<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=33NyCp_0wC1m9tp00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=33NyCp_0wC1m9tp00" width="2025" height="1139" ><figcaption>Milwaukee Brewers Photo Day / Michael Reaves/GettyImages</figcaption></figure>Even though their latest march to the postseason didn't result in much, the Milwaukee Brewers are sitting pretty. At the big league level, they have a team that's already built for contention in 2025, regardless of how the upcoming offseason shakes out.Down in the minor leagues, there's plenty to be excited about, too. Ignore the fact that the Brewers' <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/farm-system-rankings-2024-in-season">farm system ranked 17th in the league</a> in MLB Pipeline's August post, because there's a ton of promising young talent coming through the ranks.We've talked tirelessly about the likes of Craig Yoho, Jacob Misiorowski, Logan Henderson and Robert Gasser but don't sleep on the position player group, which is arguably even stronger. Cooper Pratt, Tyler Black, Jeferson Quero and Mike Boeve are the best of the bunch, but there's another name worth keeping an eye on <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-arizona-fall-league-overview-2024">down in the Arizona Fall League</a>.Brock Wilken, <a href="https://reviewingthebrew.com/posts/milwaukee-brewers-mid-season-top-50-prospects-following-the-2024-trade-deadline/6">Reviewing the Brew's No. 5 Brewers prospect</a>, only just wrapped up his first year as a professional and he's already doing his thing down in the AFL. He's a power-hitting infielder who hit 17 bombs in 109 games this year between two minor league levels. As you can see below, he's continued his power-hitting ways in the Fall League and appears to be putting what was a truly scary <a href="https://reviewingthebrew.com/posts/brewers-2023-first-round-pick-suffers-scary-injury-down-in-double-a">injury after getting hit by a pitch in the face</a> behind him.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Glendale hit five home runs on Tuesday. Peoria had just one, courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brewers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Brewers</a> basher Brock Wilken. <a href="https://t.co/oeQeWwk16q">pic.twitter.com/oeQeWwk16q</a>— Josh Norris 🐻 (@jnorris427) <a href="https://twitter.com/jnorris427/status/1846438250765787433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote>Brewers prospect Brock Wilken showing signs of reaching his potential down in the AFLWilken undoubtedly possesses a ton of power and his 6-foot-4, 225 lb frame has quite a bit of oomph in there. He's already become an extra-base hit machine with plenty of gap power and raw power to go around. His right-handed swing is such a smooth and simple one.Easily the biggest hole in his game is the fact that he's not much of a contact hitter and, at a quick glance, seems to be headed for a "power only" profile, which can be damning for a prospect of his age. He's still only 22-years old, so there's a whole lot of time for him to mature on the fly and dial back the strikeouts, but he's already been racking them up at a concerning rate in the minors.Despite the fact that he recorded 33 XBH in Double-A this season, Wilken also struck out in just over 28 percent of his at-bats, which is a seven percent jump in Ks from his 34-game showing last year in High-A. To his credit, he draws a fair amount of walks (over 13 percent BB% in Double-A this season), but it's going to be hard to look past his .199 batting average if he continues to be an all-power, no-contact bat as he comes up through the minors.<a href="https://bvmsports.com/2024/10/16/brock-wilken-shines-in-arizona-fall-league-with-brewers-prospects/">In his first six AFL games</a>, Wilken has gone 4-for-25 (.160) with two of his four hits going for solo home runs, one which is shown above. His light-tower power is always going to be a sight to behold, but he's got to sharpen that eye and work on hitting for contact more if there's any hope of him being a positive big-league contributor down the line.</div></body>

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Brock Wilken continues to tease, frustrate Brewers fans in the Arizona Fall League

Even though their latest march to the postseason didn't result in much, the Milwaukee Brewers are sitting pretty. At the big league level, they have a team that's already built for contention in 2025, regardless of how the upcoming offseason shakes out. Down in the minor leagues, there's plenty to...