Three Wisconsin natives, Andrew Fischer win weekly minors awards
There were a lot of familiar names among the minor-league player of the week honors bestowed across Class A.
The headliner for Milwaukee Brewers fans will be a Midwest League Player of the Week honor for slugging top prospect Andrew Fischer, but fans of Wisconsin baseball will be familiar with several other names honored across minor-league baseball for their work last week. Fischer went 4-for-6 with two homers and a triple on May 10 , finishing with five RBIs in a 15-8 win for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers over the Peoria Chiefs. The game marked the fourth straight in which Fischer reached base at least twice, and he had a double and homer in earlier games during the week.
The No. 5 prospect in the organization and first-round draft pick in 2025 has an impressive . 988 OPS at Advanced Class A, with a .
365 on-base percentage, nine homers, eight doubles and 26 RBIs. But here's who else received recognition for their week: More: Brewers minor-league update | Pitcher returns after two years, throwing 99 mph Gavin Kilen, shortstop, Giants (Milton High School) Himself a first-round draft pick in 2025 (taken 13th overall, seven spots ahead of Fischer) and a Tennessee Volunteer, the shortstop for the Advanced Class A Eugene Emeralds was named Northwest League Player of the Week. Like Fischer, Kilen also had a four-hit game on May 10, with a home run and three driven in.
He also had two doubles, a homer and five RBIs in a May 9 game, and after a single May 12, Kilen has a seven-game hitting streak. For the year, the 22-year-old who attended Louisville before finishing at Tennessee has an . 863 OPS, .