Brewers' rapidly rising 2024 3rd-round pick tosses one-hit shutout in Double-A

There is no denying the Milwaukee Brewers have a unique ability to turn homegrown arms into successful major league pitchers. Just look at their current pitching staff, which includes Brewers' draft picks Jacob Misiorowski, Logan Henderson, and Brandon Woodruff in the starting rotation and Aaron Ashby and Abner Uribe, who the team signed as an international free agent when he was 18 years old, in their bullpen.

It's a process that requires coordination from all facets of the organization. The front office must prioritize the right type of pitchers in the MLB Draft or on the international free agent market, the player development team must understand each individual player and work with them to optimize their arsenal, and the coaching staffs throughout the system must put each arm in positions to succeed, balancing long-term individual success with the organization's short-term needs.

By no means is it an easy process, but it's one that the Brewers have nearly perfected in recent years, and the result is a seemingly never-ending pipeline of pitching prospects who have allowed Milwaukee to continue extending their window of contention.

Even as the Brewers battle for their fourth-consecutive NL Central division title at the major league level in 2026, their farm system remains chock-full of exciting young arms who are bound to impact the big-league squad in the near future.

One such arm is 23-year-old Jaron DeBerry, who the Brewers selected in the third round of the 2024 MLB Draft. After a strong senior season at Dallas Baptist University in 2024, DeBerry signed with the Brewers for an under-slot deal following his selection in the draft. Though DeBerry didn't make his debut in the second half of the 2024 season, as some draft picks will do following their selection in early July, he has risen quickly through the Brewers' organization and was already pitching in Double-A by the end of his first professional season.

It's been an inconsistent start to the 2026 campaign for DeBerry, who is back in Double-A with the Biloxi Shuckers, but he posted a stellar outing over the weekend and made Shuckers history in the process.

Jaron DeBerry remains a pitching prospect to look out for in the Milwaukee Brewers' farm system

DeBerry's 2025 season was impressive to say the least. After three dominant outings in Low-A with the Carolina Mudcats, the then-22-year-old DeBerry earned an early-season promotion to High-A. He didn't find much success with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, with a 5.43 ERA in 54.2 innings to prove it, but the Brewers trusted his stuff and decided to promote him to Double-A in early August.

In Double-A, DeBerry found a new gear. The right-hander, who sits in the low-90s with his fastball and spins a strong sweeper, posted a 3.62 ERA in seven starts with the Shuckers at the end of last year. As a result, the Brewers felt comfortable sending DeBerry back to Biloxi to begin the 2026 season.

As previously mentioned, it's been an inconsistent start to the season for DeBerry. He tossed a one-hit, five-inning shutout with seven strikeouts in his first start of the year, and followed it up with two more strong five-inning outings. However, in late April and early May, DeBerry had a string of three starts in which he allowed 15 earned runs in just 7.1 innings. Walks and home runs have certainly been an issue for the young right-hander this year; he currently sports a 14.1% walk rate and allowed seven homers in five starts during the month of May.

However, on Saturday, in game two of the Shuckers' doubleheader against the Columbus Clingstones, the Atlanta Braves' Double-A affiliate, DeBerry had everything working. He tossed seven shutout innings while surrendering just one hit and striking out four batters. Since it was a doubleheader, the Shuckers and Clingstones only played seven innings in each of their two games, meaning DeBerry's performance officially goes down as a complete game shutout. He's just the 11th pitcher in Shuckers history to complete such a feat.

Not only did he add a complete game shutout to his resume over the weekend, but DeBerry's impressive outing also earned him the Southern League Pitcher of the Week Award. It's the second time DeBerry has earned the honor, the first being in August of last year, and he's the first Shucker to be named Pitcher of the Week this year.

Despite the inconsistent start, DeBerry remains an intriguing prospect in the Brewers' farm system, and over the weekend he proved why. He has the ability to completely shut down opposing lineups, and if he reins in his command as he continues to progress through the Brewers' minor league system, it's exciting to think what the talented right-hander could become.

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