Brewers Minor League Link Report (7/3): Biloxi is a Beast of a Team, while Wisconsin Maintains Momentum

[Jim Goulart]

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The Timber Rattlers roster is impressively not feeling sorry for itself after recently promoting a ton of production to an extra-loaded Shuckers squad. Logan Henderson's rehab outing was washed out. DSL kids dazzled again.

 

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Saturday mornings are always a good time to catch up on the BrewerFanatic weekly podcast with our own Jack Stern and Spencer Michaelis. Enjoy the full pod, Link Report visitors, but Spencer's always enlightening "Minor League Sandbox" begins at approximately the 01:33:00 hour/minute mark.

 

 

 

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Transactions: 

• Milwaukee Brewers sent LHP Rob Zastryzny on a rehab assignment to ACL Brewers.
• SS Juan Martinez assigned to Wilson Warbirds from ACL Brewers.

More on this game below, but as for Rob Z -

 

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Nashville Press Release:

Sounds, Jumbo Shrimp Postponed Friday Night

"Due to rain, Friday's game between the Nashville Sounds and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp has been postponed. The game will be made up as part of a Saturday, July 4 doubleheader at First Horizon Park and played as two 7-inning games. First pitch of game one will be scheduled for 4:05 p.m. CT. The second game will begin approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one."

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The primary impact on the big-league club is where this places RHP Logan Henderson in the upcoming rotation as this was to be his final rehab appearance. We'll see Henderson on the mound Saturday now.

 

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Biloxi pre-game media notes
Final: Biloxi 14, Chattanooga (Reds) 7
Box Score and Game Log

Via the Shuckers, game details: 

DeBerry Domination, Offensive Fireworks Spark Shuckers 14-Run Rout - Shuckers Annihilate Lookouts in Lopsided Victory

With that football final score, we could focus on mound or bat work, but as the game summary title suggests, let's begin with the effort of 23-year-old (24 in August) RHP Jaron DeBerry:

DeBerry has allowed only 60 hits in 76.1 innings over his 15 starts in 2026. DeBerry walked only two on Friday and has not walked more than two in a start going all the way back to May 6th. Given the elevated offensive environment in 2026, even in the traditionally docile Southern League, DeBerry's season is much more impressive than his 4.24 ERA would indicate. Bonus points to DeBerry for taking all his scheduled turns.

Not only did this impressive lineup (still minus 1B Blake Burke, nursing a lower body injury with an exact nature and severity to be determined) bang out 17 hits, but eight were of the extra-base variety. Equally eye-popping is that eight different players spread the XBH wealth amongst themselves. 

Eric Brown Jr. gets a mention here not because he was hitless (did draw a walk but was caught stealing), but because the other eight in the lineup all reached base at least twice. Mike Boeve, again slotting in at first base in Burke's absence, had four base hits to lift his batting average (I know, what's that?) to .293. Joining Boeve on base four times was Josiah Ragsdale (double, three walks, DH'ing in this one). Ragsdale likely gets the system's primary nomination for the mythical award of Breakout Player of 2026, and in this system, that's an incredible accomplishment.

LF Josh Adamczewski, SS Jesús Made, 3B Andrew Fischer and RF Jacob Hurtubise all reached base three times.

The Shuckers' 'X' feed is an absolute breakfast feast for your eyes this morning. Among the highlights you'll find there:

When have we last seen a Brewers Double-A lineup even approaching this level of production and depth? You may be thinking the 2004 Prince Fielder/Rickie Weeks squad, or the 2006 Ryan Braun club, both out of Huntsville. Not even close. 

What we would pay to hear what MLB GM's and Farm Directors say about the Milwaukee machine behind their closed doors. Utter envy, we'd imagine.

 

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Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes (download link)
Final: Wisconsin 9, Peoria (Cardinals) 3
Box Score and Game Log

Via the Timber Rattlers, game details: 

Torres Strikes Out Ten to Earn Win for Timber Rattlers - Wisconsin lefty goes seven innings in 9-3 victory at Peoria

That game summary is peppered with five video highlights, enjoy!

Here's a reminder that LHP Wande Torres was jumped directly from the Dominican League to the Carolina League in 2025, bypassing a stateside indoctrination in Maryvale altogether. Not only that, but Torres was handed a starting role which he maintained all season. The only time Torres has been sidelined was for a brief two-week IL period in the DSL in June 2024. The Brewers know the 21-year-old, based on his body profile, make-up, and left-handedness (that surely doesn't hurt), can be a horse. 

I was glad to see that Chris Mehring described Eric Bitonti's injury exit similarly to how I discussed it in our forum game thread. The one time the folks who put the affiliate summaries together are able to discuss injury situations is when something occurs in-game, and quite often even then you won't necessarily read about it. So, kudos, Chris. We probably won't see Bitonti play for the balance of the weekend, and we'll see how things play out beyond that.

It is so impressive that on a night when both Braylon Payne and Luis Pena were on the bench from the start, the Wisconsin lineup outperformed their big brothers in Biloxi with nine extra base hits. Spots 4-9 in the lineup were all filled with players from the international signings group, from which of course Wande Torres originated as well.

Four of RH reliever Jose Nova's last five outings have been scoreless, which would have been unthinkable given his extreme early-season struggles. Good for him.

On paper at this point, this Wisconsin roster should not be continuing its recent domination post-promotion season. Yet they are, now 10-2 in the second half. Kudos to Manager Nick Stanley, Hitting Coach Evan Berliner, Pitching Coach Patrick McGuff and Coach Liu Rodriguez and the players. 

 

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Wilson Pre-Game Media Notes
Final: Kannapolis (White Sox) 7, Wilson 1
Box Score and Game Log

Two-Out Hitting Powers Kannapolis Over Wilson - Anderson Drives in Lone Wilson Run

From the game summary you just read -

"The Warbirds cut the lead in half with two outs in the bottom of the fourth. Alexander Frias knocked a double to get himself in scoring position for Jose Anderson, who smacked a double to make it 2-1, Kannapolis. The inning ended with Anderson being thrown out at the plate trying to tie the game."

VIDEO: Anderson's RBI

How about those uniforms? A bit busy, but you can bid on them here through 1:00 AM CT Sunday AM (so, essentially at end-of-day Saturday). Folks are smart, Alexander Frias' bid price leads the pack, and newcomer Juan Martinez, yet to even debut, is just behind.

19-year-old RH starter Carlos Carra needed 87 pitches to navigate five innings, allowing two runs, including this oppo taco:

Southpaw Andrew Healy was dinged for five runs over his four innings, with only one frame being scoreless. Otherwise, the bullpen received a rest day.

Back to those jerseys, apparently Kannapolis batters weren't distracted by Carra's delivery and the ball coming out of that pattern? Or Healy's jersey either, for that matter? Must be just me. 

I like how quickly Wilson gets the Maryvale players their own headshot photos upon promotion from Arizona, as we see on Alexander Frias' MiLB Player Page. Young man spent some of his bonus money on a bit of bling.

Frias backed up the gold with a double and single in this game.

 

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Final: ACL White Sox 5, ACL Brewers 4, seven innings as scheduled
Box Score and Game Log

The A-Crew fell below .500 at 23-24, while the White Sox youth "improve" to a mighty 13-32.

Maryvale scored all its runs in the top of the 3rd; in fact, it was the only inning in which the club even got a hit. Punctuated by a two-out, two-run double to center field (no Statcast, boo) by recently turned 19-year-old infielder Moises Polanco, who played third base in this game. As such, that's where you'll want to focus your attention when you review the game log.

Polanco missed all of June with an injured list stint, he now sports a 1.014 OPS in his 44-plate appearance sample. Polanco posted an .853 OPS in the DSL in 2025 when it was a much less-charged offensive environment, so there's talent there.

Brewer batters drew seven walks, so there's that.

RHP's Diustin Mayorquin, 18 and Bryan Regalado, 19 combined to allow five runs over five innings, though only one walk was issued.

Hey, speaking of head shots, it must have been Photo Day in Maryvale recently, and you can check out the smiling faces of all those who were available in camp here.

 

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Final: DSL Brewers Gold 15, DSL Rojos (Reds) 7
Box Score and Game Log

Trailing 3-0 heading to the bottom of the 6th, with only one lonely single on the hit column, the Golden boys erupted for a nine-run frame. The inning included an appearance by a Reds reliever who did not retire any of the six batters he faced, though that pitcher did not begin the inning. As was mentioned in yesterday's report, it just takes one such appearance to blow up a rookie level game, a common occurrence. 

 

The Cerveceros again did not get a hit in the 7th but put up a six-spot in the 8th after the Reds scored four in the top of the inning to close the gap to two runs. Once again, a Reds pitcher faltered badly, retiring only two of eight batters. The Crew squeezed all eleven of their hits in the two innings.

 

We encourage @BrewersPD to continue to post highlights such as this, because the players featured immediately post additional great games. Ricki Moneys, playing third base in this one for the 5th time (13 games at shortstop), double, singled twice, and drove in three runs.

 

Switch-hitting outfielder Manny De Los Santos walked three times and stole two bases to pump his success rate on the basepaths to 16-for-17. 

 

Second-year 1B/DH Matthew Moses, DH'ing here, clubbed a three-run homer, and in 52 career games, has 20 XBH's including seven home runs, and impressively has driven in 44. Moses has not played third base at all this summer, and the 18-year-old has only game behind the plate this year. He's another example of wow, it's tough to post numbers at a premier power position on a complex league team and not be looked at like "well, someone has to play first base".

 

On that note, Friday's actual first baseman, 18-year-old Jefer Lista, a right-handed bat with a few games in left field on his 2026 resume, singled twice to lift his line to .327/.435/.551 (.986 OPS).

 

The DSL atmosphere is like playing on the moon in 2026.

 

Your box score review will show that two first-year RHP's each gutted their way through four-inning stints (Jean Rivero, 18 years old and Marcos Veras, 17). 

 

Congrats to LHP Noel Cepeda, making his professional debut with a scoreless 9th, walked two and struck out one. Already 18 years old, Cepeda is an example of a player not inked in January, but who popped up on the Brewers radar, signing on May 27th.

 

You are absolutely invited to visit the game log (all nine Gold runs in the 6th scored after two were out!). They've been showing two-out run success on the big-league Brewers broadcasts for weeks now.

 

Finish up reviewing the 8th inning log which was capped by the Moses blast.
 

20-year-old 3rd-year C/1B Kegnnalex Seijas last played on June 24th. 

17-year-old (18 next month) infielder Romano Donato last played on Monday.

 

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Final: DSL CLE Mendoza (Guardians) 12, DSL Brewers Blue 11
Box Score and Game Log

Thankfully the game was picked up, and even if the Blue Squad couldn't quite complete the comeback from down 11-4 after seven innings, at least we didn't lose the 9th inning stats off the books.

Leanders Matos also stole a base after a single, the only reason he didn't steal more was because he prioritized practicing his home run trot.

Team Blue committed two errors in the three-run Guardians 2nd inning, and two of those runs were unearned. When one considers the final score and that Cleveland's kids played error-free ball, that was big. Sorry to report one of those errors was by young Mr. Matos, a throwing error from third base, his 3rd error in 20 games in the field, hardly an egregious number. Young Leanders may be thinking more about that throw than his day at the plate. 

This game was played in a tidy four hours and thirty minutes, and that does not include the 35-minute 9th inning delay.

The seven Cleveland and four Milwaukee pitchers combined for 26 walks (12 by MKE), four wild pitches (two by each team), three balks (two for MKE), three HBP's (one by MKE), and four home runs allowed (just one by MKE). 

Brewer catchers did not throw out any of the eight Guardian basestealers. Guardian catchers did not throw out any of the five Brewer basestealers.

DSL box scores are such a treat.

MKE batters:

Team RISP: 2-for-16.
Team LOB: 12.

CLE batters:

Team RISP: 5-for-25.
Team LOB: 12.

NOTE: $1.6 million bonus baby infielder Diego Frontado (1.053 OPS in 17 games) last played Thursday June 25th, and at this time there is no news on that absence.

 

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Factoring in the Nashville makeup game, there are seven contests on tap for Saturday. The Arizona Brewers have the full weekend off. I'll be pulling off a three-peat effort as of Sunday AM.

To all, please be safe, manage to stay cool, and go Brewers, top to bottom in this organization's incredible (so far) 2026 campaign!

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[Tedaldtada]

“What we would pay to hear what MLB GM's and Farm Directors say about the Milwaukee machine behind their closed doors. Utter envy, we'd imagine.”

I had a similar thought last night. I’m more curious to know the opinion of the Brewers leadership. What are their 10 commandments of player development? Do they feel they have cracked the code or is this a luck-oriented heater? I would be quite interested to hear who their top 20 pitching prospects in the system are.

[igor67]

Different thought, there is a draft coming up. Where are those guys going to play? It's a very abstract thought at the moment, but it seems like there could definitely be some space crunch.

[izzi]

Seems inevitable we will be dealing from a position of strength at the trade deadline. We have enough of a surplus of farm talent to do get a couple of rentals for a World Series push. 

But in an odd way, we sort of owe it to the prospects to trade them to places they'll have more opportunities to make a big league roster.

 Win-win as they say.

[CheeseheadInQC]

Fun with numbers on the DSL bats:

- The Brewers have 12 newcomers with at least 50 plate appearances so far. All 12 have a 100+ wRC+.

- 10 of those 12 have a K rate below 20%.

- 11 of the 12 have an ISO of at least .1. You can increase that to .14 and still have 9.

- Jose Rodriguez is a big money signing putting up an .866 OPS, 115 wRC+ with a Jadher Areinamo-esque spray line drives to all fields batted ball profile who had a great defensive reputation upon signing. And he is mostly being overlooked.

- Across the DSL, there are 56 17-under hitters with 50 plate appearances, a sub-20% K rate, a 10%+ walk rate, a .100+ ISO and a 100+ wRC+. So less than 2 per MLB team. The Brewers have nine of them.

[biedergb]

Watching Torres made me think of two things.  FIrst (and this itself would go in the alumni thread) but other than Manuel Rodriguez the last IFA/DSL pitcher I had high hopes for was Yujanyer Herrera. He is back pitching again, at high A. He is now 22 going on 23.  But also, Yannick Walther is up and caught two gems this week.  I know it's two games, but I do wonder if his promotion was due to defense/calling a game as his offense is clearly limited.  And as he is a kid from Germany, I will follow his career closely.

The other is in the midwest league only Braylon Payne is a teenage among qualified hitters with wrc+ > 100, and he 9th overall, and Made is the only teenage among qualified hitters in the SOuthern League overall.

Those T-Rats and Shuckers hitters are leading their respective leagues in hitting/OPS/wrc+ and are still the youngest teams in the leagues.

[Joseph Zarr]

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Four of RH reliever Jose Nova's last five outings have been scoreless, which would have been unthinkable given his extreme early-season struggles. Good for him.

We are in the 20 ERA days. May break into the teens this upcoming week!

[Joseph Zarr]

 

29 minutes ago, CheeseheadInQC said:

Fun with numbers on the DSL bats:

- The Brewers have 12 newcomers with at least 50 plate appearances so far. All 12 have a 100+ wRC+.

- 10 of those 12 have a K rate below 20%.

- 11 of the 12 have an ISO of at least .1. You can increase that to .14 and still have 10.

- Jose Rodriguez is a big money signing putting up an .866 OPS, 115 wRC+ with a Jadher Areinamo-esque spray line drives to all fields batted ball profile who had a great defensive reputation upon signing. And he is mostly being overlooked.

- Across the DSL, there are 56 17-under hitters with 50 plate appearances, a sub-20% K rate, a 10%+ walk rate, a .100+ ISO and a 100+ wRC+. So less than 2 per MLB team. The Brewers have nine of them.

Can I just say how much I love when you give us these updated numbers. I see it. You see it. BUT to see it written out and to read it. Re-read it. Scratch the chin etc.