Mon. 6/6 - Season Openers for Dominican Summer and Arizona Complex Leagues (4 teams in action)

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Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Monday, lineup updates, etc.

Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores

Arizona Complex League Scoreboard

Dominican Summer League Scoreboard

Links for affiliate audio

Standings and sortable stat pages

Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth

Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth

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As will generally always be the case, the DSL squads get us started bright and early. Here are the opening day lineups, as Brewers1 takes on Phillies Red and Brewers2 goes toe to toe with Tigers1:

Brewers1 Lineup:
1 – Luis Lara – CF                (2022 signing - $1.1m)
2 – Gery Holguin – SS        (2022 signing - $450k)
3 – Jhonny Severino – 3B  (2022 signing - $1.23m)
4 – Fabricio Valera – RF     (2022 signing - $400k)
5 – Duncan Garcia – LF      (2021 signing - .672 OPS)
6 – Angel Pereira – 2B       (2022 signing - $275k)
7 – Miguel Briceno – DH    (2019 signing - .668 OPS)
8 – Darlin Lora – C              (2021 signing - .616 OPS)
9 – Arnys Rodriguez – 1B  (2019 signing - .501 OPS)
X – Kevin Briceno – P         (2021 signing – 1.00 WHIP)

Brewers2 Lineup:
1 – Reminton Batista – CF (2022 signing - $10k)
2 – Jamal Zalm – DH          (2019 signing - .763 OPS)
3 – Juan Baez – 3B             (2022 signing - $10k)
4 – Johan Barrios – SS       (2022 signing - $1.385m)
5 – Yeison Perez – 1B        (2021 signing - .626 OPS)
6 – Eric Martinez – C         (2021 signing - .636 OPS)
7 – Jose Gonzalez – LF       (2019 signing - .743 OPS)
8 – Irving Iguales – RF        (2021 signing – not yet debuted)
9 – Donis Rodriguez – 2B  (2022 signing - $40k)
X – Daurys Mora – P          (2022 signing - $10k)

[Madhawk23]

Just curious: who can we expect to see on those two AZL rosters tonight?  With so many of our young teenage prospects already moved up to Carolina, will there be many guys in AZ that will be worth keeping tabs on?  In looking at MLB Pipeline's preseason Top 30 rankings, it looks like Logan Henderson is the only guy on that list that appears might be getting his start in AZ this year.  But, just wondering if there are other intriguing prospects we should keep our eye on down there?

[Joseph Zarr]

Kevin Briceno and Jesael Cabrera each complete four full innings of near identical results: 4 hits and one run apiece. 6 k's and 4 k's, respectively. The bats only muster three knocks and the DSL Brewers 1 fall to the tune of 2-0.

[Joseph Zarr]

The DSL Brewers 2 squad managed to plate 5 runs in the bottom-half of the fifth to knot the score at 5 apiece. It's 5-5 headed to the bottom of the 6th now. 2 rbi's apiece for 3B Juan Baez and 1B Yeison Perez. (Baez is 16 yo, btw. Wowsers)

[Joseph Zarr]

15 minutes ago, Madhawk23 said:

Just curious: who can we expect to see on those two AZL rosters tonight?  With so many of our young teenage prospects already moved up to Carolina, will there be many guys in AZ that will be worth keeping tabs on?  In looking at MLB Pipeline's preseason Top 30 rankings, it looks like Logan Henderson is the only guy on that list that appears might be getting his start in AZ this year.  But, just wondering if there are other intriguing prospects we should keep our eye on down there?

Check out Daniel's fine work and compilation efforts in Sunday's report - it gives a detailed list of all the DSL promotions there. These young men would be worth tracking. But, I would be remiss if I didn't say: All our prospects are worth supporting and monitoring. And, there's my 'I'm a Dad' moment for you?

Daniels report: HERE - Go to Bottom of Report for DSL to ACL promotional listings

[CheeseheadInQC]

24 minutes ago, Madhawk23 said:

Just curious: who can we expect to see on those two AZL rosters tonight?  With so many of our young teenage prospects already moved up to Carolina, will there be many guys in AZ that will be worth keeping tabs on?  In looking at MLB Pipeline's preseason Top 30 rankings, it looks like Logan Henderson is the only guy on that list that appears might be getting his start in AZ this year.  But, just wondering if there are other intriguing prospects we should keep our eye on down there?

You’ve got last year’s over-slot high school picks (Vire, Low, Avina), guys who skipped the DSL in the COVID season aftermath and struggled in the ACL (Medina, Herrera, a couple infielders), and a few players who were competing with Cruz for the title of best pitcher on the DSL rosters (Mejia and Vallecillo). There are also a couple higher priced infield signings (Barrios, Guilarte), and several bounce back or sleeper candidates (Fernandez, Colina, etc.). No top prospects now, but enough intriguing prospects to think a few might reach that level in the future.

[Smichaelis9]

1 minute ago, Madhawk23 said:

Just curious: who can we expect to see on those two AZL rosters tonight?  With so many of our young teenage prospects already moved up to Carolina, will there be many guys in AZ that will be worth keeping tabs on?  In looking at MLB Pipeline's preseason Top 30 rankings, it looks like Logan Henderson is the only guy on that list that appears might be getting his start in AZ this year.  But, just wondering if there are other intriguing prospects we should keep our eye on down there?

Personally, I'm very much looking forward to seeing what Quinton Low and Jace Avina do. Low got a taste of the complex league last year and did quite well in 20 some AB's. Daniel Guilarte, Gregory Barrios are two international signings who were ranked by a couple outlets. Both will be 18 for the whole season. Luis Medina was a pretty big name when he signed in the Hedbert Perez/Jeferson Quero class, but has struggled a bit so far. 

On the pitching side, a personal favorite of mine is Yujanyer Herrera, though he definitely will need to cut down on his walks. He's flashed a nasty changeup in some video I've seen and velo in the 90-93 range. Yorman Galindez was described as a "strike thrower" with a fastball up to 94 and feel for a curveball. He was signed in the latest international class, but is 19 years old. Caden Vire was another of the high school picks in the later rounds last year with a super projectable body and arm. Hoping he's put on some good weight in the last year and can get off to a good start in pro ball!

There are more, but those are the ones that stood out to me at first glance.

[Joseph Zarr]

Great stuff @CheeseheadInQC and @Smichaelis9. Absolutely love the posts.

[Joseph Zarr]

DSL Tigers 1 and DSL Brewers 2 are knotted up at 6 in the top of the ninth. The Tigers have managed 13 hits until now and have a man on second base.

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Several super-young infielders to watch in the Arizona Complex League in Ney Serrano (decent in DSL), Gregory Barrios (big bonus, struggled in DSL), Jadher Areinamo (solid in DSL), Jonatan Guzman (yet to debut) and Daniel Guilarte (big bonus, yet to debut), plus Luis Castillo (struggled a bit in DSL) in the outfield. All of these guys will remain 18 throughout this season.

Here's a random highlight from DSL's 2021 preseason, which we hope to see much of in ACL 2022: 

 

[Madhawk23]

2 hours ago, Julio Muchacho said:

Great stuff @CheeseheadInQC and @Smichaelis9. Absolutely love the posts.

Yes, thank you to all three of you for this valuable information.  Will help me narrow in at least on some guys to keep an eye on with the games starting tonight.  Much appreciated!

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The season openers for the Brewers' Arizona Complex League teams (Blue and Gold) are underway, with organizational debuts for SS Daniel Guilarte ($1m signing bonus in 2021), DH/INF Jonatan Guzman and 2021 14th round pick OF Jace Avina.

The Brewers' two top DSL pitchers of 2021 (RHPs Alexander Vallecillo, Domingo Mejia) make their stateside debuts, along with SS Gregory Barrios ($1m signing bonus in 2021) and several other interesting young players:

ACL Brewers Blue lineup against ACL Reds:
1 – Daniel Guilarte – SS            $1m 2021 bonus, org debut
2 – Jace Avina – CF                    2021 14^th round pick, org debut
3 – Quinton Low – 1B                2021 13^th round pick
4 – Eduarqui Fernandez – RF  .696 OPS in ACL last year
5 – Felipe Valderrama – C       .670 OPS in DSL last year
6 – Beyker Pastran – 3B           .556 OPS in ACL last year
7 – Jonatan Guzman – DH        organizational debut
8 – Alexander Perez – 2B         .609 OPS in DSL last year
9 – Reidy Mercado – LF            .668 OPS in ACL last year
X – Alexander Vallecillo – P      1.80 ERA, 0.95 WHIP in DSL last year
 

ACL Brewers Gold lineup against ACL Athletics:
1 – Jadher Areinamo – 2B        .715 OPS in DSL last year
2 – Gregory Barrios – SS           $1m 2021 bonus
3 – Blayberg Diaz – C                .770 OPS in ACL last year
4 – Jesus Parra – 1B                  .566 OPS in ACL last year
5 – Luis Castillo – RF                 .629 OPS in DSL last year
6 – Eduarh Colina – LF             .741 OPS in DSL last year
7 – Kaylan Nicasia – 3B            2021 16^th round pick
8 – Rafael Martinez – CF         .774 OPS in DSL last year
9 – Carlos Roa – DH                 .527 OPS in ACL last year
X – Domingo Mejia – P            1.98 ERA, 1.02 WHIP in DSL last year

[CheeseheadInQC]

Luis Castillo did play last season in the DSL. He is interesting. He didn't have the best stats, but the Brewers liked him enough to give him a minor league spring training invite (and now stateside roster spot) over a couple of guys who had superior stat lines. It seemed one of the bigger issues was a lack of power, well, until tonight that is.

[Mass Haas]

Here's your final Link Report from Monday 6/6