Although you might not catch him wearing a cheesehead like his fellow Timber Rattlers teammates following any of his nine home runs this season, outfielder Josh Adamczewski is still becoming a favorite of fans in Wisconsin, thanks to his sweet left-handed swing, that has made him a key piece of the T-Rats’s offensive juggernaut.
Selected by the Brewers in the 15th round of the 2023 Draft out of high school, the Indiana native was lured away from a commitment to Ball State, where he had plans to study exercise science, with a goal of becoming a physical therapist.
Milwaukee offered him a bonus of $252,500, luring him away from playing collegiately for the Cardinals, and he began his professional baseball career with a brief, three-game stint in the Arizona Complex League in 2023.
Adamczewski returned to the ACL in 2024, where he showed an advanced approach at the plate and an ability to put the bat on the baseball, hitting .336 with ten doubles and a pair of home runs over 32 games, before receiving a bump to Class-A Carolina in late July.
He handled his first taste of full-season ball well, hitting .273 with an OPS of .930 over nine games, before his season was cut short due to injury.
The Brewers had Adamczewski return to Carolina to begin the 2025 season, and he started the year on fire there, hitting .360 over his first 24 games, but injury struck again, as he was sidelined in early May by a back injury that knocked him out of action until July.
Diagnosed with left sacroiliac joint irritation, he rehabbed in Arizona for a while, before returning to the Mudcats lineup in July for another month in the Carolina League, then moved up to High-A Wisconsin to finish out the year.
To help try to make up for some of the time that he lost during the regular season, the Brewers assigned Adamczewski to the Arizona Fall League, where he played for the Surprise Saguaros. The fall action not only got Adamczewski some extra at-bats, but helped get him time at a new position as well, as he had a chance to work on transitioning from second base to the outfield.
A good athlete, some felt coming out of high school that Adamczewski was talented enough to play shortstop, but an average throwing arm would have likely limited him to second. With so many other talented infield prospects coming through the organization, Adamczewski and the Brewers saw that his quickest path to the big leagues might come as an outfielder.
After playing four games in left field for Wisconsin, Adamczewski spent most of his time with the Saguaros in the grass. “I feel I’ve gotten a lot more comfortable out there since the later end of the season,” he said during an interview with MiLB.com last fall. “It’s going well.”
Speaking with the Appleton Post Crescent earlier this spring, Adamczewski hinted that he might continue to see time both on the infield and in the outfield, as he added, “I think it’s a great opportunity. Being kind of a Swiss Army knife is going to benefit me in the long run.”
He’s also continued to work to develop at the plate. Already considered to be one of the best pure hitters in the Brewers’ organization, he packed on some muscle, helping to add some surprising pop to his already strong offensive profile.
“I Kind of tweaked a lot of things in the offseason. Lowered my hands, trying to get the ball in the air more often and I think it worked out a little bit better this year.”
Fresh off of his breakthrough season in 2025, Adamczewski returned to Wisconsin to begin 2026, and on a team loaded with talented prospects like Luis Pena, Andrew Fischer, Marco Dinges and Braylon Payne, he has continued to rake, proving to be one of the team’s most dangerous and consistent hitters in the lineup.
Through his first 47 games of the year, Adamczewski has an OPS of 1.051, with 21 of his 39 hits going for extra bases. He is currently tied for the team lead in both base hits and doubles, and his .331 average and .465 on base percentage are both tops on the team as well.
With the Timber Rattlers currently fighting for a first half title in the Midwest League, fans in Appleton might get enjoy some of their talented prospects for a little while longer, but it wouldn’t be a surprise at all to see a mass exodus of promotions to Biloxi as soon as the first half ends, with Adamczewski among those players leading the way.
• The Brewers locked up another piece of their future this week, signing outfielder Luis Lara to a seven-year deal reported to be worth a guaranteed $31 million. Through 59 games at Triple-A Nashville this season, the switch-hitting Lara is batting .332/.448/.486 with eight doubles, two tiples and seven home runs, along with 20 stolen bases.
Lara’s deal is the second-such contract the Brewers have given out to one of their top prospects this season, after agreeing to a similar deal with shortstop Cooper Pratt in April.
• The Brewers added another arm to their bullpen at Nashville, with the addition of right-hander Lyon Richardson, who signed to a minor league contract on Wednesday. A former second-round pick of the Reds in 2018, Richardson made his MLB debut in 2023 and began the 2026 season with Cincinnati’s Triple-A affiliate in Louisville before being DFA’d earlier this month.
• Milwaukee also made a trade with the Detroit Tigers this week, sending RHP Jacob Wauguespack to the Tigers on Wednesday in exchange for cash. Wauguespack, who signed with the Brewers as a free agent in January, had made 16 relief appearances for Nashville, posting a 1.66 ERA over 21.2 innings of work.
• Right-handed pitcher Jayden Dubanewicz, Milwaukee’s #24 ranked prospect according to MLB Pipeline, got a little bit of a late start to his season, but since taking to the mound again in early May, he’s moved quickly, going from the ACL to Class-A Wilson, and now to High-A Wisconsin after receiving a promotion on Tuesday. The team’s 16th-round pick in 2024, Dubanewicz pitched in five games for the Warbirds this season, starting four, and went 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA.
• One of Dubanewicz’s former Wilson teammates, outfielder Jose Anderson has enjoyed quite a week with the bat, clubbing home runs in five consecutive games. The 19-year-old outfielder has already belted 15 homers through 53 games, but the results have mostly remained boom-or-bust for Anderson. With a whopping 100 strikeouts, Anderson has K’d in nearly half of his at-bats this year, and while 26 of his 38 hits have gone for extra bases, he’s still batting just .184.
Nashville Sounds (AAA) – Current record: 41-25, 1st place in the International League West Division, tied with Memphis (Cardinals).
Biloxi Shuckers (AA) – Current record: 30-28, 2nd place in the Southern League South Division, 1.5 games back of first place Montgomery (Rays).
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (A+) – Current record: 31-24, 2nd place in the Midwest League West Division, 4.5 game back of first place South Bend (Cubs).
Wilson Warbirds (A) – Current record: 33-27, 2nd place in the Carolina League North Division, 9 games back of first place Fredericksburg (Nationals).
ACL Brewers (R) – Current record: 15-15, 4th place in the Arizona Complex League Central Division, 3.5 games back of first place ACL Guardians.
DSL Brewers Blue (R) – Current record: 6-2, 2nd place in the Dominican Summer League Northwest Division, 1 game back of first place DSL Tampa Bay (Rays).
DSL Brewers Gold (R) – Current record: 3-5, 5th place in the Dominican Summer League Central Division, 2 games back of first place DSL Orioles Orange and DSL Cubs Blue.