Brewers minor-league mashers Fischer, Burke homer twice on Mother's Day

The Milwaukee Brewers are often characterized as speedy, contact-hitting, chaos-creating gnats who generate runs in frustrating ways for opponents. But the good old-fashioned mashers are indeed in the pipeline. The Brewers seem to have prioritized slugging corner infielders in recent drafts, taking Brock Wilken with their first pick in 2023, grabbing Blake Burke with their second first-round choice in 2024 and Andrew Fischer with their first pick in 2025.

Burke and Fischer both went deep twice on May 10, meaning the Mother's Day fireworks weren't just restricted to Milwaukee. Fischer also had a triple and finished a double away from the cycle for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Class High A), going 4 for 6 with five RBIs in a 15-8 win over Peoria. His week also included two doubles and a home run in earlier games.

More: Brewers minor-league update | Pitcher returns after two years, throwing 99 mph Fischer's . 988 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) is superb on the surface, with nine homers and 26 RBIs this season. The first-round pick out of Tennessee does have 46 strikeouts in 126 plate appearances, however (37%).

He still has a . 365 on-base percentage. Burke, the Class AA Biloxi Shuckers first baseman and the Brewers' minor league player of the month for April, hit one home run in each half of a doubleheader and now has 11 for the year (.