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Spain doubles but is stranded. Peek has done well in relief on to bottom of 5. In Delmarva, a HBP on walling, Walther doubles. The Adamczewski grounds out to end the threat. Still 3-0 Muddies

Pratt grounds out to SS and Restituyo score. 6-4 Shuckers lead.

Not to be outdone, Peek retires 5 in a row and it’s 5-4 Shuckers through 3.

Oh my turn away to watch the bug club for a moment and Petersen struggles in the 2nd. Biscuits get 4 runs. And the reliever for Montgomery has retired 6 straight, now 7 straight as Vargas grounds to Gregory Barrios who makes a nice play

Line drive single to left, and the Kernels score the runner, and take the game. 5-4. Nice comeback for the T-Rats but not enough hits with runners in scoring position.

T-Rats oh so close to getting the runner in. Top 10, and a K then a groundout and the runner (Guilarte pinch running for Hedbert) and then Yhoswar ground to SS and the throw is behind the first baseman who may or may not have tagged Garcia. First it's safe then the umps get together and they say he tagged Garcia. On to the bottom of 10

Pretty active top of the 1st for Biloxi. Lara singles but is picked off. Wood with a hit, then Pratt walks and Warren on an infield error. Murray Ks. Then next pitch - Miller gets a 2 run single to right, and very next pitch Spain just ekes over the short porch in right. 5-0 Shuckers. And Vargas singles. And Restituyo singled a bloop to left. They have batted around, and Lara up again. Just a lot going on in the first half inning.

ESPN updated their teams top 10 rankings after the draft, and the Brewers were among only a couple of teams who did have a ‘25 draft pick- because of the quality of the top 10, and the perceived lower ceiling of Fischer (most outlets cite they love the bat but view him as 1B only). Many clubs have 2 and some 3 of their draftees automatically slot into the top 10.

As alluded to yesterday - the starting pitching depth at the big league and AAA level is going to get more crowded with Zimmerman as AAA depth again, and Gasser joining C. Rodriguez and Cortes in rehabbing. Still a lot of season to go, but a solid 5 man rotation at the bigs for now, and already 5 men in AAA with Cortes, it’s nice to see the potential of getting healthy and having a full complement of starters. And Yoho looked sharp. First two pitches missed, but then threw 11 strikes (4 foul balls) of the next 13 pitches. Had the first guy fooled on a change for a weak pop up, and the last struck out on a change I believe. Still trying to figure out the plan with Bjorn Johnson as a multi inning reliever but not true piggyback set up either. We will see.

I’ve followed Severino closely after the trade - he was one of that year’s international signings I really liked in the same class as Lara, Johan Barrios, and Juan Baez - but he hasn’t impressed too much. Had a great showing in FCL last year (Lara was at high A, Baez at low A for reference). I think Severino could be a late bloomer but he is at best the third best position player from that class. Strikes out a lot and has some power he is tapping into, and we have a few players of that profile now.

Tyler Bryant has company .... bring it!

Oh hey look minor league baseball is back. 🤩 I got together with a friend for a night out that has been months in the planning, so missed the second half opening night, bummer. But just from box scores and comments here some observations.... 1. Didn't put the A-team starters out across the org. No Hardin, M. Rodriguez, Henderson etc. 2. Yes, Jadher Areinamo needs, absolutely needs the challenge of a promotion. And with Adams/Wilken out, he can work with Pratt and Murray to make that Biloxi infield and line up much better. 3. Matt Wood is definitely looking to make himself the 3rd catching prospect (pending draftee signings) in the organization. But every time I call him out, he goes like 0-5 the next day, so I didn't say anything about him, nothing to see here... move along 4. Cortes- just throwing innings and being effective is good enough for me. I mean at this point he is the 4th/5th/6th starter so getting him back is bonus. But sure I'll be greedy and hope for more the next rehab start. 5. Man, I do hope that Travis Smith really is starting to figure it out. He was one of those guys who has the tools but the starts were not impressive and the stats were middling. I will throw Wichrowski in that group too as his low K rate, and high pitch count in year #2 of AA was disappointing, but if he can pitch deeper and get to 9+K/9IP, he can put himself in that top tier pitching prospect log jam (with Henderson, Rodriguez, Patrick, Crow and Hardin). 6. Talking about middling results - I love watching DeBerry pitch, but just too much contact and not enough put away and a bad inning or two just ruins what should be great starts. I am hoping for a switch to turn on for him. But reality is he was drafted/signed so that we could get Renz/Dubanewicz/Broughton. 7. That top 4 in Carolina - Payne-Adamczewski-Made-Pena - could make that offense click again, love to see those 4 together for now. 8. Finally, Jorge Quintana is the forgotten bonus baby from the '24 IFA class, and overshadowed by Anderson, Paulino and Corobo who were lower bonus signings. But Quintana after his 8-40 start in the ACL has done quite nicely, and reportedly is a true SS defensively, so I am holding out hope that he will join his mates Anderson/Pena/Made in Carolina sometime this season. Maybe Encarnacion too.

Yes in the 1990s-early 2010s we were lucky when developed pitchers (Sheets, Gallardo were like it) that we routinely made trades for pitching or bad FA signings (Sabathia, Greinke, Marcum; Suppan, Garza). And somewhere in 2016-2018 time frame they started to develop pitchers (Peralta, Woodruff, Burnes) or take marginal pitchers and get great years out of them (Choucin, Miley). Since 2021 it’s been really really good. On a side note -does anyone have a running list of NDFA for the past few years? It seems like last year was low (Seppings, Gillis, Langhorne, Hostetler, Fielder, did I miss someone), and some years like much more. This years seems higher or at least earlier in terms of signing/announcements.

I agree but someone will go down - and not sure who - which is a nice problem. Unfortunately, regression, slump or an injury will make it work out. Wish that wasn’t the case and we had 12-13 deep pitching pool that remains effective.

Well AAA has Henderson, Patrick, and likely Myers who are all on the MLB bubble with the depth. Plus another pitcher (Priester or a reliever) will join when Cortes is activated. And they have Crow and can call up Kuehner most likely. So lost lots of pitching depth, but still have it.

The post that Spencer re-posted says "Mainieri says that Luke Roupe will accept his draft slot and sign" So that mean he accepted $150K I wonder? If so that is impressive indeed for a HS player with leverage to go at "slot". Maybe just wanted to start his pro career.

Ugh. This one hurts, although I suspected it. Yikes. I assume he is effectively down for the year? Hoping this young man can get healthy and back on the mound soon.

Yeah that sounds a lot like last Friday's box score 😳 Today was a 4-0 loss sadly ... and Kevin Garcia seems to be the only Complex Crew hitter hitting these past few days 😩

I would think that by picking Cairone in that spot they had an idea of his bonus wishes and that they are in line with that pick, otherwise they may have selected someone else, knowing that can't fumble this pick. I have no information to reference, but just imagine that would be smart business, and thus an "out of left field" selection because they may have had a close to a pre-arranged deal as you get with a 2nd rounder. So probably right at slot money. Just a hunch. Agree with your other options, and feel hopeful they can get at least 4 and up to 6 of the post-10th-round selections.

If I were to guess (and I'm not right often), I would say Hughes, Underwood, Brock, Coil and Mills are the 11-20 rounders that they will sign. The team has usually done well, and typically they sign their 11th/12th rounders, and usually sign between 4-7 of those 10 selection. So I see a floor signing 4 of them, and it would not expect more than 5-6 of them given the higher end HS profiles, if I were to guess.

Thanks for the break down, really interesting. Still half of the draft is HSers. Also - Still the most position players since 2022. (2023 and 2024 it was 5 position players drafted). And it’s just above 1/3 of the selections (8 of 22). Just keep drafting pitchers.

@JCREW - I think that there could be a provision to add some additional bonus money for Rounds 11-20 that could help out some - like increase the amount you could go over slot be a certain percentage based upon things like market, prior success, etc. Make it an incentive to try to draft and develop players. Again unlikely, and could be too complicated, and big market teams will push back a lot.

DSL Blue lost, but DSL Gold wins scoring 10 runs on only 5 hits, wow. Nice pitching lines by both Garcias (Derlin and David). ACL Crew is one Kevin Garcia HR and one Frederi Montero walk away from being perfect gamed. Down 9-1, and Hayden Robinson did not have a great outing again. It is tough sledding coming back from surgery, and hope for the best for him as he continues, and most importantly that he feels good and continues to recover well and stays healthy.

So wait. he is a pitcher, formerly a Midwest player in Illinois, now from new Jersey, and had TJ surgery in HS. So he hits the "Brewers Draft Profile" Bingo card on all accounts.

I think that even some of us (or just me) who maybe didn't like the draft so far (and it's just an opinion based on gut and irrational wishes for other picks or profiles), but have learned to wait until it's over to see the whole process, and then also have some trust in the scouts and front office. There will be a real head scratcher at some point, but that head scratcher could be the next Craig Yoho type pick.