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Thunder Muscle wrote:At what point do you just bring Misio up to see if he can throw strikes at the big league level? Or if there is genuine concern, do you quietly shop him while he is still a pretty hot prospect?
Milwaukee Brewers - Brailyn Antunez, OF
This one's more so a product of me really liking the player, and the organizational fit. The Brewers who in the last few years have produced more DSL stars than any other org with the likes Jackson Chourio, Jesus Made, Luis Pena, and Yophery Rodriguez (prior to trading him to Boston). I believe Brailyn Antunez is next in line. Arguably the best Venezuela born player in the 2025 class, Antunez hails from the same hometown as Jackson Chourio, Maracaibo. Antunez is a pure centerfielder. He has elite speed, and pairs it with a great first step and exceptional arm. In the batters box, he possess fantastic bat speed, and plate skills. He flashes above average game power and that will only get better as he continues to fill out his frame. He'll debut in the DSL this year and I'll be watching very closely.
Manuel Rodriguez, RHP, Brewers
Going toe-to-toe with Soto was Rodriguez, a young righthander signed by the Brewers in 2022 out of Mexico for $40,000. He’s been a steady performer over the last three seasons, reaching Low-A at 18 years old and beginning 2025 with High-A Wisconsin. Rodriguez ranks 28th in the Brewers’ system and exhibits some of the best strike-throwing ability in the organization. He got the start on Friday against Cedar Rapids and made headlines by striking out 11 over 4.1 innings of work.
Eight of the first ten batters Rodriguez faced went down via the strikeout. He struck out the side in both the first and the third innings and worked into the fifth. His lone run allowed was unearned, as a fielding error by Hedbert Perez allowed Kyle DeBarge to cross the plate. Rodriguez generated 21 swinging strikes, showing excellent command of his primarily four-pitch mix.
Despite well below-average stuff, Rodriguez has found success with a combination of command and deception. He showed four pitches in a four-seam fastball, cutter, sweeper and changeup, the latter of which he threw only one time. Rodriguez’s fastball has true cut-ride shape but shows only pedestrian ride while sitting 88-89 and touching 90 mph at peak. His cutter sits in the 81-83 mph range with ride and heavy horizontal break and the sweeper sits in the high 70s with over a foot of sweep. The latter was his best bat-missing pitch during this start, but he used the cutter with more regularity.
Rodriguez has starter traits, but the extreme lack of fastball velocity makes it a question as to whether or not he can succeed at the highest levels.
ReasonablySober wrote:John Holobetz - RHP - Old Dominion
Another guy without a scouting report on MLB, Fangraphs, or BA.
ReasonablySober wrote:Letson on the hill tonight.
MVP2110 wrote:Some guys in AAA who are off to fast starts who might be able to help the big league club this year
Carlos Rodriguez 0.61 ERA through 3 starts
Jacob Misiorowski 0.66 ERA through 3 games(2 starts)
Logan Henderson 3.21 ERA through 3 starts
Craig Yoho has yet to give up a run in 6.1 IP
Ernesto Martinez with 2 HR, 10 RBI, & a .422 OBP in 38 ABs
Caleb Durbin with 2 HR, 3 SB, & a .306 OBP in 47 ABs