{"id":102814,"date":"2025-06-25T23:23:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T03:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=102814"},"modified":"2025-06-25T23:23:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T03:23:27","slug":"two-brewers-prospects-lighting-up-carolina-league-single-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/25\/two-brewers-prospects-lighting-up-carolina-league-single-a\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Brewers Prospects Lighting Up the Carolina League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Milwaukee Brewers\u2019 farm system is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/22\/brewers-prospect-blake-burke-showing-promise-timber-rattlers\/\" target=\"_self\">overflowing with young talent<\/a>, but two 18-year-old phenoms are stealing the spotlight in the Single-A Carolina League, Luis Pe\u00f1a and Jes\u00fas Made. Both have become must-watch players for the Carolina Mudcats, showcasing skills that have the baseball world buzzing and the Brewers\u2019 front office dreaming of a bright future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102860\" style=\"width: 456px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-102860\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26519724_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26519724_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26519724_168400885_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26519724_168400885_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26519724_168400885_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26519724_168400885_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26519724_168400885_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26519724_168400885_lowres.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milwaukee Brewers shortstop prospect Jesus Made prepares to hit during spring training on February 17, 2025, at American Family Fields of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Two Brewers Prospects Making Waves at Single-A<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Luis Pe\u00f1a: The Sensation from the Dominican Republic<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luis Pe\u00f1a, signed out of El Lim\u00f3n, Dominican Republic, has been nothing short of electric in his first full season stateside. The shortstop\u2019s numbers leap off the page. He has a .326 average, .388 on-base percentage, and .533 slugging mark through 135 at-bats. Pe\u00f1a\u2019s combination of contact ability and speed is rare\u2014he\u2019s swiped 24 bases in just 46 games, tormenting pitchers and catchers alike with his aggressive baserunning. Pe\u00f1a\u2019s approach at the plate is mature beyond his years. He\u2019s kept his strikeout rate below 10 percent, a remarkable feat for a teenager facing advanced pitching.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mudcats on the board off the bat of Luis Pena\u203c\ufe0f <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sEiftYHtFA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/sEiftYHtFA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carolina Mudcats (@CarolinaMudcats) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarolinaMudcats\/status\/1938032321233334628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His ability to hit for average while flashing pop (five home runs already) has earned him Carolina League Player of the Week honors. He has also drawn rave reviews from scouts across baseball. Perhaps most impressive is Pe\u00f1a\u2019s consistency. He flirted with a .400 average for much of the summer. His three-double game earlier this month was also a showcase of his gap-to-gap power. With a .921 OPS and a growing trophy case, Pe\u00f1a is quickly establishing himself as one of the premier prospects in the Brewers\u2019 system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jes\u00fas Made: The Top Prospect Delivers\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Pe\u00f1a has been a revelation, Jes\u00fas Made entered 2025 as the Brewers\u2019 top prospect. He\u2019s lived up to every bit of the hype. The switch-hitting shortstop is slashing .288\/.397\/.433 with 29 stolen bases in 247 plate appearances. This has provided a dynamic blend of on-base skills, speed, and defensive prowess. Made\u2019s advanced approach is evident in his nearly .400 OBP. His ability to impact the game in multiple ways has made him a fixture atop the Mudcats\u2019 lineup. He\u2019s already matched Pe\u00f1a\u2019s stolen base total as well. His four home runs hint at developing power that could make him a true five-tool player.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defensively, Made has shown the range and arm strength that project him as a future big-league shortstop. His leadership and poise have stood out in a league dominated by older players, and his steady production has been a driving force behind the Mudcats\u2019 strong start.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>A Dynamic Duo for the Future\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Pe\u00f1a and Made anchoring the infield, the Carolina Mudcats have become a nightly showcase for Brewers fans eager to glimpse the organization\u2019s future. Both players have shown an ability to adjust quickly. They dominate their competition, and play the game with a passion that\u2019s impossible to ignore. As the season rolls on, all eyes will be on these two teenage stars. If their early returns are any indication, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/21\/checking-in-brewers-affiliate-nashville-sounds-mid-june\/\" target=\"_self\">Brewers\u2019 pipeline<\/a> is in very good hands. The Carolina League looks to be just the beginning for these two players.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Milwaukee Brewers\u2019 farm system is overflowing with young talent, but two 18-year-old phenoms are stealing the spotlight in the Single-A Carolina League, Luis Pe\u00f1a and Jes\u00fas Made. Both have become must-watch players for the Carolina Mudcats, showcasing skills that have the baseball world buzzing and the Brewers\u2019 front office dreaming of a bright future.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5561,"featured_media":102859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,926],"tags":[29020,29019],"class_list":["post-102814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brewers","category-milb","tag-jesus-made","tag-luis-pena"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5561"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102814"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102861,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102814\/revisions\/102861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}