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The Jesús Made train isn't slowing down.
Though he was shut out of any runs batted in May 24, the No. 1 prospect in baseball finished with an RBI in nine consecutive games, the longest such streak for any player in minor-league baseball this year. Never mind a player who just turned 19 earlier this month and is already at the Class AA level.
Some of Made's RBIs were particularly exciting during the Biloxi Shuckers' batch of games this week against the Birmingham Barons, including a walk-off single May 23 to cap a rain-suspended game from two days earlier. The Shuckers rallied for three runs in the 11th to prevail, 7-6, with second-baseman Dylan O'Rae (3-for-5, RBI) singling in a run with two outs, stealing second and then scoring the second of two runs on Made's game-winner.
In the regularly scheduled game that night, Made then homered in his first at-bat, the first of back-to-back homers with Blake Burke (12th homer of the year).
Made's winner was his second walk-off winner of the week. On May 19, he sent a drive to the warning track that bounded over the fence for what goes down in the books as a walk-off single, since the bases were loaded and the run scored without the need for any extra bases.
The nine-game RBI streak is something that hasn't been achieved in Major League Baseball since Shohei Ohtani drove in a run in 10 consecutive games from June 16-26, 2024. Made had two late chances for a 10th straight game May 24 but stranded runners in scoring position both times in going 0 for 4.
Made is up to six homers and came into Sunday with an .819 OPS, plus 35 RBI and 18 stolen bases. He had four straight two-hit games against Birmingham heading into the weekly finale, and that was coming off a three-hit game May 16.
With the high-profile success of the Milwaukee Brewers farm system, we've been providing weekly updates on what's going on throughout the organization.
While the Brewers faced off with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the son of a longtime Dodgers coach was thriving in the Brewers organization.
Brady Ebel, a first-round pick in 2025 and the teenage son of Dodgers third-base coach Dino Ebel, had a huge week for the Wilson Warbirds, shaking off a slow start to the 2026 season (which perhaps should be expected for an 18-year-old at Class A). He earned Carolina League Player of the Week.
In five games against Delmarva last week, Ebel had nine hits in 22 at-bats, including two doubles, a triple and his first two professional home runs. He already entered the week with a four-game hitting streak and two-game streak of multiple hits, streaks that ran to nine (ongoing) and four, respectively.
Ebel also stole three bases this week and has upped his season total of thefts to 18. He's up to a .388 on-base percentage and .750 OPS, perfectly cromulent marks for a player in his first year of pro baseball.
The 32nd pick in last year's draft out of a California high school bats left and plays shortstop. MLB Pipeline considers Ebel the team's No. 13 prospect.
The No. 2 prospect in the organization is back in action, and he was busy in his two rehab games for the rookie-ball Brewers in Arizona on May 22 and May 23. He went 0 for 1 with two walks, two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base in the first game, then went 2 for 3 with a double and stolen base in the second game.
He's expected back with the Class High A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers soon; he hasn't played for them since passing out in the dugout April 22.
The thunderous homers continued for the first-round pick in 2025, with three more this week against Great Lakes. He went 3 for 5 with a double, homer and three RBIs on May 23, plus a stolen base, marking his second straight game with a home run for High A Wisconsin.
He finished the week with the three homers, six RBIs and two stolen bases. Pipeline views Fischer as the No. 6 prospect in the organization.
Pratt's surge of results took a small step back last week, though he still had a home run May 20 against Durham among his four hits from the week. He's up to five home runs this season and has a .733 OPS. The No. 4 prospect in the organization is on the 40-man roster and could be called up at any time.
The No. 3 prospect in the organization also cooled a little last week after a red-hot run, but it's still been an ascendent trajectory for the multi-positional threat, with five more hits over his past five games, including a double. After his OPS went over .800 for the year, he's back down to .763.
The No. 5 prospect in the organization recorded five hits in the first two games of the week, including two doubles, then recorded a couple singles over the next four contests, with two RBIs and four walks in that stretch.
His numbers remain superb: a .333 average, .445 on-base percentage and .939 OPS, all of that in addition to his elite outfield glove. The 21-year-old at AAA Nashville is fifth in the International League with 46 runs scored.
The No. 12 prospect in the organization remained hot, homering twice May 19 for a third consecutive game with a longball, though he only played in three games this week and hasn't seen the field since May 21. He has a .937 OPS at age 19 in Wisconsin, with 10 homers.
Perhaps you already learned the name Jarrette Bonet when he was named the organization's pitcher of the month in April, and after a slow start to May, he's back in the saddle.
The 20-year-old right-handed pitcher singed as an undrafted free agent from San Jacinto Junior College in Texas and worked a sparkling 6 ⅓ innings again this week for the Wilson Warbirds on May 22, surrendering just one hit and one walk with six strikeouts and no runs.
His ERA is 4.43 in nine starts, hurt by three straight starts of allowing four runs or more. But he has 47 strikeouts in 43 innings.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Jesús Made stays hot as the No. 1 prospect in baseball
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Though he was shut out of any runs batted in May 24, the No. 1 prospect in baseball finished with an RBI in nine consecutive games, the longest such streak for any player in minor-league baseball this year. Never mind a player who just turned 19 earlier this month and is already at the Class AA level.
Some of Made's RBIs were particularly exciting during the Biloxi Shuckers' batch of games this week against the Birmingham Barons, including a walk-off single May 23 to cap a rain-suspended game from two days earlier. The Shuckers rallied for three runs in the 11th to prevail, 7-6, with second-baseman Dylan O'Rae (3-for-5, RBI) singling in a run with two outs, stealing second and then scoring the second of two runs on Made's game-winner.
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In the regularly scheduled game that night, Made then homered in his first at-bat, the first of back-to-back homers with Blake Burke (12th homer of the year).
Made's winner was his second walk-off winner of the week. On May 19, he sent a drive to the warning track that bounded over the fence for what goes down in the books as a walk-off single, since the bases were loaded and the run scored without the need for any extra bases.
The nine-game RBI streak is something that hasn't been achieved in Major League Baseball since Shohei Ohtani drove in a run in 10 consecutive games from June 16-26, 2024. Made had two late chances for a 10th straight game May 24 but stranded runners in scoring position both times in going 0 for 4.
Made is up to six homers and came into Sunday with an .819 OPS, plus 35 RBI and 18 stolen bases. He had four straight two-hit games against Birmingham heading into the weekly finale, and that was coming off a three-hit game May 16.
With the high-profile success of the Milwaukee Brewers farm system, we've been providing weekly updates on what's going on throughout the organization.
Here's what happened this week
- Class AAA Nashville (30-21) saw its nine-game winning streak come to an end in a rain-shortened loss to Durham (Rays), but the Sounds still finished the week 4-2.
- Class AA Biloxi (22-21) had to sit out a couple of rainy days but wound up a perfect 5-0 for the week against Montgomery (Chicago White Sox).
- Class High A Wisconsin (23-18) went 3-2 against the Great Lakes Loons (Dodgers), with the finale May 24 washed away by rain.
- Class A Wilson (23-22) went 4-2 with one against Delmarva (Orioles), splitting a doubleheader to close the week
- The rookie-ball Arizona Brewers (6-10) went 2-3 against assorted foes this week.
Standout performances from the Brewers 40-man roster
- Rob Zastryzny has allowed just two hits and no runs in 5 ⅓ innings worth of rehab work at Class AAA Nashville. Now the question is when there will be room for the left-hander in the Brewers bullpen.
- Craig Yoho allowed an unearned run May 24 but hasn't allowed an earned run since April 25 and has recorded multiple strikeouts in four of his last five outings. His ERA is 1.29.
- Brian Fitzpatrick had two scoreless innings for Nashville again this week and has still not allowed an earned run in 12 ⅓ innings of work at Nashville this season, with 15 strikeouts in 12 innings. His WHIP is 0.89.
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Best performance this week from a Brewers top prospect
While the Brewers faced off with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the son of a longtime Dodgers coach was thriving in the Brewers organization.
Brady Ebel, a first-round pick in 2025 and the teenage son of Dodgers third-base coach Dino Ebel, had a huge week for the Wilson Warbirds, shaking off a slow start to the 2026 season (which perhaps should be expected for an 18-year-old at Class A). He earned Carolina League Player of the Week.
In five games against Delmarva last week, Ebel had nine hits in 22 at-bats, including two doubles, a triple and his first two professional home runs. He already entered the week with a four-game hitting streak and two-game streak of multiple hits, streaks that ran to nine (ongoing) and four, respectively.
Ebel also stole three bases this week and has upped his season total of thefts to 18. He's up to a .388 on-base percentage and .750 OPS, perfectly cromulent marks for a player in his first year of pro baseball.
The 32nd pick in last year's draft out of a California high school bats left and plays shortstop. MLB Pipeline considers Ebel the team's No. 13 prospect.
How Brewers prospect Luis Peña fared this week
The No. 2 prospect in the organization is back in action, and he was busy in his two rehab games for the rookie-ball Brewers in Arizona on May 22 and May 23. He went 0 for 1 with two walks, two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base in the first game, then went 2 for 3 with a double and stolen base in the second game.
He's expected back with the Class High A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers soon; he hasn't played for them since passing out in the dugout April 22.
How Brewers prospect Andrew Fischer fared this week
OUT OF THE STADIUM FOR ANDREW FISCHER
He's 3-3 today and that's his 11th HR of the season.
Rattlers 4 | Great Lakes 0 #tratnation@sirfischer3pic.twitter.com/86S8Z2uQp2
— Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (@TimberRattlers) May 19, 2026
The thunderous homers continued for the first-round pick in 2025, with three more this week against Great Lakes. He went 3 for 5 with a double, homer and three RBIs on May 23, plus a stolen base, marking his second straight game with a home run for High A Wisconsin.
He finished the week with the three homers, six RBIs and two stolen bases. Pipeline views Fischer as the No. 6 prospect in the organization.
How Brewers prospect Cooper Pratt fared this week
Pratt's surge of results took a small step back last week, though he still had a home run May 20 against Durham among his four hits from the week. He's up to five home runs this season and has a .733 OPS. The No. 4 prospect in the organization is on the 40-man roster and could be called up at any time.
How Brewers prospect Jett Williams fared this week
The No. 3 prospect in the organization also cooled a little last week after a red-hot run, but it's still been an ascendent trajectory for the multi-positional threat, with five more hits over his past five games, including a double. After his OPS went over .800 for the year, he's back down to .763.
How Brewers prospect Luis Lara fared this week
The No. 5 prospect in the organization recorded five hits in the first two games of the week, including two doubles, then recorded a couple singles over the next four contests, with two RBIs and four walks in that stretch.
His numbers remain superb: a .333 average, .445 on-base percentage and .939 OPS, all of that in addition to his elite outfield glove. The 21-year-old at AAA Nashville is fifth in the International League with 46 runs scored.
How Brewers prospect Braylon Payne fared last week
The No. 12 prospect in the organization remained hot, homering twice May 19 for a third consecutive game with a longball, though he only played in three games this week and hasn't seen the field since May 21. He has a .937 OPS at age 19 in Wisconsin, with 10 homers.
A Brewers name you might want to learn
Perhaps you already learned the name Jarrette Bonet when he was named the organization's pitcher of the month in April, and after a slow start to May, he's back in the saddle.
The 20-year-old right-handed pitcher singed as an undrafted free agent from San Jacinto Junior College in Texas and worked a sparkling 6 ⅓ innings again this week for the Wilson Warbirds on May 22, surrendering just one hit and one walk with six strikeouts and no runs.
His ERA is 4.43 in nine starts, hurt by three straight starts of allowing four runs or more. But he has 47 strikeouts in 43 innings.
Brewers minor-league highlights May 18-24
- Nashville starter Tyson Hardin is someone to keep an eye on going forward as an option for the 2026 Brewers. In his second start at the Class AAA level, he allowed one earned run on four hits with seven strikeouts and three walks in 5 ⅔ innings on May 23.
- Josh Adamczewski had hits in five of six games this week for Wisconsin, including three doubles, with three stolen bases. The 21-year-old outfielder has a 1.037 OPS with the Timber Rattlers.
- Outfielder Akil Baddoo, an offseason signing finally getting on the field after his season was derailed by a spring injury, hit two homers for Nashville on May 20. He's 4 for 20 thus far.
- Josh Knoth, the 33rd overall pick in 2023 sidelined all of 2025 with injury, made his first career appearance at Class High A on May 22, throwing two innings for Wisconsin and allowing one earned run with two strikeouts and two walks.
- In addition to his home run, Blake Burke had a double among his six hits this week for the Biloxi Shuckers, and he still has an .866 OPS.
- Dylan O'Rae has been on fire in Biloxi, with two three-hit games this week in his final three contests. He had eight hits overall this week, including two doubles, with six walks and five stolen bases. His 25 stolen bases are third in the Southern League, and he has an .822 OPS.
- Wisconsin catcher Marco Dinges hit a grand slam May 21 and has a .397 on-base percentage, with a .865 OPS.
- Jaron DeBerry worked seven innings for Biloxi, allowing three hits and two earned runs, racking up nine strikeouts and walking just two. It's been an up-and-down season thus far in terms of results, but that marked two strong outings in three starts for the 23-year-old, a third-round pick in 2024.
- Biloxi catcher Darrien Miller had a two-homer game May 21, and the 25-year-old now has a 1.077 ERA with seven homers and 16 RBIs in 82 at-bats.
- Big left-hander Wande Torres had a strong start for Wisconsin on May 19, allowing just two hits and one walk in six scoreless innings, with six strikeouts.
- Top-30 prospect Brailyn Antunez had six hits in five games for the Arizona rookie-league Brewers, including three doubles,
- Shortstop Freddy Zamora hit his first homer of the year, a three-run shot, in the ninth inning to tie the game for Nashville on May 19, a game the Sounds went on to win. He also had a double.
- José Anderson had two homers May 19 for Wilson and now has 10 for the year, but his OPS is still just .702.
- Sleeper prospect Juan Ortuno, a 19-year-old shortstop at Wilson, had six hits last week, including a two-homer game. He racked up seven RBIs and also walked six times. The native Venezuelan has a .761 OPS this year.
Intriguing opposing players
- Madison native Christian Oppor is regarded as one of the top prospects in the White Sox organization, but he has struggled this year, including against Biloxi on May 20 when he allowed five earned runs on five walks and two hits in two innings. Oppor has a 9.49 ERA this year and 2.19 WHIP in eight starts.
- K.C. Hunt, the player traded to the Rays in the deal that brought Jake Woodford to the Brewers just before the season, played for Class AAA Durham against Nashville. Hunt walked four batters and recorded only three outs but didn't allow any runs. He has a 6.85 ERA in 24 innings with Durham.
What's on deck, games May 25-31
- Nashville vs. Gwinnett Stripers (Braves)
- Biloxi at Columbus Clingstones (Braves)
- Wisconsin vs. Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals)
- Wilson at Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Cubs)
- Arizona Brewers vs. various opponents
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Jesús Made stays hot as the No. 1 prospect in baseball
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