2025 Brewers Minor League Roundup: Week 6

As a reminder, every Monday morning I’ll be bringing you a quick recap of the previous week’s minor league activity — including highlights, roster updates, standout performances, and more.

Without further ado, here’s this week’s edition:

Triple-A Nashville (19-14)

The Sounds went 4-3 this week against the Gwinnett Stripers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. Nashville is now a game back of the division-leading Memphis Redbirds in the International League West.

Pitching prospects Logan Henderson (Milwaukee’s No. 12 prospect) and Jacob Misiorowski (No. 4) continued to dominate. Both pitchers made one start this week with almost identical stats. Each went six innings and gave up one run. Henderson gave up four hits and struck out six, while Miz gave up five hits and struck out five.

Misiorowski did walk four batters — a notable step back from his last two outings, in which he walked just one batter across 11 shutout innings. His BB/9 on the season still sits at 4.29, which is a full walk better than his previous career best. Two steps forward, one step back is still one step forward. Misiorowski is developing before our eyes, and if he keeps this up, he’ll have a good shot at making his major league debut this season.

Infield prospect Anthony Seigler led Nashville with a .500/.654/.833 line on the week. Seigler now sports a team-leading .835 OPS on the season. No other Nashville position player had a particularly impressive week. Oliver Dunn recorded four extra-base hits but only had two other hits.

Ernesto Martinez Jr., who injured his finger on a stolen base attempt on April 22 against the Durham Bulls, remains sidelined. Interestingly, Nashville still hasn’t put him on the IL, even though he hasn’t played in almost two weeks.

Looking ahead to next week, Nashville will face off against the Norfolk Tides — the Triple-A affiliate of the Baltimore — in a six-game series beginning Tuesday.

Double-A Biloxi (15-12)

The Shuckers took five of six games against the Columbus Clippers, the Double-A affiliate of the Guardians. Biloxi is suddenly three games over .500 and just three games behind the league-leading Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

Biloxi finally has a player — catcher Ramón Rodriguez — hitting over .300 on the season. Rodriguez, who has a career .261 average in his 10 minor league seasons, went 7-for-16 (.438) with a home run.

Cooper Pratt, Milwaukee’s No. 3 prospect, had a bit of a rough week (.250/.367/.292, 7 K, 6 H). Pratt has had some growing pains as he adjusts to Double-A but still leads the Shuckers in hits (27). He’s still on schedule. Luis Lara is too, although he has also continued to cool off after somewhat of a hot start to the season (.200/.355/.280 on the week).

Alexander Cornielle, a 23-year-old pitching prospect who I’ve covered in this column the last couple weeks, went another four innings without giving up an earned run. Cornielle has still allowed only one earned run through five starts this season (0.42 ERA in 21 ²⁄₃ innings pitched). It’s still too small of a sample size to know if Cornielle will be anything, but he’s definitely worth keeping an eye on — especially considering the lack of Triple-A starting pitching depth beyond Misiorowski/Henderson/Carlos Rodriguez.

Brett Wichrowski, Milwaukee’s No. 13 prospect, made his first start of the season with the Shuckers. Wichrowski surrendered just one hit in three shutout innings. He did give up four walks, which can probably be chalked up to first-start jitters given that he posted a 3.94 BB/9 in 21 starts last year.

Next week, the Shuckers will take on the team with the best record in Double-A — Pensacola, Miami’s Double-A affiliate— in a six-game series.

High-A Wisconsin (11-16)

The Timber Rattlers split a six-game series this week against the West Michigan Whitecaps, the High-A affiliate of the Tigers. Wisconsin is now 7.5 games out of first in the Midwest League West.

Infielder Jadher Areinamo (Brewers No. 23) is up to a .301/.373/.476 line on the season after a scorching week (9-for-23 with a home run). Shortstop Eduardo Garcia and first baseman Blake Burke (No. 16) are both now hitting above .260. Burke now has 10 extra-base hits on the season (.436 SLG).

Luiyin Alastre, a 19-year-old prospect who has slashed .277/.361/.378 as a minor leaguer, got the call-up to High-A this week. Alastre is listed as a shortstop but has also started games at third base, second base, and in both corner outfield positions. He’s already started four games (all in left field) for the Timber Rattlers, going 4-for-16 with a double.

Pitching prospect Bishop Letson (No. 14) has continued to dominate. Letson went five shutout innings in his only start this week with nine (!!) strikeouts. His ERA is all the way down to 1.27 through five appearances (four starts) this season. Twenty-three-year-old Tyson Hardin also notched a career-high nine Ks in seven shutout innings.

Next week, Wisconsin will face off with the Peoria Chiefs, the High-A affiliate of the Cardinals, in a six-game series.

Single-A Carolina (18-8)

Carolina took three of five games this week against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, the Single-A affiliate of the Cubs. The sixth matchup, scheduled for Sunday, was canceled due to inclement weather. The Mudcats now sport the best record in the Carolina League, half a game ahead of the Columbia Fireflies.

Since this is a minor league column, this is your weekly reminder to find a way to watch a Mudcats game (free to watch on the Bally Sports’ website). They’re young, feature a ton of the Brewers’ high-ceiling and highly ranked prospects, and put up runs.

Jesus Made, the Brewers’ No. 2 prospect, continues to get more and more comfortable in Single-A. Made has been making hard contact and getting on base consistently. More importantly, he’s clutch:

The kid looks to have the confidence of a veteran at just 17 years old. He’s already pimping walk-off line drives!

Made is now slashing .305/.400/.476 on the season with three home runs and an .876 OPS. If I had to nitpick something, he’s been striking out too much (20 Ks in 82 at0bats), which is something scouts have had concerns about dating back to when Made was a 16-year-old prospect. I’m not very concerned — Made’s been hitting the cover off the ball, hitting for average, and turns 18 on Thursday. His K rate is definitely something to keep an eye on, but the ceiling is already apparent.

Infield prospect Luis Peña (No. 9) only played one game this week due to a mild hamstring strain. Josh Adamczewski, perhaps Milwaukee’s most underrated prospect, continued to rake. He went 6-for-17 (.353) on the week and is now slashing a ridiculous .360/.450/.549 on the season. Adamczewski was a 15th-round pick back in 2023 but hit .322 last year and is looking like a steal.

Milwaukee’s 2024 first-round pick Braylon Payne (No. 10) bounced back a bit (6-for-21, although with zero extra-base hits) after a short cold stretch last week. Growing pains are to be expected for the 18-year-old outfielder in his first full season with the Brewers’ organization. He’s still slashing .278/.389/.411.

Carolina will play a six-game series against the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers — the Single-A affiliate of the White Sox — next week.

Season Totals for the Top 10 Brewers Prospects (MLB Pipeline)

1. C Jeferson Quero (AA): Injured — currently ramping up as he began baseball activities on April 22
2. SS/3B Jesús Made (A): .305/.400/.476, 3 HR
3. SS Cooper Pratt (AA): .262/.345/.398, 3 HR, 14 RBI
4. RHP Jacob Misiorowski (AAA): 7 G, 6 GS, 2-0 W-L, 35.2 IP, 1.77 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 4.29 BB/9, 10.85 K/9
5. 5. 1B/3B Mike Boeve (AA): Began rehab assigment with Rookie ACL Brewers on May 3, per Biloxi Shuckers broadcaster Javik Blake.
6. 1B Tyler Black (AAA): Broken hamate bone, out 6-8 weeks retroactive to March 28
7. 1B/3B Eric Bitonti (A): .222/.343/.311, 8 2B, 38 K
8. 1B/3B Luke Adams (AA): .180/.330/.371, 4 HR, 24 K
9. SS/3B Luis Peña (A): .333/.414/.483, 20 H, 15 SB
10. OF Braylon Payne (A): .278/.389/.411, 14 SB

Craig Yoho Update

Yoho, who was called up by the Brewers on April 21, pitched pretty well (4 ²⁄₃ IP, 1 ER) in his first four appearances with Milwaukee. Unfortunately, his fifth and final appearance didn’t go as smoothly. Yoho was tagged by the lowly White Sox for five earned runs in an inning, ballooning his major league ERA all the way up to 9.53. A day later, he was optioned back to Triple-A in favor of Elvin Rodriguez.

Yoho still hasn’t given up a run in eight appearances with Nashville. Another call-up feels inevitable, but he’ll probably get a couple more weeks to build up confidence in Triple-A.

Yoho’s MLB stats: 5 G, 5 ²⁄₃ IP, 4 K, 7 H, 6 ER, 9.53 ERA

Yoho’s MiLB stats: 8 G, 9 ²⁄₃ IP, 9 K, 5 H, 0 ER, 0.00 ERA

Note: As long as Yoho retains prospect status, I’ll be including him in this column. As soon as he officially becomes a rookie, my Craig Yoho Updates will be replaced by another prospect (to be determined).

Player of the Week

Jesus Made. He’s been crushing the ball, and it’s been really fun to watch. His walk-off single was probably the highlight of the week in the Brewers’ farm system. He also recorded his third home run of the year on an absolute frozen rope to left field.

As a reminder, Made has an .876 OPS so far this season. As a seventeen-year-old. The future is bright in Milwaukee.

Play of the Week

Since I’ve already spent half of this week’s column talking about Made, here’s Luis Lara with a web gem to rob Braves prospect David McCabe of extra bases: