Triple-A Nashville has already gotten underway in the 2026 season, but they aren’t the only team in the farm system with interesting players for the Milwaukee Brewers. On Tuesday, the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers and High-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers announced their rosters to open the season.
And there were a couple of surprises that caught fans off guard.
The biggest surprise was that Andrew Fischer did not make the Double-A Biloxi roster.
Andrew Fischer had a strong spring, including his performance for Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic. He had a very successful stint in High-A Wisconsin to end last season after being drafted, hitting .311 with an .848 OPS in 19 games. Many thought that that success would lead to Fischer starting the year in Double-A, but that is not the case.
Same for Marco Dinges, who spent even more time in High-A last year, playing in 51 games with a .273 average and .854 OPS with the Timber Rattlers. I’m a little more surprised that Dinges didn’t get the move up, but part of it is also organizational depth. Triple-A Nashville has Jeferson Quero slated to play everyday, and the combo of Darrien Miller and Matthew Wood are also capable prospects that the Brewers want to give playing time to.
For that Biloxi infield, Mike Boeve was a highly touted prospect and is likely to see a lot of time at third base while Blake Burke can get the bulk of the starts at first base. Meanwhile Brock Wilken has third base occupied for Triple-A Nashville.
So instead, both of Fischer and Dinges will open with High-A Wisconsin.
They will be joined by Luis Pena, Josh Adamczewski, and Braylon Payne as some of the notable names on the position player side in Appleton. Some of the Brewers high upside projectable young pitchers are also in Appleton in Ethan Dorchies and Bryce Meccage.
Notably absent from any roster is JD Thompson, last year’s 2nd round pick out of Vanderbilt. Curt Hogg of the Journal Sentinel reported that Thompson is dealing with a hamstring strain suffered late in camp and will miss the first month of the season before joining the Timber Rattlers.
Finally, the Low-A Wilson Warbirds announced their roster. The Carolina Mudcats moved from Zebulon, NC to Wilson after last season so it’s still the same affiliate, just a different name. Their roster has quite a few prospects on it as well.
Brady Ebel, last year’s comp pick for the loss of Willy Adames, is the headliner prospect for this squad. Filippo Di Turi is another solid prospect in the infield. Meanwhile the outfield has some buzzy names with Jose Anderson and Handelfry Encarnacion. There is also the familiar name of Jadyn Fielder, the son of Brewers legend Prince Fielder. Luis Corobo was a high pedigree international signing behind the plate as well.
On the mound, Tyler Renz, Melvin Hernandez, Enderson Mercado, and Miqueas Mercedes are some of the top pitchers on this staff.
According to many prognosticators, the Brewers have the best farm system in all of baseball. There is quite a bit of talent on all three of these rosters. Biloxi is noticeably strong in the infield and on the mound. Wilson has a really good outfield, infielders with good pedigree, and some interesting pitchers. The Timber Rattlers might have the best collection of talent among these three teams. Their infield, outfield, and catching groups all have high end prospect talent within them and there is some pure nasty stuff on the mound.
We’ll see how long some of those talented prospects stay in Appleton. I would estimate it won’t take long before Dinges and Fischer find their way to Biloxi.
