Brewers Minor League Link Report (5/5): Jadyn, Jayden and Jose Lead the Way for ACL Brewers

Final: ACL Brewers 12, ACL Cubs 6
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In the second game of the season, the ACL Brewers sent Jayden Dubanewicz, a 19-year-old, 16^th round pick from the 2024 draft to the mound for his first professional start. Dubanewicz signed on deadline day last year for $665K out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to forego a commitment to the University of Florida (brief pre-draft Instagram video here).

Dubanewicz comes equipped with a three-pitch mix – fastball, sweeping slider, and changeup. With a 6’3” frame there’s reason to believe he will add to his fastball velocity, which sat 91-93 and topped out at 94 MPH in high school.  However, Dubanewicz’s first professional inning started unceremoniously with a missed catch fielding error by leftfielder Jadyn Fielder on the first batter of the game, followed by a one-out single to give the ACL Cubs a 1-0 lead just three batters in.

In the bottom of the first, Jose Anderson hit a two-out, solo homerun to center to tie things at 1-1. Anderson, who clubbed eight homers and slugged .515 in 46 games in the DSL last year, later added another solo shot in the 3^rd inning.

Here's video of Anderson going deep on March 26th in the Spring Breakout game.

Dubanewicz rebounded with a clean second inning despite another defensive miscue, this time from second baseman Juan Ortuno. In the bottom of the second inning, Ortuno, who hit a grand slam in his first stateside at-bat on Saturday, atoned for his error with a single and a steal in front of Jadyn Fielder. Fielder, the son of former Brewer Prince Fielder and grandson of Cecil Fielder, then homered to right center – in his first professional at-bat – to give the ACL Brewers a 3-1 lead.  

Dubanewicz was knocked out in the fifth inning after a leadoff triple and fielder’s choice tied the game at 4-4.   The final line for Dubanewicz’s ACL debut read: 4IP, 5H, 4R, 3ER, 1BB, 5K.   He threw 46 of his 73 pitches for strikes, while generating 10 whiffs.  Dubanewicz gave way to Joshua Quezada, a 21-year-old right hander acquired from the Yankees last February for Clayton Andrews.   Quezada worked 1-2-3 to close the fifth and the Brewers rallied for a pair of runs in the bottom half to retake a 6-4 lead. The highlight of the rally was catcher Luis Corobo’s first stateside hit, a double, which was sandwiched between a walk, two HBP, and a wild pitch.

Quezada worked a clean sixth, and the Brewers tallied five runs in the bottom half of the sixth inning, despite again only producing one hit – a Frederi Montero two-run single. The chaotic inning featured five walks and two wild pitches from Cubs relivers and ended with the Brewers in the lead 11-4.  The inning was emblematic of the entire affair - overall the two sides committed six errors, threw six wild pitches, hit three batters and left fifteen men on-base.

Looking at the week ahead for the other Brewers’ affiliates…

In Low-A Ball, the first place Carolina Mudcats head to Kannapolis to face the second place Ballers, the White Sox affiliate.  After taking three of five in the series versus the Cubs’ Myrtle Beach affiliate last week, the Mudcats now own a 8-3 head-to-head record on the young season against the Cubs’ affiliate. The Mudcats prospect-laden offense leads the Carolina League in hits, runs, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage.

At High-A, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers start a series in Peoria against the St. Louis Cardinals affiliate. When Tyson Hardin's turn comes up, he could be making the case for a promotion and will look to build on last week’s masterful 7IP, 4H, 0ER, 0BB, 9K performance. For a roundup of the T-Rats last week, check out the Rattler Review pod.

In Biloxi, the red hot Shuckers (winners of three in a row and 8 of their last 10) will host first place Pensacola, and look to carve into the Marlins’ affiliates’ three game division lead. Brock Wilken will look to continue his torrid start to May (.400/.550./933 slash line in 15 ABs) in the six game series.

Finally at AAA, Nashville hosts the Orioles affiliate Norfolk this week and Sounds fans will get an up-close look at the top catching prospect in the minors, Samuel Basallo. The week in Nashville could feature the final rehab start for Brandon Woodruff, who is slated to pitch Tuesday, while top pitching prospect Jacob Misiorowski looks to continue his recent brilliance (17IP 9H 1ER 5BB 22K in his last three starts).

The ACL Brewers are now 2-0 on the season and will face the 2-0 ACL Mariners on Tuesday.

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