Now that the World Series has ended, the baseball offseason can officially begin. This time of year brings with it not only speculation about trades, free agents, and what a team might look like next year, but also plenty of talk about prospects. Indeed, Baseball Prospectus will begin to roll out their updated top prospects […]
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Developing Corey Ray
When the Milwaukee Brewers selected Corey Ray with the 5th overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft, the choice was almost universally praised. At the time he was ranked by Baseball Prospectus as the #2 prospect in the draft class, drawing praise from scouts for his quick left-handed bat, consistent hard contact to all fields, […]
2017 Brewers Minors: Bats
The Milwaukee Brewers minor league affiliates completed their 2017 campaigns on Sunday, in the form of a gutwrenching Game Five Colorado Springs loss in the Class-AAA Pacific Coast League playoffs. Now that the minor league season is over, fans and analysts can begin to process information about the season, including scouting reports and statistical analysis […]
Midseason 2017 #3: 3 Up 3 Down
The Brewers have graduated four of their 2017 Baseball Prospectus Top Ten prospects to the MLB. Along with that group, rookie Jorge Lopez, a former Baseball Prospectus Top Ten member, also returned to the MLB. If one were to rank the Brewers Top 30, these five would certainly fit within that group, and depending on […]
April Prospects: 3 Up 3 Down
Last year at BP Milwaukee, we introduced the “3 Up, 3 Down” feature to take a look at how the prospects down on the farm are trending throughout the regular season. With more than two weeks worth of minor league games now in the books, let’s take a look at who has stepped up during the […]
Age in the Minors: A Levels
It’s easy to focus on the success stories of the 2016 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and ignore the rough season endured by the 2016 Brevard County Manatees. The Milwaukee Brewers system really was split into two different prognoses this season, which provided an excellent reminder that work throughout a minor league system, even during a thus-successful […]
Timber Rattler Bats
If the Class-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are popular among Brewers fans in 2016, it is likely due to the break out season posted by infielder Isan Diaz. Diaz was an “industry prospect” when Milwaukee acquired him, meaning that scouts and baseball operations personnel praised the youngster without that praise resulting in prospect press hype. That’s […]
Making the Transition: Trent Clark
The step to the minor leagues from amateur baseball, be it high school or college, is a transition of many facets. Players are sent to parts of the country previously unknown to them, joined with teammates they have likely never met, and immersed in an organization’s philosophy that may or may not sync neatly with […]
Top Brewers Storylines of 2015: Resurrection of the Farm System
On Monday, my colleague Jack Moore covered the departure of Doug Melvin, one of the bigger developments to emerge from this year. While Melvin certainly had his strengths as General Manager, his failures ultimately outweighed his successes — and chief among the former was, as Moore cited, Melvin’s utter inability to construct a respectable minor […]
Brewers Farm Update: Wednesday, August 12
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (48-66), 20.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Col. Springs 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 7 10 0 Round Rock 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 1 RHP Zach Davies: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 […]