Brewers Farm Update: Wednesday, August 19

Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (51-72), 23.0 GB

RHP Josh Roenicke:  (L, 6-10) 1.2 IP, 7 H, 8 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 2 HR — 6.20 ERA
RHP Brandon Kintzler:  1.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K — 6.97 ERA
LF Domingo Santana:  1-for-2, HR (18), 2 RBI, 3 BB, 2 R — .330 AVG
SS Luis Sardinas:  2-for-4, 2 RBI, BB, 2 R, K — .275 AVG

Biloxi Shuckers: (25-25), 3.5 GB

RHP Jorge Lopez:  (W, 12-5) 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 9 K — 2.32 ERA
RHP Yhonathan Barrios:  (S, 4) 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K — 2.38 ERA
SS Orlando Arcia:  2-for-4, 2B, RBI, SB (23) — .299 AVG
RF Tyrone Taylor:  1-for-4, 2B, R, K — .263 AVG

Brevard County Manatees: (22-27), 8.5 GB

RHP Brandon Woodruff:  (W, 3-5) 6.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 10 K — 3.75 ERA
RHP Preston Gainey:  (S, 7) 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K — 2.49 ERA
RF Clint Coulter:  2-for-2, RBI, 2 BB — .245 AVG
CF Omar Garcia:  1-for-2, BB, SB (48), R — .257 AVG

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers: (17-31), 19.0 GB

Game postponed due to rain.

Helena Brewers: (4-14), 7.0 GB

RHP Junior Rincon:  (W, 3-4) 3.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR — 7.00 ERA
RHP Nate Griep:  4.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K — 10.89 ERA
SS Jake Gatewood:  3-for-6, 2B, 3B, 2 R — .264 AVG
LF Malik Collymore:  3-for-4, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, BB, SB (4), R, K — .304 AVG
RF Carlos Belonis:  1-for-3, HR (5), 3 RBI, 2 BB, SB (14), 2 R — .220 AVG

AZL Brewers: (9-10), 1.5 GB

Did not play.

DSL Brewers: (30-38), 13.0 GB

RHP Junior Flores:  5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 5 K — 5.80 ERA
LHP Isaac Silva:  (L, 0-4) 0.1 IP, 0 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K — 13.11 ERA
RF Jay Feliciano:  2-for-4, 2B, RBI, SB (2), R, K — .271 AVG
LF Bryan Torres:  1-for-3, RBI, 2 BB, SB (2), 2 R — .316 AVG

Prospect of the Day:  RHP Jorge Lopez, Biloxi

The right-hander continues his brilliant season, tossing seven one-hit innings on Tuesday evening. He has particularly been on fire as of late. Lopez has compiled a 1.70 ERA over his last 10 starts (69.0 innings). In only one of those outings has he failed to go six innings, and even then, it was 5.2 innings against Montgomery on July 8th. Lopez has reportedly improved his command across the board. Southern League managers voted him as having the best curveball in the league, too, and it has been a banner season overall for the Puerto Rican native. I suspect that Brewers fans may see him on a Top 100 Prospect List or two before 2016, which would almost certainly give the club three prospects inside the league’s top 100. This farm system has improved dramatically over a short period of time, and it’s not simply due to the most recent trade deadline. The draft has helped, but an under-reported factor in the Brewers’ minor-league renaissance is the improvement — almost across the board — of its players who were already in the system prior to the 2014 season.