The Brewers' top reliever broke his hand punching a wall after drinking during team's celebration and will miss the playoffs

• Brewers reliever Devin Williams broke his hand punching a wall and will likely miss the playoffs.
• Williams said he went out for drinks and got upset later in the night and punched the wall.
• Brewers players supported Williams, but his absence puts the team's rotation in a bind.

Devin Williams helped the Milwaukee Brewers win the NL Central, then made a decision that could cost him the postseason.

Williams, the Brewers top setup reliever, told reporters on Wednesday that he broke his hand punching a wall after drinking.

"I went out to have a few drinks and [at] my home I was a little frustrated, upset, and I punched a wall," Williams said, according to ESPN's David Schoenfield.

It's unclear what caused Williams to be upset. But according to The Athletic's Will Sammon, the injury occurred the day after the Brewers clinched the NL Central. The team had champagne in the locker room, then Williams went out for drinks with some other people, which eventually led to his injury.

The injury is likely to keep Williams out for the postseason. If the Brewers make the World Series, Williams could return, but the exact timetable remains unclear.

"I'm pretty upset with myself," Williams said. "There's no one to blame but me. I feel like I've let the team down, the coaching staff, the fans, everyone. I know how big a role that I play on this team, and there's a lot of people counting on me."

Williams, who won the NL Rookie of the Year last season, is 8-2 with a 2.50 ERA and 87 strikeouts.

According to Sammon, there are serious ripple effects of Williams' injury. The Brewers are unlikely to ask their starting pitchers to go eight or nine innings in the playoffs. Williams and fellow reliever Josh Hader typically pitched one inning before setting up a closer. With Williams injured, there is more pressure on Hader to throw longer and more often, or for another pitcher to move into a different role.

Williams' teammates still publicly supported him, however.

"Good for him for standing up," first baseman Daniel Vogelbach said, according to Schoenfield. "It takes a man to be able to stand up and talk about it and admit it and talk to you guys about it. Good for him. Everybody makes mistakes and it's easy to point fingers, but I think it's what we've done all year and that's pick each other up."

Starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff said the team could forgive Williams because he felt bad about making a mistake at an inopportune time.

"I know he feels so bad, right?" Woodruff said, according to Sammon. "It's not that he's put the team in a bad position because I think we have a ton of quality guys who can step up and that's the cool part of it. But I know personally he feels terrible, and you have to feel for him because he's had a phenomenal year and he's been our setup guy. It just happened at a sucky time. That's the bad part about it."