Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Hitters of the Month - May 2025

May was a strong month for a couple of prospects who have lost some of their shine the last couple years, and some more well-known names, as well. We will take a look at a few honorable mentions for the month, as well as our top five hitters for May.

Honorable Mentions:

• 1B/3B Frederi Montero - ACL Brewers - 70 PA, 24 H, .400/.486/.500 (.986 OPS), 171 wRC+, 6 doubles, 11 R, 12 RBI, 9 BB, 12 K, 3 SB, 1 CS - Unranked by all publications
• UTIL Juan Ortuno - ACL Brewers - 82 PA, 15 H, .259/.463/.448 (.912 OPS), 154 wRC+, 2 doubles, 3 HR, 16 R, 15 RBI, 17 BB, 13 K, 3 SB, 1 CS - Unranked by all publications
• SS/3B Luis Peña - Carolina Mudcats - 65 PA, 19 H, .359/.388/.544 (.931 OPS), 166 wRC+, 1 double, 2 triples, 3 HR, 16 R, 15 RBI, 6 BB, 9 K, 10 SB, 2 CS

Montero had a forgettable season in the DSL last year, but the Brewers still moved him up a level, and Montero rewarded them with a great first month. He has the build to hit for power, but a swing tuned for line drives and grounders. Ortuno is only 5-foot-8, but he packs some punch, hitting three home runs and posting exit velocities of up to 109 MPH. Peña deserved to make the list based on his performance, but he missed enough time to be short of the requirements of a qualified hitter this month. Plus, you can read more about Peña’s strong performance recently here.

TOP FIVE POSITION PLAYERS OF MAY
#5  1B/3B Gery Holguin - ACL Brewers - 55 PA, 17 H, .347/.418/.694 (1.112 OPS), 181 wRC+, 3 doubles, 4 HR, 15 R, 14 RBI, 6 BB, 14 K, 1 CS - Unranked by all publications

Holguin was signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2022. He spent two seasons in the DSL and made real strides in his sequel season. He is undergoing a similar process in the Complex League, as he struggled in his debut season of 2024. His second run at the league has gone much better so far in 2025. In fact, May went so well for him that he was promoted to Low-A Carolina between the end of May and the time this article was released.

At the time of signing, Holguin was reportedly a strong defender at shortstop, but after growing a couple of inches, he has settled in at the infield corners. Holguin has an aggressive swing, with his back foot often kicking backward as he makes contact. His strikeout rate of 25.2% in May paints a much prettier picture than the 32.2% rate in 2024, but it's still higher than you’d hope to see in rookie ball. With that aggressive swing, however, his one-time “projectable” power has started to show up in games, as evidenced by his four homers in only 15 games played.

Holguin repeated a level for the second time in four years, but each time, he has shown real growth in that second year. His timeline will need to accelerate moving forward. He can’t afford to spend eight years between the remaining four levels, but continued growth is always a good sign for any player. Perhaps he has figured something significant out this year and will carry it over into his Carolina League debut.

#4  SS Eduardo Garcia - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - 31 H, .290/.350/.523 (.874 OPS), 137 wRC+, 7 doubles, 6 HR, 23 R, 16 RBI, 9 BB, 36 K, 13 SB, 1 CS

Garcia was signed in 2018 out of Venezuela, but is still only 22 years old for another month. He's had an up-and-down career, including moving quickly at one point and being demoted at another. At this point, he has regained some of his prospect appeal with a very strong start to 2025 in High-A and a tremendous May. He's spent the season splitting time between shortstop and center field, a position he first started playing in 2024.

Garcia has always had issues with strikeouts, and that has not changed in 2025. He has tapped into the power he has always possessed more consistently, as evidenced by his six home runs in May. He has also nearly tripled his walk rate from 3% to 8.7% in 2025. Garcia will never be a high batting average batter, but he could provide slugging—and did just that in May.

Garcia’s plus defense at shortstop, as well as his added positional flexibility to play in the outfield, could make it easier for him to eventually be promoted to Double-A despite the abundance of infielders already there. 

#3  1B Luke Adams - Biloxi Shuckers - 101 PA, 19 H, .271/.485/.457 (.942 OPS), 189 wRC+, 7 doubles, 2 HR, 20 R, 8 RBI, 20 BB, 22 K

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 has spent most of the season at first base, with Brock Wilken manning third, but he has shown the ability to play over there. The bat got off to a slow start in April (unsurprisingly, as such a young player at the level), while he was taking some offseason swing changes into games for the first time. 

Adams continues to swing the bat at an extremely low rate, only swinging 31.4% of the time in May. However, he rarely chased, and limited his whiffs to a solid 25.4% for the month. His quality of contact was also extremely high, hitting the ball well over 100 MPH on numerous occasions. He hit two home runs and seven doubles. The combination of drawing walks, making contact, and quality contact at that, gives Adams such an interesting profile at the plate. 

It would be beneficial to see Adams get more time at third base, and future promotions from other players in Biloxi (including the number one player on this list) could help grant him those opportunities. Given his age, he should be expected to spend all of 2025 in Double-A, but performances like the one he put up in May will only continue to push him up prospect lists.

#2 UTIL Anthony Seigler  - Nashville Sounds - 87 PA, 27 H, .386/.506/.671 (1.177 OPS), 214 wRC+, 5 doubles, 3 triples, 3 HR, 16 R, 12 RBI, 17 BB, 16 K, 9 SB, 0 CS - Unranked by all publications

Seigler was signed as a minor-league free agent this offseason. Drafted in the first round by the Yankees in 2018 as a catcher, he's a switch-hitter who also throws with both arms. He moved to second base for the Yankees in 2024 and had a bit of an offensive breakout. The Brewers have used him at both catcher and second base this season, and even mixed in some time at third base. His offense is what lands him on this list, however.

The switch-hitter should probably be looked at as more of a left-handed hitter; he's really struggled from the right side. That didn’t hold him back in May, as he posted the highest OPS among qualified hitters in the organization. Seigler doesn’t possess considerable raw power, but makes consistently hard contact. His max exit velocity of 107.2 MPH and 90th-percentile exit velocity of 101.8 MPH are below average. However, his average exit velocity of 91.5 MPH and hard-hit rate of 52.4% are well above average. Not only that, but Seigler hits the ball at ideal launch angles as his “launch-angle sweet spot” rate is in the 100th percentile for Triple-A, with 48.6% of his batted balls falling into that sweet spot.

This ability to hit the ball at ideal angles and with consistently hard contact helped Seigler hit three homers and add eight more extra-base hits in May. Even though he plays catcher, Seigler is quite the athlete and possesses above-average speed. That speed helped him leg out three triples and swipe nine bases without fail. 

Seigler getting opportunities at third base is not coincidental. The Brewers have a clear need at that position, and Seigler’s performance in Triple-A has been spectacular offensively, as well as at the two defensive positions he has spent most of his time playing (second base and catcher). If he proves he can handle third defensively, he seems to be next in line for a chance to take some of the third base reps at the big league level.

#1 3B Brock Wilken  - Biloxi Shuckers -  114 PA, 22 H, .237/.368/.570 (.938 OPS), 174 wRC+, 4 Doubles, 9 HR, 17 R, 20 RBI, 20 BB, 30 K

The Brewers' first-round selection in the 2023 Draft, Wilken had an incredibly successful career at Wake Forest, including becoming the career home run leader for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) with 71; Wilken set that record throughout only three seasons as a Demon Deacon. He did so well in his brief introduction to pro ball in 2023 that he was aggressively assigned to Double-A to begin 2024, appearing to be on a potential fast track to MLB. Unfortunately, Wilken dealt with a 94 MPH pitch to the face in April of last year, which caused facial fractures and issues with his vision, and he struggled to produce for most of the season. 

There were a lot of questions regarding Wilken’s ability to stay at third base defensively. He has looked the part over there this year, and with his arm strength being plus, he seems like he will do just fine manning the hot corner moving forward.

In his return to Double-A, Wilken got off to a solid start in April before exploding offensively at the beginning of May. A big part of his success in April was due to drawing walks at an absurd rate of 26%. That was never sustainable. He did a great job of upping his aggressiveness effectively, upping his swing rate by around 5%.

With a more aggressive approach leading the way, Wilken hit seven of his nine home runs on the month in the first 12 games played. Power was Wilken's most highly graded tool out of college, but he had yet to have a run like this in Biloxi. His exit velocities are above average, but not as high as most would think. He makes up for what he lacks in high-end exit velocities with his ability to pull the ball in the air. Only one of his nine home runs this month were hit to the opposite field.

Wilken did slow down quite a bit at the end of the month, notably after a 100-MPH fastball narrowly missed his face again, but he still appears to be at a point where challenging him with a Triple-A promotion in the near future would be a worthwhile venture. Perhaps soon.

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