![]() A return trip to Double-A showed his stuff was still there, but now the Brewers face the question of whether to send him back to Double-A for a third go-around, or risk putting him back in Colorado Springs. But a move to Colorado Springs proved to be disastrous - his good curveball was flattened by the altitude and his confidence was shaken. Lopez entered last season as a Top 100 prospect in baseball, and seemed to be at the doorstep of a spot in the major league rotation after making his big league debut in late 2015. With Orlando Arcia manning shortstop in Milwaukee for the forseeable future, he'll likely have to move off of shortstop eventually, but the glove should be able to play anywhere.Ģ016 Stats (AA-AAA): 124.2 IP || 5.78 ERA || 113 K || 71 BB || 17 HR || 1.741 WHIP There are still some questions as to whether that power surge was real, but even without great power, he still has the potential to be a valuable utility player thanks to his contact ability and slick fielding. He's always had a very good hit tool, but never showed much power until this past season, when he hit 31 doubles and 9 triples to go with his 6 home runs. ![]() 323/.379/.461 || 6 HR || 30 SB || 61 K || 44 BBĭubon joined the Brewers system following the trade of Tyler Thornburg to Boston. SS Mauricio DubonĢ016 stats (A+-AA): 549 PA ||. ![]() We've already taken a look at the Top 10, now here are the next 10 best Milwaukee Brewers prospects, as selected collectively by you, the reader:īrew Crew Ball Community Top Prospects List #1-10 11. The fruits of these labors are an MLB-level club that’s sprinkled with compelling young talent, and a farm system that is now a consensus top-five group in the league.Īs a Brew Crew Ball community, we have been discussing and voting to rank the Milwaukee Nine’s top prospects for the past few weeks. Some deals were clear rebuilding types of trades, while others were counterbuilding sort of moves that returned some players at the big league level. Between Doug Melvin and Slingin’ David Stearns, Milwaukee has traded the following players since July of 2015:Īramis Ramirez, Carlos Gomez, Mike Fiers, Jonathan Broxton, Gerardo Parra, Neal Cotts, Francisco Rodriguez, Cy Sneed, Luis Sardinas, Adam Lind, Jason Rogers, Trevor Seidenberger, Jean Segura, Tyler Wagner, Khris Davis, Jed Bradley, Aaron Hill, Jaye Chapman, Jeremy Jeffress, Jonathan Lucroy, Will Smith, Eric Young Jr, Tyler Thornburg, Drew Gagnon, Martin MaldonadoĪs an organization, the Brewers have traded an entire 25-man roster worth of players in the last 18 months. Once the franchise determined that it wasn’t going to win anything of substance with the core in place at the big league level, the stripping down of the organization began quickly building momentum into the full-blown rebuild that we as Brewers fans have had to endure for the better part of the last two years. Things quickly began to change, however, following the disastrous month that was April of 2015. ![]() For too long, the Brewers were a team that was ‘stuck in the middle’ between truly competing for the playoffs and building for the future. ![]() It wasn’t too long ago that the Milwaukee Brewers were derided as having one of the worst farm systems in the major leagues. ![]()
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