Milwaukee Brewers minor league players
Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Milwaukee Brewers system.
Players
Zack Brown
Zachery Ryan Brown is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Brown attended Seymour High School in Seymour, Indiana. He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 38th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and played college baseball at the University of Kentucky. He was then drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fifth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.
Brown pitched his first professional season with the Helena Brewers and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. In 12 games between the two teams he was 1-4 with a 4.46 ERA. He pitched 2017 with Wisconsin and the Carolina Mudcats, going 7-5 with a 3.11 ERA in 22 games, and he played 2018 with the Biloxi Shuckers, pitching to a 9-1 record with a 2.44 ERA in 22 games.
Brown spent 2019 with the San Antonio Missions, going 3-7 with a 5.79 ERA over 25 games, striking out 98 over innings.
Jesús Castillo
Jesús Ronaldo Castillo Rojas is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Castillo signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent in 2011. He spent the 2012 season with the DSL Diamondbacks, going 2–4 with a 5.40 ERA over innings.
On February 18, 2013, Castillo and Erick Leal were traded to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Tony Campana. He spent the 2013 season with the VSL Cubs, going 0–2 with a 4.26 ERA over 19 innings. He played for the AZL Cubs in 2014 and 2015, going 1–0 with a 2.67 ERA over innings in 2014 and going 1–2 with a 4.58 ERA over innings in 2015.
On August 1, 2016, Castillo was traded to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for Joe Smith. He split the 2016 season between the Eugene Emeralds and the Burlington Bees, going a combined 5–5 with a 2.87 ERA over innings. He split the 2017 season between Burlington, Inland Empire 66ers, and the Mobile BayBears, going a combined 9–6 with a 3.32 ERA over innings.
The Angels added Castillo to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season. He spent the 2018 season with Mobile, going 9–5 with a 4.94 ERA over innings. Castillo was designated for assignment on March 27, 2019 and outrighted on March 31. He spent 2019 with Mobile, going 6–6 with a 2.71 ERA over innings. He became a free agent following the 2019 season.
On November 23, 2019, Castillo signed a minor league contract, with an invitation to major league spring training, with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Bubba Derby
Bowdien Henry Asa Derby is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Derby attended La Salle High School in Pasadena, California. As a senior in 2012, he compiled a 9-1 record, a 0.90 ERA, and 117 strikeouts in 81 innings. After graduating, he enrolled at San Diego State University where he played college baseball for the San Diego State Aztecs. In 2015, as a junior, he went 8-4 with a 3.32 ERA and 131 strikeouts in 103 innings and was named to the All-Mountain West first team. After the season, Derby was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the sixth round, 188th overall, of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with Milwaukee and was assigned to the Arizona League Athletics before being promoted to the Vermont Lake Monsters. In 14 games between the two teams, he went 1-1 with a 1.21 ERA and 47 strikeouts over innings.
On February 12, 2016, Oakland traded Derby, along with Jacob Nottingham, to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Khris Davis. He was assigned to the Brevard County Manatees and he spent all of 2016 there, going 6-13 with a 5.59 ERA in 26 games. In 2017, he played for both the Biloxi Shuckers and Colorado Springs Sky Sox, compiling a combined 7-1 record, a 3.26 ERA, and a 1.20 WHIP over innings. innings pitched between the two teams, and in 2018, he returned Colorado Springs, going 6-5 with a 4.49 ERA in 31 games.
Derby spent 2019 with the San Antonio Missions, going 7-8 with a 4.99 ERA over 27 games, striking out 104 batters over innings.
Brent Díaz
Brent Díaz is an American professional baseball catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Díaz attended Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami, Florida, and Louisiana Tech University. He played college baseball for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. In 2017, he was named a finalist for the Johnny Bench Award. The Milwaukee Brewers selected Diaz in the 29th round of the 2017 MLB draft, and he signed, forgoing his senior year at Louisiana Tech. He began his professional career with the Helena Brewers and after batting.267 with a.686 OPS in 12 games, was reassigned to the AZL Brewers where he batted.368 with a.987 OPS in 18 games to finish the season. He played in only 26 games in 2018 due to injury.
Díaz returned to Wisconsin for the 2019 season, slashing.245/.361/.385 with four home runs and 24 RBIs over seventy games.
Lucas Erceg
Lucas Erceg is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Erceg attended Westmont High School in Campbell, California. He played college baseball at the University of California, Berkeley in 2014 and 2015 and was named first team All-Pac-12 in 2015. Prior to the 2016 season he was ruled academically ineligible and transferred to Menlo College. After one year at Menlo, he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the second round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.
Erceg made his professional debut with the Helena Brewers of the Rookie-level Pioneer League and was promoted to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Class A Midwest League after hitting.400 over 26 games. Erceg finished his first professional season with a.327 batting average, nine home runs and 51 RBIs in 68 total games between both teams. In 2017, he played for the Carolina Mudcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina Leaguewhere he batted.256 with 15 home runs and 81 RBIs in 127 games along with playing in three games for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League at the end of the season.
MLB.com ranked Ecreg as Milwaukee's fourth ranked prospect going into the 2018 season. He spent the 2018 season with the Biloxi Shuckers of the Class AA Southern League, batting.248 with 13 home runs and 51 RBIs in 123 games. He spent 2019 with the San Antonio Missions of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, slashing.218/.305/.398 with 15 home runs and 52 RBIs over 116 games.
Mario Feliciano
Mario Javier Feliciano is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Feliciano was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the second round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft out of the Carlos Beltran Academy in Florida, Puerto Rico. He made his professional debut with the Arizona League Brewers.
Feliciano played 2017 with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, batting.265 with 16 RBIs over 29 games, and 2018 with the Arizona League Brewers and Carolina Mudcats, slashing.251/.320/.331 with four home runs and 36 RBIs in 104 games. He played in only 46 games during the 2018 season, hitting.213 with three home runs, and only two games in the Arizona Fall League due to a shoulder injury. He started 2019 with Carolina.
Dylan File
Dylan File is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.File attended Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah, where he played baseball. In 2014, his senior year, he went 7-2 with a 0.63 ERA along with batting.400. Undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Dixie State University where he played college baseball.
In 2015, File's freshman season at Dixie State, he appeared in 12 games in which he went 6-1 with a 2.63 ERA, striking out 44 over innings. He was named the Pacific West Conference Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore in 2016, he started 14 games, going 6-1 with a 2.99 ERA. That summer, he played in the Northwoods League with the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. In 2017, his junior year, File went 8-2 with a 3.58 ERA over 15 games, striking out 75 over 93 games, earning Pacific West Co-Pitcher of the Year. Following the season, he was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 21st round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.
File signed with Milwaukee and made his professional debut with the Helena Brewers. Over 12 games, he went 1-2 with a 4.02 ERA. In 2018, he spent the season with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, with whom he was named a Midwest League All-Star. Over 25 starts, File compiled an 8-10 record with a 3.96 ERA, striking out 114 over innings. In 2019, he began the year with the Carolina Mudcats before being promoted to the Biloxi Shuckers in June, with whom he finished the year. Over 26 starts between both teams, File pitched to a 15-6 record with a 3.24 ERA, collecting 136 strikeouts over 147 innings.
Jake Gatewood
Henry Jacob Gatewood is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Gatewood attended Clovis High School in Clovis, California. He was the winner of the junior Home Run Derby at Citi Field on July 15, 2013.
Gatewood at one point was considered a potential top overall pick in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. He ended up getting drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers 41st overall in the draft. He signed on June 14, and was assigned to the AZL Brewers, where he posted a.206 batting average with three home runs and 32 RBIs in 50 games. Gatewood spent 2015 with both the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and the Helena Brewers, batting a combined.244 with ten home runs and 57 RBIs in 109 games between both teams. In 2016, Gatewood spent the whole season with the Timber Rattlers, where he batted.240 with 14 home runs and 64 RBIs in 126 games. He spent 2017 with both the Carolina Mudcats and Biloxi Shuckers, posting a combined.264 average along with 15 home runs, 62 RBIs, ten stolen bases and a.775 OPS in 134 games between both clubs, and he spent 2018 back with Biloxi, batting.244 with 19 home runs and 59 RBIs in 94 games. In 2019, he played with Biloxi, slashing.187/.244/.331 with 13 home runs and 45 RBIs over 94 games.
Tristen Lutz
Tristen Drew Lutz is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.During his senior season at Martin High School, Lutz batted.430 while slugging 11 home runs and drove in 49 RBIs. Lutz committed to the University of Texas before being selected with the 34th overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers
On July 5, 2017, Lutz signed with the Brewers and earned a signing bonus of $2.352 million. After signing with Brewers, Lutz was assigned to the Arizona League Brewers. In just 16 games, Lutz hit.279/.347/.559 while hitting three home runs and driving in 11 runs before being promoting to the Helena Brewers. He finished out the rest of the season in the Pioneer League with Helena hitting.333/.432/.559 with six home runs and 16 RBIs in 24 games.
MLB.com ranked Lutz as Milwaukee's ninth ranked prospect going into the 2018 season. He spent 2018 with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, slashing.245/.321/.421 with 13 home runs and 63 RBIs in 119 games. He spent 2019 with the Carolina Mudcats, batting.255 with 13 home runs and 54 RBIs over 112 games.
Standing at 6'3" and weighing around 210 lbs, Lutz is known for his raw power and his strong plate discipline.
Mark Mathias
Mark Andrew Mathias is an American professional baseball infielder in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Mathias attended Irvington High School in Fremont, California. Undrafted out of high school, Mathias attended California Polytechnic State University. Mathias played for the 2014 USA Collegiate National Team. He underwent arthroscopic shoulder surgery in December of 2014. Mathias was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the third round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft.
Mathias played for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in 2015, hitting.282/.382/.408/.790 with 2 home run and 32 RBI. He split the 2016 season between the Lynchburg Hillcats and the Akron RubberDucks, hitting a combined.267/.351/.396/.747 with 5 home runs and 61 RBI. He spent the 2017 and 2018 season in Akron, hitting.212 in 35 games in 2017, and.232 with 8 home runs and 45 RBI in 2018. He spent the 2019 season with the Columbus Clippers, hitting.269/.355/.442/.797 with 12 home runs and 59 RBI.
Mathias was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Andres Melendez on November 20, 2019, and immediately added to the Brewers 40-man roster.
Ángel Perdomo
Ángel David Perdomo is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Perdomo signed with the Blue Jays as an international free agent on November 28, 2011. He was assigned to the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays for the 2012 season, where he pitched to a 5.40 earned run average, 13 strikeouts, and 13 walks in seven games totaling 11 innings. He remained with the DSL Blue Jays in 2013, pitching 26 innings and posting a 0–1 win–loss record, 3.04 ERA, and 43 strikeouts. Perdomo was promoted to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Blue Jays in 2014, and appeared in 13 games. He would compile a 3–2 record, 2.54 ERA, and 57 strikeouts in 46 innings.
Perdomo began the 2015 minor league season with the Rookie-Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays, and later earned a promotion to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians. He pitched a combined 69 innings in 2015, and posted a 6–1 record, 2.60 ERA, and 67 strikeouts. Continuing to progress through the Blue Jays minor league system, Perdomo was assigned to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts to open the 2016 season. In June he was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game as an injury replacement for Dylan Unsworth. Perdomo made 25 starts and two relief appearances for the Lugnuts in 2016, and posted a 5–7 record, 3.19 ERA, and 156 strikeouts in 127 innings. He played the entire 2017 season with the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays, and went 5–6 with a 3.70 ERA and 65 strikeouts in 75 innings. Perdomo stayed with Dunedin in 2018, pitching to a 1–5 record, 3.63 ERA, and 100 strikeouts in 79 innings. He elected free agency on November 2, 2018.
Perdomo signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers on November 12, 2018. He split the 2019 season between the Biloxi Shuckers and San Antonio Missions, going a combined 5–2 with a 4.28 ERA over innings. Perdomo was added to the Brewers 40–man roster on November 2, 2019.
On July 6, 2020, it was announced that Perdomo had tested positive for COVID-19.
Chad Spanberger
Chad Spanberger is an American professional baseball first baseman in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Spanberger graduated from Granite City High School in Granite City, Illinois in 2014. As a senior, he hit.417 with four home runs and 27 RBIs. Undrafted out of high school, he enrolled at the University of Arkansas where he played college baseball for the Razorbacks. In 2017, as a junior at Arkansas, he batted.305 with 20 home runs and 67 RBIs. After his junior year, he was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the sixth round of the 2017 MLB draft.
After signing with the Rockies, Spanberger made his professional debut that year with the Grand Junction Rockies where he hit.294 with 19 home runs and 51 RBIs in sixty games. He began 2018 with the Asheville Tourists, with whom he was named a South Atlantic League All-Star.
On July 26, 2018, the Rockies traded Spanberger, Forrest Wall, and either a player to be named later or cash considerations to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Seung-hwan Oh.
After the trade, Spanberger was assigned to the Lansing Lugnuts before being promoted to the Dunedin Blue Jays in August. In 123 total games between Asheville, Lansing, and Dunedin, he slashed.298/.355/.538 with 27 home runs, 90 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases. He spent 2019 with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, batting.237 with 13 home runs and 59 RBIs over 122 games.
On November 4, 2019, Spanberger was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Chase Anderson.
Trey Supak
Treyson Thomas Supak is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Supak attended La Grange High School in La Grange, Texas. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft.
On December 17, 2015, the Pirates traded Supak and Keon Broxton to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jason Rogers. The Brewers added him to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season.
Quintin Torres-Costa
Quintin John Alohiokala Torres-Costa is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Torres-Costa attended Waiakea High School in Hilo, Hawaii and played college baseball at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 35th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. He signed and spent his first professional season with the Arizona League Brewers and Helena Brewers, compiling a 2-0 record and a 3.38 ERA in 14 relief appearances.
Torres-Costa spent 2016 with Helena and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, going a combined 6-3 with a 3.92 ERA in 45 relief appearances, and 2017 with the Carolina Mudcats and Biloxi Shuckers, pitching to a 9-6 record and a 4.23 ERA in 41 appearances in relief. After the 2017 season, he played in the Arizona Fall League. He started 2018 with Biloxi and was promoted to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox during the season. In 43 relief appearances between the two clubs, Torres-Costa was 3-2 with a 1.31 ERA.
Torres-Costa underwent Tommy John Surgery during the offseason, forcing him to miss all of 2019.
Noah Zavolas
Noah Zavolas is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers organization.Zavolas attended Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Acton, Massachusetts. He enrolled at Harvard University and played college baseball for the Harvard Crimson. During the summer of 2017, Zavolas pitched for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
The Seattle Mariners selected Zavolas in the 18th round of the 2018 MLB draft. He made his professional debut that year with the Modesto Nuts and was promoted to the Everett AquaSox during the season. In 19 relief appearances between the two clubs, he went 5-2 with a 3.03 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP. After the 2018 season, the Mariners traded Zavolas and Ben Gamel to the Milwaukee Brewers for Domingo Santana.
Zavolas spent 2019 with the Carolina Mudcats, going 6-5 with a 2.98 ERA over 22 starts, striking out 102 over 133 innings.