Minors

Baseball America keeps pumping out content, updating their Top 200 prospects in addition to their weekly draft stock watch pieces. One name that has helium that Carlos Collazo of Baseball America has mentioned is Georgia Tech catcher Kevin Parada.

With their 20th-round pick in this year's draft, the Brewers chose Washington State shortstop Shea Vucinich. He took some time to chat with me on Thursday.

Last night, we learned that the Brewers signed veteran right-hander José Ureña to a minor league deal with an invite to the final week of big-league camp.

After two years at or near the bottom of most MLB prospect rankings, four years of better drafts and solid international signings have the Milwaukee Brewers’ prospect situation pointing in the right direction. MLB.com has moved the Brewers up to 25^th in the league, improving on the 28^th slot entering 2021 and dead last entering 2020.

Here's a look at six unranked players poised for potential breakouts in 2022. 

The Nashville Sounds were placed in the spotlight Tuesday evening, thanks to the big league season's one-week delay. With the Brewers other affiliates set to debut this Friday, the men at AAA will be the primary focus of the daily report for a bit. The entertainment factor turned out to be high on Opening Night!

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and new manager Joe Ayrault met the local media for the first time on Wednesday. Here are some of the highlights from their comments as they prepare for Opening Day on Friday:

The Brewers made news that impacted their minor league rosters on Wednesday. The Sounds continued to have the game spotlight to themselves, although the Shuckers played an exhibition (highlights forthcoming!), the Timber Rattlers were busy in an introductory way, and oh, there's a change in the Milwaukee Media Guide that will disappoint prospect followers. 

The Nashville Sounds dropped their second consecutive game after their Opening Night win. They'll no longer have the action spotlight to themselves as all four Brewers full-season affiliates begin play Friday evening. As will be our norm, your report kicks off with the transaction news for the day.

Super young Mudcats, including a new coach! Zero weaknesses were detected in Wisconsin. Biloxi is booming again after one down year. 38 Sounds on the AAA roster?!

After allowing the AAA club to bask in their solo spotlight for a bit, it was time to peel back the curtain on a full slate of games for the Brewers' affiliates. Mother Nature had other ideas, but hey, an undefeated night is an undefeated night!

Some may say it's mainly about development in the minor leagues (and to some extent, it is), but let's be honest, winning is fun, and there isn't a person in the Brewers organization or fandom that can argue with that. So while it would have been nice to see a Cubs "L" flying in Wrigley Field Saturday, you'll find the maximum number of "W's" within today's Minor League Link Report. The affiliates are now a combined 8-2 on the very young season.