Some baseball players never get a real chance to shed the label of being a “quad-A” player. That is, a player with the skills to put on a show against Triple-A competition, but without enough ability to do consistent damage at the major league level. This descriptor could be applied to a number of players […]
Author: Kyle Lesniewski
Dylan Moore Hits
Despite dealing away some of their most promising young players in the Christian Yelich trade this past January, the Milwaukee Brewers still have a strong assembly of minor league talent in their pipeline. Keston Hiura, the club’s #1 prospect, is obviously the most well-known, but Corey Ray is also finally making good on his tools […]
2018 Draft: Meet Drew Rasmussen
The three day, 40 round Rule 4 Draft is a marquee event for Major League Baseball held annually each June. The draft presents an opportunity for franchises to restock their minor league systems and provides high school and college players across the country the chance to join a professional organization and chase their dreams of […]
Kratz and the Journey of Catching Depth
“Teams always need catching depth, and that often seems to mean they need Erik Kratz.” – BP Annual, 2017 The odds have always seemed stacked against Erik Kratz finding a career in baseball. Kratz was born on June 15th, 1980, to a devout Mennonite family in Telford, Pennsylvania, which also happens to be Jamie Moyer’s home […]
Pitching Rich: Zack Brown’s Ascent
The name of the game for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2018 has been pitching. While what was supposed to be a vaunted offense has lagged a bit in the season’s first two months, the pitching staff has allowed the Brewers to pile up an NL-leading 26 wins and has the team just a half-game back […]
The Big Jump: Thomas Jankins
The jump from Class-A Advanced to to Double-A is considered to be one of the most difficult steps in a player’s minor league development. As Alex Skillin wrote for The Hardball Times in 2015, “Double-A, the thinking goes, is where a minor leaguer’s true ability is tested for the first time against competition that can […]
Ray and Stokes: Top of the Order Leaders
The depth that Milwaukee currently possesses in their outfield has been oft discussed since at least late January, when Lorenzo Cain and Christian Yelich joined the fray in the Cream City. With those two in the fold, the franchise can boast about having six MLB-quality outfielders at the upper crust of their system. Outfielders Yelich […]
Timber Rattlers Rotation
The MLB regular season is already more than a week old, but yesterday brought a second Opening Day for prospect nuts such as myself. The minor league regular season kicked off yesterday, giving us even more baseball action to follow along with on a day-to-day basis. Milwaukee’s farm system took a hit this past offseason […]
Medeiros Climbs to Biloxi
When the Milwaukee Brewers selected Hawaiian prep left-hander Kodi Medeiros with the 12th overall pick in the 2014 draft, most publicly known scouts and evaluators gave the pick the side eye. Some may forget that part of the plan was to save some of the Medeiros slot money in order to sign Jake Gatewood and […]
Orf’s Next Step
The Milwaukee Brewers have plenty of depth at the major league level at second base. Whether or not that is “quality” depth is up for debate, however. According to PECOTA projections (as of 9 March), the trio of Jonathan Villar, Eric Sogard, and Hernan Perez are projected to receive a combined 709 plate appearances at […]