Brewers Send Eight Prospects to the Arizona Fall League

Broca's inclusion is surprising.  He has been pushed hard this year with ok results.  But 21 in AA... they must see something in him.

On 9/11/2025 at 4:05 AM, Spencer Michaelis said:

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The Arizona Fall League (AFL) will begin on October 6, and the Brewers will be sending seven players to play as members of the Surprise Saguaros. There will be three position players, and four pitchers.

Position Players
C Marco Dinges -- Carolina Mudcats and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers -- 317 PA, .930 OPS, 161 wRC+
The Brewers usually send a catcher to the AFL, and this year’s representative is an exciting one in Dinges. The Brewers used their 2024 fourth-round pick on Dinges out of Florida State, only a year after he had battled a rare immune deficiency disorder called hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). Severe cases can lead to organ failure and death, and Dinges had to fight for his life in the hospital for almost six weeks, all while transferring from Tallahassee Community College to Florida State. He eventually beat HLH, and he still put up a strong performance in his lone season as a Seminole.

In his first full season of professional baseball, Dinges had a breakout season, flying up prospect lists. His bat did most of the heavy lifting, as evidenced by his combined 161 wRC+ between Low-A and High-A. He also combined for 13 home runs and 62 RBIs between the levels.

Defensively, there’s still work to be done, but he is an outstanding athlete for a catcher. He caught only his senior year of high school and one year at Tallahassee Community College. Despite his lack of experience, he has been making big strides this season and looks like a catcher who will be an average defender at his peak, especially with FanGraphs giving his arm a 70 grade. His footwork needs work, but his arm could be a big-time weapon behind the dish.

Above all else, the Brewers are likely sending Dinges to the AFL to get him continued reps as a catcher in a competitive environment, especially given that he missed time this season with a hamstring injury.

OF Josh Adamczewski -- Carolina Mudcats and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers -- 308 PA, .910 OPS, 155 wRC+
The Brewers drafted Adamczewski in the 15th round of the 2023 draft and signed him away from a Ball State commitment. Adamczewski missed time in 2024 due to injury, but when he was healthy, he performed very well between the Arizona Complex League and Low-A Carolina—as evidenced by his 156 wRC+. The same is true of his 2025 season, where he again missed time due to injury but posted a 155 wRC+ between Low-A and High-A.

Adamczewski’s carrying traits are connected to his ability to hit the ball. His hit tool has the chance to be above-average, with an ability to hit the ball with authority to all fields. After some changes to his setup and stance this year, he reduced his groundball rate by 10 percentage points.

While he doesn’t possess huge raw power, Adamczewski’s more consistent ability to pull the ball in the air (and to hit the ball at ideal launch angles) does give him a chance to get to game power, with potentially above-average future grades. He has hit home runs with exit velocities of up to 108 MPH as a teenager, and shows quite a bit of gap-to-gap power, as well, with plenty of doubles and triples on his ledger.

On the defensive side of the ball, Adamczewski’s glove work is certainly solid enough to get the job done, but his lack of arm strength leaves him as a likely second base-only prospect on the infield. However, he is being listed as an outfielder on the AFL roster, after spending four of his games with the Timber Rattlers in left field.

Getting Adamczewski reps in the outfield, as well as continued at-bats against higher-level competition, will be the objective of his time in Arizona.

INF Luke Adams -- Biloxi Shuckers -- 302 PA, .879 OPS, 165 wRC+
The Brewers' 12th-round pick in the 2022 draft, Adams stands 6-foot-4 and weighs 210 pounds. He has a rare blend of patience at the plate, plus raw power, and surprising baserunning ability for his size. 

Adams only turned 21 in April and was the fifth-youngest player in the Southern League on Opening Day. He also started the year by making a swing adjustment. It wasn’t a huge surprise, therefore, when the bat got off to a bit of a slow start; he posted a line of .173/.326/.387 in April. This was good for a 118 wRC+ in the oppressive Southern League hitting environment, but it was not the type of line you'd hope to see from a genuine prospect.

He turned things around after that, and with a week remaining in the regular season, he’s posted a 165 wRC+ for the season, along with 11 home runs and 13 doubles. Adams hits the ball extremely hard, but has struggled to tap into game power, as over 40% of his fly balls have been of the infield variety. Line drives are great, but they don’t often leave the ballpark, so finding a happy medium between pop-ups and line drives would go a long way for Adams.

Adams spent most of the season at first base, with Brock Wilken manning third, but third base is a spot he has shown an ability to handle. Getting more reps over there could be a big part of the reasoning behind this AFL assignment. Like the others above, Adams also missed about two months of the season, and that is also likely playing a role in this assignment.

Pitchers
LHP Jesus Broca -- Carolina Mudcats, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Biloxi Shuckers -- 76.1 IP, 3.77 ERA, 4.09 FIP, 21.1 K%, 12.3 BB%
At 19 years old, Broca was signed by the Brewers out of Mexico in 2023, and will be Rule 5-eligible in 2026. He performed well in High-A after an early-season promotion and is closing out his season in Double-A now.

Broca’s delivery was already helping the velocity play up a bit above what the gun was reading, as he hides the ball well, and his release point appeared to be tough to pick up. Therefore, a jump from 89-91 to sitting 92-94 MPH and touching all the way up to 96 MPH this year is even more encouraging.

He mixes a two-seam and a four-seam heater. The two-seam command comes and goes, but it’s heavy and definitely played a big role in his 53.4% groundball rate. The four-seamer mostly plays up in the zone. 

His changeup was his best pitch in previous seasons, and that held true this year, as one of his best out pitches against right-handed hitters. He also shows good command of an 80-MPH curveball, with good depth.

Broca’s inclusion on the roster is a bit surprising, as he had already surpassed his career high in innings by over 45 frames. As a multi-inning reliever this year, perhaps they are aiming to raise the innings even further in hopes of stretching him out as a starter in 2026.

LHP Anthony Flores -- Wisconsin Timber Rattlers -- 91.0 IP, 3.89 ERA, 4.52 FIP, 22.8 K%, 11.9 BB%
Signed as an amateur out of Venezuela in 2022, Flores will also be eligible for the Rule 5 draft in 2026. The lefty spent his entire 2025 in Appleton with the Timber Rattlers. He began the season making starts, but finished it in the bullpen.

Flores operates mainly with a four-pitch mix. He sits in the upper 80s with his fastball, a lack of velocity that he attempts to make up for by mixing his other pitches deftly. He throws a mid-80s cutter as his primary pitch, especially when facing right-handed hitters. It’s not a big swing-and-miss pitch for him, but it does generate a lot of soft contact.

Flores also throws a bigger curveball in the 79-81 MPH range, a pitch that he likes to use against left-handed bats as a putaway pitch. He’s pretty comfortable landing it for strikes, too. His changeup has solid fade and is his go-to for trying to put righties away.

Flores walked too many players this year, for a hurler who doesn’t possess the pure stuff to work around free passes, but he did strike batters out at an average rate. As a 20-year-old in High-A, he did solid (if unspectacular) work.

Similar to Broca, Flores’s inclusion is interesting. Perhaps he is another one they would like to keep stretched out, so he can be a full-time starter in 2026.

RHP Michael Fowler -- Carolina Mudcats and Nashville Sounds -- 9.1 IP, 2.89 ERA, 3.14 FIP, 27.5 K%, 15.0 BB%
Fowler had a peripatetic college career, beginning at LSU, transferring to Tulane for his third year and then finishing his career at Southern Miss. In terms of results, there wasn’t exactly a successful stop among them. He showed that he possessed good stuff, though, as he struck plenty of batters out. Alas, he also walked them at an absurdly high rate. 

He throws a four-seam fastball that can get into the upper 90s at times, and has some similarities to Trevor Megill’s fastball, with a borderline cut-carry profile. It can play well up in the zone and still get a little cut action on it.

He also mixes in a hammer of a curveball that sits around 80 MPH and generates around -13 IVB, which means it has a ton of depth. He likes to mix both his pitches quite a bit, likely around a 60/40 usage, favoring the fastball.

Fowler was a late sign, and someone who has struggled mightily with his command in his amateur (and early professional) career. His inclusion on the AFL roster shows that they think highly of the stuff he possesses, but likely are hoping he can get reps down there and show continued command improvements.

RHP Edwin Jimenez -- Missed 2025 season due to injury
A 2018 international signee, Jimenez is now 23 years old and running up against the organizational clock. He is set to hit minor league free agency this winter, though one has to wonder if an AFL assignment is a precursor to a return. 

Starting with a low-90s fastball, Jimenez has a starter’s repertoire and had a pretty solid 2023 season. In his return to High-A in 2024, Jimenez got off to a poor start, before missing the final three months due to injury. That bled into missing all of 2025. 

Jimenez had always had a curveball with good traits—a good shape and two-plane break—that he used a lot. He also threw a changeup that showed flashes of being a solid offering against left-handed bats.

The reasoning behind this assignment is pretty clear. They are hoping to get Jimenez some innings in a competitive setting in 2025. As mentioned above, this would seem to be a likely precursor to him re-signing a minor-league deal with the organization heading into 2026.

RHP Brett Wichrowski -- Biloxi Shuckers -- 99.1 IP, 3.44 ERA, 3.98 FIP, 16.7 K%, 10.2 BB%
The Brewers' 13th-round selection in the vaunted 2023 draft, out of Bryant University, Wichrowski moved very quickly to Double-A in 2024, his first professional season. He returned there in 2025 and put up strong surface-level numbers.

Wichrowski reached 99 MPH in a few of his starts this season, sitting in the 94-95 MPH range more regularly. The fastball shape seems inconsistent, and will be something to watch if he gets any outings on Statcast fields in Arizona. The lack of consistency for the fastball likely contributes to his low strikeout totals.

The best pitch in Wichrowski’s repertoire is his low- to mid-80s sweeper. He most often uses it against right-handed hitters as a putaway pitch, though he’s shown an ability to land it for strikes, as well. He does this against righties, especially, but also against lefties at times. Wichrowski also throws a shorter, harder slider, and he appears to be more comfortable using that version against lefties than the sweeper. He rounds out his repertoire with a changeup in the mid- to upper 80s that made some strides in 2025.

Wichrowski’s inclusion is interesting, because like Broca and Flores, he’s surpassed his career high in innings already. Given his lack of fastball shape, perhaps they hope to see him in a bullpen role in the AFL, to see if that helps his velocity play up.

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The Brewers have a very strong system, and they are sending a fun group of players to Arizona. A group that will be worth paying attention to, in order to get your fill of minor league baseball, even after the actual season ends.

 

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What a fantastic group!Is there anyone who doesn't think Dinges, Adams, and Adamczewski are the top contenders for AFL MVP right from the start?
The pitchers are a mix of intriguing, enigmatic, and impressive.
It’s so frustrating that Baseball Reference doesn’t make it easy to see how players were acquired, especially when it comes to tracking their transaction history. It took me just 30 seconds to search through Brewerfan’s 2025 UDFA thread to verify Fowler’s signing this season

I wouldn't be shocked to see a "surprise" trade involving a couple of these players going into the Dec meetings. We've got a ton of depth.

I don't WANT to see anyone traded, but I love some of the younger guys and as good as these guys are, I could see the Brewers making a big move this off-season. Ketel Marte would be an interesting but probably unlikely... but hell, I guess that's why it'd be surprising. If you felt good about Turang at SS, you could get maybe 50 HRs out of SS/2B and a .285 BA? Or not, could be a pitcher... or nobody. I'm just throwing this out there. All really good prospects at positions with really good young depth. 

I AM really excited to see what Dinges and that 70 grade arm with that bat... can do behind the plate in a year or two. 

On 9/13/2025 at 4:15 PM, nate82 said:

I am not sure how much playing time Dinges will get as Mitchell is the #3 rated catching prospect over at MLB Pipeline.  Dinges is definitely the #2 catcher on that team.  

Adam McCalvy has an article up on Josh Adamczewski and it looks like he will be an OF going forward in the Brewers system.  With Pena, Made and Pratt already in the INF that makes sense to move him to the OF.  

https://www.mlb.com/news/josh-adamczewski-continues-outfield-transition-for-brewers-in-arizona-fall-league?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

That kinda makes it sound as if he's going to be a LF in the AZFL and then they'll gauge his positional versatility moving forward, but with who we have ahead of him in the OF... my takeaway from that is he's going to be a utility player.

A guy who can play SS/LF... presumably RF and I wouldn't be surprised if he plays some SS/3B if there's a chance to get him some reps there in the future. 

Clearly neither are his future position, but he could really be a super-utility player for us. 

This team is going to have SO much talent coming up the next 2-3 years. 

OF-Chourio, Perkins, Frelick, Collins(A ROY candidate who is behind 3 OFers on the roster who are better players and have at least 4 years of team control left). 
Prospects= Pena(potential CFer with his 70 speed and Turang at 2B), Payne(1 year at A+, AA, AAA), Black-Don't think he'll be around, but he can play LF, Luis Lara-another elite defender and a guy who should hit for a high average, steal bases... though limited SLG).

1B/3B-Durbin is pretty much it looking down the road. 
Prospects 3B-Fischer, Boeve, Wilkin, Adams, Made(?)
1B-Burke, Bitonti, Black...the 4 players from above
SS-Ortiz(I believe he'll settle in more as a .730-.750 type hitter with a plus glove, but that it also won't matter).
Pratt, Made, Pena

2B-Turang
Again, a lot of repeats here, but Pena, Made seem like the most obvious
C-Contreras will be gone, so...in so much as there is a "need" it's here
Prospects- Quero's got the floor of a very good defensive C who carries a ~680 OPS, upside is GG catcher and a .780 OPS with ~15 HRs and 25 2B. 
Dinges-Elite arm, great bat. I think this most likely ends up as a good balance for Quero

DH-Yelich
And then... we need 3 of the 1B/3B to hit or Dinges could be among them. Hopefully it'll be Burke as he just looks like an outstanding pure hitter but a pretty questionable fielder. Also, a nice LHed bat. Adams is pretty athletic, but so is Yelich

Utility-Adamczewski-2B/LF/DH and if everyone else is lining up or at least every other position(we all know there will be several guys who flame out) but I think based on how he's played 2B, he could be a... passable 3B/SS in a utility role. 

It's already a little off-topic for just the AZFL or Adamczewski, but looking at this collection of talent that a lot of fans who aren't on sites like this or nerding out on prospects, it's why they didn't care about what the cost was, they just wanted to get Suarez, but this is like the '82 team, but you've got Yount, Molitor and... Cooper all on their way up or just starting rather than in their prime. 

A 2028 lineup *COULD* look like
(lefties in italics, Switch Hitters underlined)
1-CF Luis Pena
2-2B Turang
3-LF Chourio
4-3B Made
5-DH-Yelich
6-1B-Fischer
7-SS Pratt
8-RF Frelick
9-C Quero

Bench-Durbin 3B/2B, Adamczewski 2B/OF/3B/SS, Adams-1B/3B/LF, Burke 1B/DH, Collins 2B/LF/RF, Lara-CF, Perkins CF... and Joey Ortiz if he's still around, 3B, SS, 2B.

Clearly we're not going to have 15 position players, and guys like Perkins will likely be dealt or non-tendered by now as Lara should be able to provide everything he does but cheaper. 

I think Pena, Turang, Chourio, Made, Pratt, Frelick could be GG caliber defenders. 

Turang, Pratt 15-20 HRs, Chourio, Made, Fischer 25-40(or more for Chourio)
.280+ hitters 1-4, Fischer, Frelick
 

And you're REALLY protected against injury with all the versatility not just in terms of finding a capable hitter, but in the field. Pratt struggles, you have Made to slide over and several 3B options... like Durbin. 
Turang gets banged up, Pena plays 2B...or Adamczewski and Lara plays CF or Chourio plays CF and you have several guys who can play LF... like Adamczewski. 

The Golden Age of Milwaukee Baseball. 

Brewers get their first in franchise History this year and then in the next couple years, they won't be able to say they're a team of "every day Joes." 

It's a Jesus Made type team!

2B Dylan O’Rae has been cleared and will be reporting to the Arizona Fall League squad today after missing the entire season with a wrist injury.

5 hours ago, ARobsBrewCrew said:

2B Dylan O’Rae has been cleared and will be reporting to the Arizona Fall League squad today after missing the entire season with a wrist injury.

The board is very slow right now, ARob, but please keep updating what’s going on in Arizona as you can.

Whatever your source is is about all we got in these lean months.