Two Brewers prospects recognized for their stellar weeks in Double-A

The Biloxi Shuckers, the Milwaukee Brewers' Double-A affiliate, are currently in the midst of a record-breaking season. In addition to sitting atop the Southern League standings, the team is breaking home run records left and right en route to outscoring their opponents by 63 runs in their first 58 games. While the team as a whole is thriving, many individual players are having breakout or bounce-back seasons in their own right. This past week, two of the Brewers’ most exciting prospects, corner infielder Luke Adams and right-handed starting pitcher Coleman Crow, took home the Player and Pitcher of the Week Awards in the Southern League.

Despite Biloxi's impressive start to the season, Adams and Crow are the first two Shuckers to win a player or pitcher of the week award this season. That's right, even though Brock Wilken was the Southern League Player in May, he didn't take home a Player of the Week Award at any point during the month. Here's how Adams and Crow earned the elusive awards last week.

Following a slow start to the season, Luke Adams is back on track and crushing baseballs once again

A former 12th round pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, Luke Adams has met every challenge that the Brewers have thrown his way in the last three years. After appearing in 11 games of Rookie Ball in 2022 following the draft, Adams spent a full season at each of Low-A Carolina and High-A Wisconsin in the last two years. During that time, he posted an OPS north of .800, collected a combined 22 home runs, and stole 58 bases across the two seasons. Additionally, Adams led all qualified hitters in the Midwest League in on-base percentage a season ago, with a ridiculous .443 mark.

Adams' exciting mix of elite plate discipline, obvious power, and sneaky athleticism has been on full display once again in 2025. Despite an uncharacteristically poor performance in the month of April, Adams has more than made up for it with his play in the last four weeks. On the season, he's slashing .246/.425/.485 with 22 extra-base hits and nine stolen bases. However, last week alone, Adams collected eight hits in 17 at-bats and slugged three home runs, helping the Shuckers take five out of six games from the Montgomery Biscuits, the Tampa Bay Rays' Double-A affiliate.

While Adams does have the ability to play third base as well, a majority of his starts this year have come at first. Regardless, the Brewers are loaded with corner infield talent in their farm system. Including Adams, 10 of the Brewers’ Top 30 prospects according to MLB Pipeline, have the ability to play at least one of the two corner infield positions. That said, despite Adams being just 21 years old, don't be surprised if he cracks the Brewers’ big league roster by the end of the 2026 season.

Coleman Crow's dream return to baseball continues with two more strong starts

On April 18, Coleman Crow returned to the mound after nearly two years away from the game. Acquired by the Brewers from the New York Mets in exchange for Adrian Houser and Tyrone Taylor back in December of 2023, Crow was in the midst of a Tommy John recovery that forced him to miss his entire first season in the Brewers organization. However, despite the long absence from baseball, Crow hasn't missed a beat.

He currently holds a 2.43 ERA through nine starts with the Biloxi Shuckers this season, while striking out 46 opposing hitters in just 37 innings. When we talked to Javik Blake, the Shuckers' play-by-play broadcaster, a few weeks ago, he gave an exciting analysis of Crow, saying:

"When we look at all the numbers on this staff and you say ‘alright, who’s the best pitcher?’ it might be Coleman Crow. In terms of big league stuff. The curveball is absurd, it’s spinning at over 3500 [RPM]. It’s basically Ryan Pressly’s curveball. And then the fastball plays really well up in the zone. It gets a lot of positive induced vertical break on it."

Javik Blake

That praise was certainly not misplaced, as Crow has been even better in the month of June. He's made two consecutive scoreless starts of five and six innings, and struck out nine batters in each game. But what's perhaps even more exciting is the fact that Crow didn't walk a single batter in either outing. He's really hitting his stride, and with the recent major league success of several Brewers pitching prospects, it's exciting to know that another intriguing arm is waiting in the wings.