Braylon Owens: Brewers' Hidden Gem in Minors

0:00It's April 28th. Welcome in. This is Milwaukee Brewers News Today, where a team coverage meets AI. Brewers fans, keep your eyes on pitcher Braylon Owens in the farm system. A top exec there, Tom Flanagan, calls him to stand out with metrics that screen potential, even if his overall numbers do not pop yet. In high A ball with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, Owens has thrown 15-1-3 innings. He is given up seven earned runs with a walk rate that pushes his YP to 1.44, but he is racking up strikeouts at 23 total. Flanagan points out Owens has the raw stuff to climb levels, though command remains his biggest hurdle. This year in the minors, he has walked nine batters already and back in college at UTSA, that number hit 92 over 181 and two-thirds innings. Right now, Owens sits off the Brewers top 30 prospects list from MLB Pipeline. Cut those walks while keeping the punchouts high though, and he could crack it soon.

1:02The Brewers grab this live arm late in the draft, and they are feeling good about unearthing that kind of talent deep in the pool.