Brewers Minor League Link Report (5/12): A Hit Parade in the Desert as Brewers Drub Padres

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Nashville Sounds sent C Jeferson Quero on a rehab assignment to ACL Brewers.

Final: ACL Brewers 19, ACL Padres 9
Box Score and Game Log

The ACL Brewers jumped on the ACL Padres early and often in Monday’s Arizona Complex League action. There was no shortage of stars for the Brewers’ offense, which pounded out a staggering 19 runs on 19 hits. Seven players had multi-hit games, led by center fielder Jose Anderson’s big night – four runs, three hits, (including his 3^rd ACL homer of the season) three RBI, and two steals. Third baseman Frederi Montero chipped in with a three hit effort to raise his season average to .476 (10/21). Second baseman Juan Ortuno socked a first inning homer and knocked in three runs. Left fielder Engel Paulino had a two-run triple and also drove in three runs.

The game also featured the 2025 season debut of the Brewers #2 prospect, catcher Jeferson Quero, who returned to live game action for the first time since tearing his labrum in the first inning of the first game of the 2024 season at Nashville. Quero, recovering from a spring hamstring sprain, played three innings behind the plate and though he was hitless in his two at-bats, it marked a significant step for Quero to get back to action for the first time in over 13 months.

After Jorge Quintana and Quero went down in order to start the game, Anderson was hit by a pitch, then stole second, and came around to score on right fielder Handelfry Encarnacion’s RBI single. Ortuno clubbed his second ACL homer of the season to make it 3-0, a lead the Crew would not relinquish, before Jayden Dubanewicz took the mound for his second professional start and worked a 1-2-3 first inning.

Montero doubled to lead off the second inning and came around to score on a Paulino single to make it 4-0 Brewers. Dubanewicz ran into some trouble in the second when he allowed three singles – one on a soft ground ball to third – which produced two runs (one earned) for the Padres. Dubanewicz’s line for the night read 4IP, 5H, 3R, 2ER, 1BB, 2K for last year’s 16^th round draft pick.

The Brewers offense went dormant for the 3^rd through 5^th innings before outbursts of four, three, one, and seven had the Padres (1-6 in ACL play) waving the white flag. Twenty-three-year-old, 6’5” righthander Jose Nova picked up the win in relief, and was the only Brewer pitcher to not get tagged for multiple runs. Nova’s clean fifth inning after inheriting a runner from Dubanewicz might be the lone bright spot for the Brewers’ pitching staff that allowed nine runs (eight earned) on 14 hits.

The ACL Brewers (6-2) are back in action Tuesday night against the ACL Dodgers (5-2).

A quick look at the week ahead for the rest of the Brewer’s affiliates:

The first place Carolina Mudcats return home to Five County Stadium, where the team is 11-3 on the young season. The Mudcats are coming off a 4-2 week at Kannapolis that ended Sunday with the first shutout loss of the season for the high-octane Mudcats’ offense. The Mudcats will look to get back on track this week against the Fayetteville (Astros affiliate) run prevention unit that ranks 2^nd in the Carolina League with 4.21 runs allowed per game. Jesus Made, who Baseball America moved from #16 to #6 overall in their latest Top 100 prospects release last week, had three multi-hit games and went 5/6 in stolen base attempts last week for Carolina. MLB Pipeline also moved Made up their prospect rankings in their update on Monday, from #49 overall to #23 overall, indicating we may be approaching the height of Made Mania. One need to look no further than last week’s release of Made’s first Bowman baseball card as evidence of the hype surrounding Made, who just turned 18 years old last week. 

Here's a look at an opposite field double from Made:

In Appleton, the Timber Rattlers will play host to the Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins affiliate). The Timber Rattlers’ offense should be in for a stiff test as the Sky Carp feature two of the Marlins’ top pitching prospects in Thomas White (Marlins #1 according to MLB Pipeline, 35^th overall pick in 2024) and Noble Meyer (Marlins #5 prospect, 10^th overall pick in 2023). Blake Burke (34^th overall pick out of the University of Tennessee in the 2024 draft) is riding a nine-game hit streak for Wisconsin, slashing .324/.390/.513 with a homer and six RBI during that stretch.

Check out Burke’s first professional three bagger here:

On the mound for Wisconsin, Bishop Letson (1ER in his last 16IP) will look to continue his dominance, while Tyson Hardin will look to bounce back from his first tough start (6IP, 9H, 4R, 3ER, 0BB, 5K) of the season last week. For more on the T-Rats, check out their weekly roundup:

In Mississippi, the Shuckers stayed hot and moved into first place in the Southern League with a 5-1 week, led by the Biloxi Bash Brothers, Brock Wilken and Luke Adams. Wilken is now slashing .382/.476/.912 with five home runs and 11 RBI through 10 games this month. Here’s a compilation of Wilken’s recent long balls:

Adams, who hit leadoff for the Shuckers last week, had a very slow start to the season, but now has put together a solid three week stretch of games highlighted by the Brewers PD X account:

Brewers fans, there’s hope that the Brewers can finally develop a home-grown corner infielder.

The Shuckers travel to Montgomery this week and will look to keep the gravy train rolling over the Biscuits (Rays affiliate).

Finally at Nashville, the Sounds are coming off a 3-3 week but remain in first place in the International League West. The maturation of Jacob Misiorowski continues to be must-see tv: 

In addition to Miz, Brewers fans will want to keep an eye on the Sounds’ trip to Memphis (Cardinals affiliate) this week for the rehabbing Aaron Civale and Aaron Ashby, with DL Hall also rumored to be joining the club soon too. Not to be lost in the shuffle of major leaguer's rehab assignments, Logan Henderson has continued to pitch well (16IP, 9H, 3ER, 1BB, 16K) since his sparkling Major League debut on April 20. With the plethora of arms soon to be re-joining the big-league club, and others like Misiorowski and Henderson banging on the Brewers’ clubhouse door, it will be interesting to see how the Brewers’ front office manages the upcoming roster crunch.  Should Brewers fans be on the lookout for a trade, perhaps for some much-needed infield help? Time will tell. 

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