Brewers Minor League Link Report (6/20): Sounds & T-Rats Combine for a 31-4 Differential; Warbirds Walk Off a Winner Yet Again

Don't let giant offensive outputs overshadow strong mound work for Nashville and Wisconsin. Wilson's consistent ability to walk off its opponents is unreal.

Transactions: 

• Nashville Sounds placed RHP Brett Wichrowski on the 7-day injured list.
• Wisconsin Timber Rattlers activated C Marco Dinges.

No word on the nature or severity of Wichrowski's injury. The 23-year-old has made three starts since his promotion from Biloxi.

Dinges comes off the suspended list after serving time for his part in a dust-up last week.

Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes (unavailable)
Final: Nashville 17, Memphis (Cardinals) 3
Box Score and Game Log

Via the Sounds, game details, and we encourage readers to always review affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine:

Baddoo Ignites Sounds Offense in 14-Run Monstrous Win - Baddoo sets career-high with 7-RBI night; Tyson Hardin earns fourth Triple-A quality start

Click here to review a report regarding a serious Akil Baddoo injury in the 8th inning

A true shame for Baddoo, as the game summary so clearly details just how productive the 27-year-old veteran has been.

It's easy to get caught up in the football score and all the crooked numbers in the box you'll devour, but 24-year-old RHP Tyson Hardin deserves his proper due. We just published our annual Rule 5 projection analysis on Saturday, and you'll note that Hardin is not among the players mentioned. The Brewers don't have to add Hardin to the 40-man roster this calendar year and could preserve that 40-man spot through the offseason. However, if Hardin continues to post quality starts (game log here, focus on the seven AAA spots) and the front office believes he can contribute to a playoff push, he'll get the spot early.

Amid all the offense, Luis Lara didn't get a chance to pad his numbers, day off. Jett Williams also sat this one out, though that may have been more of a reset.

Speaking of the Rule 5, Luke Adams doubled, singled, and walked four times, pushing his OBP to .421, nearly matching his professional career OBP of .423.

I've been dismissive of Tyler Black as of late, but he finished a double shy of a cycle, added a walk, and stole his 9th base, yet to be caught stealing in 2026.

You saw four videos in the linked game summary above; other clips are available:

Black's home run leading off the game

Jeferson Quero homered immediately after the Baddoo injury exit

Brock Wilken's third hit was an RBI single, and was the lone damage Nashville did vs. a position player

Nashville at least has a chance to play big-time spoiler on Sunday. The loss for Memphis places the Redbirds on the brink of elimination heading into the first half finale. The Redbirds must defeat Nashville and Rochester must lose to Toledo for the Redbirds to win the International League first half championship. Go Sounds!

Shuckers, Clingstones Postponed Due to Unplayable Field Conditions
Resumption of Friday’s game two moved to Sunday as doubleheader, Saturday's regularly scheduled game canceled

I kicked off our daily forum thread as follows, alluding to Brock Wilken's unfortunate injured knee during the 2025 clubhouse first-half celebration:

If Shuckers Clinch, Nobody Slip in the Clubhouse Celebration, Please

The canceled game essentially handed the Shuckers a reduction of one for their magic number, which is now down to one.

As for the weather, the Biloxi pre-game media notes indicated;

HITTING FOR THE CYCLE (THE WATER CYCLE): Over the last 5 days, the Biloxi/Gulfport/Ocean Springs area has received 14.7” of rain, including 3.7” on Friday night... The average amount for the area for the month of June is 4.2” ... Since May 1, the area has received 29.7” of rain, over 3 times the average rainfall for the two-month span... June 2026, has been the rainiest month on record (15.9”) since June 2017, when the area received 25.8” of rain.

So, it's not as though this is a yearly issue, 2026 is a big and annoying outlier in baseball terms. For those in the area truly impacted, it's a serious situation.

Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes (download link)
Final: Wisconsin 14, Quad Cities (Royals) 1
Box Score and Game Log

Via the Timber Rattlers, game details: 

Wisconsin Blitzes Bandits - Rattlers pound sixteen hits in 14-1 win over Quad Cities

The T-Rats now have a 26-3 positive run differential two games into the second half standings.

Hope you enjoyed the six videos included in the linked game summary. The only video from the team's Saturday 'X' feed not included there was this one, and I'm a sucker for that river view in Davenport, Iowa:

Even with all that video, you can watch even more with these four RBI plays off the bats of Andrick Nava, Luiyin Alastre, Josiah Ragsdale and Luis Castillo. All that offense, and Braylon Payne had the night off.

It is remarkable the parallels this game had to Nashville's own rout. Please gorge yourself on a breakfast feast of crooked numbers in the Wisconsin box.

But like Tyson Hardin at AAA, we have to shine a spotlight on 20-year-old RHP Jayden Dubanewicz, another late-round heist, this one from the 2024 draft (16th round out of a Florida high school). In his two Wisconsin starts since a deserved promotion from Wilson, Dubanewicz has walked none while striking out eleven.

Look for the youngster to make the cut the next time our user community votes on the BrewerFanatic Top 20 Prospects

Wilson Pre-Game Media Notes
Final: Wilson 6, Charleston (Rays) 5
Box Score and Game Log

Wilson Capitalizes on Mistakes, Walks Off Charleston - Healy Shuts Down RiverDogs for Win

That's as detailed a game summary from Wilson as we've seen recently, please review and save me a bit of typing recapping a busy night on the farm.

There are no direct social media video posts to link to, but MiLB provides:

Well, we have to go to the final play first, as the Walkoff Warbirds are just insane. Old friend Tom Haudricourt would say this is the eleventy-ninth walkoff of the Wilson season. It's close to that figure!

From earlier in the game:

Handelfry Encarnacion ropes an RBI double

Luis Lameda sacrifice fly

Filippo Di Turi RBI fielder's choice

Kevin Garcia's pop-up sacrifice fly to tie the game

Catcher Yannic Walther sat this one out, but you can hear him discuss his German upbringing within our dedicated Warbirds thread.

Brady Ebel had a sacrifice fly and walked three times, our Spencer Michaelis' latest feature profile:

It wasn't teenage RH starter Carlos Carra's best outing, but it was solid enough. 2025 9th round RHP Andrew Healy out of Duke is starting to stack effective outings.

Final: ACL Brewers 4, ACL White Sox 1, seven innings as scheduled
Box Score and Game Log 

We didn't get Statcast data in Glendale for this one, so we can't tell you how hard RF Alexander Frias' two singles were hit, though they were listed as a fly ball to center and a ground ball to center.

This was the first scoreless appearance of 19-year-old Bryan Regalado's career. He was a surprise stateside bump after only appearing in two DSL games in 2025. Regalado walked three and hit a batter here but didn't allow a hit and fanned four over his four innings of work.

Very effective in a different way was 18-year-old Diustin Mayorquin, who did not walk a batter and limited the damage to one run while scattering six hits. Mayorquin gave up a home run in the final frame before closing things out.

Final: DSL Brewers Blue 7, DSL Brewers Gold 4, seven innings as scheduled
Box Score and Game Log

Blue improves to 10-4, Gold falls to 4-11.

Game was scoreless through four innings as Gold RHP Raymond Sarmiento tossed four frames of hitless ball (two walks). Fellow 18-year-old Blue RHP Alejandro Bustamante walked four in three innings but likewise kept his camp complex mates off the board.

All heck broke out in the 5th when 17-year-old 6'3" RHP Adrian Bello entered to make his 3rd pro appearance for Gold. Bello retired only one of the eight batters he faced as Blue took a 7-0 lead. (3.46 makes for a decent ERA, but not a WHIP, and Bello's figure represents the latter.)

Not only did Gold batters earn 11 walks in the loss, but they were spread among all nine men in the lineup, that's a rarity. So, it's not as though Blue pitching coaches were pleased despite the win. Talk about a vulture, Blue 17-year-old RHP Jesus Vasquez has earned the win in each of his first three professional appearances despite his own 9.53 ERA and 2.82 WHIP.

Five errors combined (four by Gold), so as the coaches seek cleaner efforts, this one fell short in that regard.

Summer is officially here, everyone, enjoy the five scheduled games on tap, including a hopeful two completed contests in Biloxi wrapped around a first-half title.

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