Brewers reportedly promoting top prospect to Double-A for stretch run

At this time a season ago, Jesús Made was just a 17-year-old shortstop who had caught the attention of baseball diehards with an impressive 51 games in the Dominican Summer League (DSL). With a unique display of power, speed, and elite plate discipline, Made immediately became the darling of prospect evaluators who dream of finding a profile like his. With six homers, 28 stolen bases, and far more walks than strikeouts, it was clear that Made had the tools to become a big league star at some point, but nothing is guaranteed in baseball, and just how fast his development would happen remained to be seen.

Fast forward just 12 short months and nearly every baseball fan has heard of the electric young shortstop in the Milwaukee Brewers farm system, climbing through the minor league ranks while still at the young age of 18. Made has followed up his impressive debut season with a sophomore year that rivals the success of his time in the DSL despite playing against much better competition and being the youngest player at each level that he competes.

Already, Made has earned a promotion from Low-A, where he and several other top Brewers prospects formed one of the youngest and most exciting Carolina Mudcats teams in franchise history, to High-A, where he joined the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in the Fox Cities. However, after dominating High-A pitching for 27 games, and seeing the T-Rats season come to an anticlimactic end, Made is taking the next step.

Jesús Made reportedly promoted to Double-A for Biloxi Shuckers' postseason run

While the Timber Rattlers season may be over, the Biloxi Shuckers, the Brewers' Double-A affiliate, are set to begin their first postseason series on Tuesday, September 16. A six-game series with the Birmingham Barons is all that remains in the regular season for the Shuckers, who now have a new face joining their crowded infield group. According to MLB insider Francys Romero of beisbolfr.com, the Brewers' top prospect and No. 5-ranked prospect in all of baseball, Jesús Made, is being promoted to Double-A for the final days of the 2025 season.

The strategy is nothing new for the Brewers organization, who promoted fellow shortstop prospect Cooper Pratt to Double-A for the postseason in 2024. However, last year, Pratt competed with the Timber Rattlers through their postseason run and then joined the Shuckers for theirs. He appeared in two of the Shuckers' three postseason games and collected two hits in eight at-bats. With the T-Rats not qualifying for the postseason this season, Made has the luxury of joining the Brewers' Double-A squad with a week remaining in the regular season.

Made practically forced the Brewers to make the move with his exceptional play in High-A. He made the jump from Low-A to High-A in early August, and his numbers got better. In 27 games with the Timber Rattlers, Made slashed .343/.415/.500 with 11 extra-base hits and 12 RBI.

If history is any indication, Made's promotion to Double-A before the end of the season could mean that he will begin the 2026 season with the Biloxi Shuckers. Not only did Pratt stay with the Shuckers the season after joining them for the final week of the previous season, but Jackson Chourio, whose development path Made has followed to a tee so far, also stayed in Double-A in 2023 after playing there in the final games of the 2022 season.

Should Made continue to follow Chourio's path through the minor leagues, he would play most of next season with the Biloxi Shuckers, join the Triple-A Nashville Sounds at the end of the season, and then be ready for the big leagues at the beginning of the 2027 season. Obviously, a lot still has to fall into place in order for that to happen, and Pratt standing in Made's way could complicate things, but given how successful Chourio has been in his first two seasons in MLB, the Brewers would be silly not to try and follow that same plan with their current top prospect.

It's an incredibly exciting development not only for Made himself, but also for Brewers fans who are not only enjoying the best record in baseball right now, but also support an organization with the best farm system in baseball, according to Baseball America. With Made leading the charge, the future remains bright in Milwaukee, and today's move indicates that it will be here before Brewers fans know it.