Mon. 8/16: DSL Regular Season Enters Final Week

[Jim Goulart]

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I've been digging into the 2026 DSL numbers, and I think the Brewers are doing pretty well, especially when you look at the ages of the players.

Brewers Gold is 33-19, and Brewers Blue is 30-23. Both are well above .500, with Gold having one of the better records in the league. And both could be playoff bound.

What really caught my eye is that they're doing it with pretty young teams. The DSL average batting age is about 17.6 and pitching age is 18.5. Gold is only 17.2 / 18.2, while Blue is 17.5 / 17.8 (hitter / pitcher as per Baseball reference page)

And they're producing:

• DSL Brewers Gold: 7.19 runs/game, .828 OPS
• DSL Brewers Blue: 7.25 runs/game, .852 OPS
• DSL average: 6.42 runs/game, .779 OPS

So Gold is scoring about 12% more runs than the league average with a batting group that's actually younger than average. Blue's .852 OPS is even better.

What's interesting is that some of the other really successful clubs are getting a lot more help from older pitching staffs. Padres Gold is 40-14 with a pitching age around 19.2, Royals Fortuna is 36-17 with a 19.1 pitching age, and there are several other good teams with pitching staffs in the 19.3-19.6 range.

The Brewers seem to be doing it with young players on both hitting and pitching (I mean what else is new for this organization being among the youngest for a league).

That also matches the individual hitter numbers. Milwaukee has about 13 of the top 250 hitter by wRC+ per FanGraphs for those who are teenagers (removed a handful of 20-21 yo), as well as an impressive 4 in the top 50.  So among the teenagers, Brewers hitters are more represented in hitting performances that other clubs.

So young teams, good success. Doesn't mean anything as a lot of these players don't make it stateside or out of the ACL. But again a good international foundation here.