The 2025 season is officially over for each of the Brewers’ minor league affiliates, which also means the end of the Minor League Roundups that I’ve been putting out every Monday morning since the end of March.
I graduated from college last December, so this is both my first season covering the Brewers for BCB and my first season covering anything at all ever for anyone. Writing is a lot like baseball in that perfection is only attainable under extremely rare circumstances, but I’ve put in a lot of work this season and do feel like I’ve become something vaguely resembling competent over the last eight-plus months.
Really, I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to read the roundup this season. I hope you enjoyed reading it, or at least found it informative.
Here’s one last roundup to hold you over until next year:
Triple-A Nashville (85-63)
First half record: 44-29
Second half record: 41- 34
Nashville did not qualify for the International League playoffs this year despite ending the year 22 games over .500, The semifinals of the Triple-A playoffs pit the team with the best record in the first half against the team with the best record in the second half. Nashville finished the first half two games behind the first-place Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and the second half eight games behind the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, ending the season short of the playoffs for the second consecutive year.
Team MVP: Daz Cameron
Cameron was somewhat underwhelming in his stint with Milwaukee earlier this year (.507 OPS), but he absolutely destroyed Triple-A pitching. Cameron was the only Sound to record an OPS over .900, and his was much closer to 1.000 (.980). The son of former Brewer Mike Cameron also led Nashville in home runs (18), RBIs (54), and batting average (.287, min 70 at-bats). He’s not exactly a prospect anymore at age 29, but every organization could use a guy like Cameron — he has a wealth of experience to share with the younger guys, can hold his own if needed in the bigs, and absolutely rakes in Triple-A.
Cy Young: Logan Henderson
Eight pitchers started double-digit games this year for the Sounds. One of them was Jacob Misiorowski, who I’m disqualifying from this award because he hasn’t pitched in the minors since the beginning of June. Once you make an NL All-Star team, you can’t win any of the awards in the Brew Crew Ball Minor League Season Roundup. Sorry Miz, I don’t make the rules.
Out of the seven non-Misiorowski pitchers to start double-digit games, Henderson had the lowest ERA (3.59) and the most wins (10, tied with Bruce Zimmermann). It wouldn’t surprise me at all if Hendo starts next season in the Brewers starting rotation after breaking into Baseball America and MLB Pipeline’s top 100 prospect lists.
Honorable mention goes to Craig Yoho, whose 0.94 ERA over 47 2/3 innings was the lowest ERA of any Sounds player who pitched at least four innings. Yoho also struck out 11.33 batters per nine. Absolutely lights out. Relievers don’t win the Cy Young, but he’d be my pick for the Brewers’ farm system version of the Trevor Hoffman Reliever of the Year award.
Notable promotions (to Triple-A): RHP Coleman Crow, LHP Tate Kuehner, RHP Alexander Cornielle
Notable promotions (to majors): RHP Jacob Misiorowski, 3B Caleb Durbin, LF Isaac Collins, 1B Andrew Vaughn, RHP Chad Patrick (kind of), UTIL Anthony Seigler
Biggest risers: RHP Logan Henderson, 3B Caleb Durbin, RHP Chad Patrick
Biggest fallers: 1B/OF Tyler Black, 1B Ernesto Martinez Jr.
Other prospects you might see in Nashville next year: SS/3B Jesus Made, SS Cooper Pratt, 1B/3B Luke Adams, RHP Bishop Letson, OF Luis Lara, RHP Tyson Hardin
Double-A Biloxi (74-64)
First half record: 42-27
Second half record: 32- 37
Biloxi had the best first-half record in the Southern League, which qualified them for the playoffs. Unfortunately, the Shuckers’ 2025 playoff run consisted of two consecutive losses to the Montgomery Biscuits, the Double-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. The first game was a 7-2 blowout that was never all that close. Biloxi led the second game 2-0 through seven, but Montgomery scored four runs in the eighth inning to win the game and the series.
Team MVP: Luis Lara
This was a bit of a hard one. Brock Wilken (18 HRs, .870 OPS) was probably the first-half MVP, but he missed most of the second half with a patella injury and didn’t record an extra-base hit in 48 second half at-bats. Blake Burke had a .956 OPS, but he only played a third as many games. Luke Adams (.859 OPS) missed more time than Wilken, too.
I’m giving it to Lara, who I feel had one of the more underrated seasons in the Brewers’ farm system. Lara took the most at-bats (513) and played the most games (136) of any Shucker … while hitting .257 with a .716 OPS, stealing 44 bases, striking out well under 20% of the time, and playing excellent defense. He’s not going to put up Wilken-level power numbers or hit .300 like Burke. Heck, he might not even be the best defender on the Shuckers with Pratt on the roster. That doesn’t mean he can’t be Biloxi’s most valuable player.
Cy Young: Tate Kuehner
Six Shuckers started 10 or more games this year. Only two of them had an ERA under 3.25 — Coleman Crow (2.51 in 10 starts) and Tate Kuehner (2.50 in 22 starts). Kuehner still walks too many batters (4.65 walks per nine innings across Double-A and Triple-A), but you can’t knock the results and the stuff (9.54 K/9). The 24-year-old left-hander was promoted to Triple-A at the end of the season — if he can continue to pitch as well as he did in 2025, you might see Kuehner in the majors by the end of next year.
Notable promotions: RHP Bishop Letson, SS/3B Jesus Made, 1B Blake Burke, RHP Tyson Hardin, RHP Jaron DeBerry, RHP Manuel Rodriguez, LF Hedbert Perez
Biggest risers: 1B/3B Blake Burke, LHP Tate Kuehner, SS/3B Jesus Made, RHP Bishop Letson
Biggest fallers: RHP K.C. Hunt, 1B Mike Boeve, SS Eric Brown Jr., RHP Brett Wichrowski
Other prospects you might see in Biloxi next year: SS/2B Luis Peña, 1B/3B Andrew Fischer, UTIL Josh Adamczewski, C Marco Dinges
High-A Wisconsin (56-74)
First-half record: 34-31
Second-half record: 22-43
Wisconsin had a rough season overall, finishing as the only Brewers affiliate with a record under .500. Despite their record, they had plenty to be proud of this season. The Timber Rattlers ended the season as the Brewers’ most exciting affiliate thanks to late-season additions like Jesus Made, Luis Peña, Josh Adamczewski, and Andrew Fischer. Given the amount of talent in the lower levels of the Brewers’ farm system, I would be surprised if the Timber Rattlers weren’t significantly more competitive next year.
Team MVP: Blake Burke
Four Wisconsin players recorded over 300 at-bats this year. Juan Baez (.201/.287/.224) and Jadher Areinamo (now with the Rays organization) paced the Timber Rattlers. Third is Eduardo Garcia, who had a solid season (.725 OPS), if not MVP level. The fourth is Blake Burke, who slashed .289/.380/.403 in 95 games with Wisconsin.
Burke is my selection, even though it feels like a weird selection because he started playing even better as soon as he was promoted to Double-A Biloxi. Something seemed to click with Burke’s power stroke as soon as he joined the Shuckers. He ended up hitting 11 home runs in 140 at-bats with Biloxi (in comparison to five in 350 at-bats with Wisconsin).
Still, Burke’s numbers with the Timber Rattlers speak for themselves. Except for Jesus Made (103 at-bats), Andrew Fischer (47 at-bats), and Areinamo, Burke had the best batting average on the T-Rats. Only Areinamo had more RBIs and hits. Burke also hit 21 doubles, good for third on the team. The Brewers’ No. 34 overall pick last year ended up as most consistent producer on a roster that looks a lot different than it did at the beginning of the season.
Cy Young: Manuel Rodriguez
Rodriguez, signed as a free agent out of Mexico back in 2022, recorded an impressive 3.01 ERA through 18 starts with Wisconsin. Rodriguez wasn’t necessarily a heralded prospect coming into the year, but this is now the second year in a row in which he’s posted an ERA under 3.25 in exactly 18 starts. He’s also great at limiting walks (1.61 BB/9). The 20-year-old right-hander even briefly pitched his way into the last spot on MLB Pipeline’s list of the top 30 Brewers prospects, although he fell off when Pipeline updated the list with the 2025 draft class.
Rodriguez impressed with in his Double-A debut on September 14, pitching six two-run innings without walking anybody and striking out four. He’s definitely someone to keep an eye on next year in Biloxi. Tyson Hardin (2.34 ERA in 11 starts) was a strong contender for this award, but Rodriguez made almost twice as many starts in High-A, which earned him the edge. Bishop Letson was often electric as well, albeit in an even smaller sample size than Hardin.
Notable promotions: SS/3B Jesus Made, 2B/SS Luis Peña, UTIL Josh Adamczewski, 1B/3B Andrew Fischer (skipped Single-A), C Marco Dinges, RHP Travis Smith, RHP Jaron DeBerry
Biggest risers: UTIL Josh Adamczewski, SS/3B Jesus Made, RHP Jaron DeBerry
Biggest fallers: INF Juan Baez, LHP Sam Garcia, SS Daniel Guilarte
Other prospects you might see in Wisconsin next year: OF Braylon Payne, SS Brady Ebel, RHP Ethan Dorchies, 1B/3B Eric Bitonti, 3B Filippo Di Turi
Single-A Carolina (68-60)
First-half record: 36-30
Second-half record: 32-32
Early-season Mudcats lineups featured six players who were at one time or another this season ranked as a top 15 Brewers prospect — Made, Peña, Adamczewski, Bitonti, Dinges, and 2024 first-round pick Braylon Payne. RHP Bryce Meccage also spent the entire season in Pipeline’s top 15, and SS Brady Ebel (No. 11) joined Carolina for the last month. This year’s Mudcats were absolutely loaded with young talent, which makes me wonder if this team might be a really fun one to look back on in a few years.
One final note: this season was also Carolina’s last as a franchise. The Mudcats will move into a new $69 million stadium in Wilson, NC and become the Wilson Warbirds starting next season.
Team MVP: Luis Peña/Josh Adamczewski
Peña entered the season as the Brewers’ No. 10 overall prospect (per MLB Pipeline) but was ranked second by the time he was promoted to High-A in early August. The 2024 international free agency signing hit .308 with an .844 OPS over 273 at-bats with the Mudcats. Peña served as a consistent spark in the heart of the Mudcats’ order and was arguably the best hitter on the Mudcats through the early part of the season — except for Adamczewski.
Adamczewski put up staggering numbers (.359 BA, 1.028 OPS) with a pure left-handed swing. However, he was limited to 167 at-bats with the Mudcats due to a back injury. In my mind, he was the MVP when he was on the field, but Peña was just on the field much more frequently — you could argue either way.
Cy Young: Melvin Hernandez
Hernandez finished the season with an ERA of exactly 2.00 through 24 games (17 starts). The 19-year-old righty had the lowest ERA of any Mudcats starter (min. 5 starts) despite recording 121 2/3 innings, almost 40 more innings than the next closest pitcher. He’s also done a great job of limiting walks (1.63 BB/9), although subpar strikeout numbers (7.18 K/9) indicate that his stuff may not play as well at higher levels. Rodriguez will certainly get his chance to find out if he keeps pitching this well.
Notable promotions: SS Brady Ebel, RHP Ethan Dorchies, OF Josiah Ragsdale
Biggest risers: UTIL Josh Adamczewski, C Marco Dinges, 2B/SS Luis Peña
Biggest fallers: OF Jose Anderson, LHP Wande Torres
Other prospects you might see in Carolina next year: LHP J.D. Thompson, LHP Frank Cairone, OF Brailyn Antunez, 2B/SS Daniel Dickinson, OF Kenny Fenelon
Season Totals for the Top 10 Brewers Prospects (MLB Pipeline)
- SS/3B Jesús Made (AA): .285/.379/.413, 6 HR, 47 SB
- SS/3B Luis Peña (A+): .270/.335/.422, 9 HR, 44 SB
- SS Cooper Pratt (AA): .238/.343/.348, 8 HR
- C Jeferson Quero (AAA): .248/.316/.398, 5 HR
- RHP Logan Henderson (MLB): 16 G, 15 GS, 10-4 W-L, 77 2/3 IP, 3.59 ERA, 1.11 WHIP
- 1B/3B Andrew Fischer (A+): .311/.402/.446, HR
- RHP Bishop Letson (A+): 10 G, 8 GS, 37 1/3 IP, 1.69 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 10.26 K/9, 2.16 BB/9
- 1B/3B Luke Adams (AA): .232/.409/.450, 11 HR
- OF Braylon Payne (A): .240/.354/.382, 8 HR, 31 SB
- C Marco Dinges (A+): .273/.371/.483, 10 HR
