Minor League Baseball can take you to places that you’ve never heard of to see some of the game’s best rising talent. This year, one of those places is Zebulon, North Carolina.
The Carolina Mudcats have one of the most interesting, stacked minor-league rosters going, featuring names like Jesús Made, Luis Peña, Braylon Payne, Eric Bitonti, Josh Adamczewski, Filippo Di Turi and Marco Dinges.
We are on the final stretch of this list, and it has been a ride. While the list is limited to 20 players, I could see others on the move. There are plenty of prospects the club can use for trades.
Affiliates struggle but Eric Bitonti slugs three homers, moving season total to 13 between ACL Brewers and Low-A Carolina Each week, I’ll be bringing you a roundup of the Brewers minor league affiliates, including score updates, key players, and more.
The Rule 5 draft, held annually at the winter meetings in December, never garners much fanfare, but it has been known to yield some noteworthy transactions.
The Brewers drafted left-handed hitting prep shortstop Eric Bitonti with the 87th overall pick in the 2023 draft. Bitonti was the 54th-ranked player in the class, per the Consensus Board.