamondbacks who allowed him to pitch in 22 games despite going 0-4 with a -0.8 WAR.

Woodford has been a negative WAR player far too often in his career, but injuries happen quite often, and he's always been that next guy up.

The 22 games he pitched in Arizona marked the third most he's pitched in a single season since he made his MLB debut in 2020.

Ironically, all four of his blown saves came during his time with the Diamondbacks. He has three career holds and four saves throughout the seven years he's pitched in the big leagues.

Here in 2026, Woodford is a -0.6 WAR player with a 7.81 ERA.

If the Rays were to win the World Series, he would win a ring with them despite having a 20.25 ERA during his lone appearance.

When he was with Milwaukee, he went 1-0, his lone win of the season, and was just a -0.3 WAR player with a 6.94 ERA, which is much more palatable.