Nine of the top 30 prospects in the Milwaukee Brewers organization will be suiting up for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers for this upcoming season.
Nick Stanley, the manager of the Timber Rattlers said, the team will be keeping the same culture as the brewers.
“An aggressive style, a team that’s going to play to win every night, a team that’s not going to play afraid to make mistakes and they are just going to play wide open and play hard every night,” Stanley said.
The headliners of the talent roster are the No. 1 MLB third base prospect and No. 96 overall prospect Andrew Fischer as well as MLB’s No. 24 overall prospect Luis Pena. The rest of the top 30 prospects are catching prospect Marco Dinges (10th), second base prospect Josh Adamczewski (11th), outfield prospect and Braylon Payne (14th) .
Others are first base prospect Eric Bitonti (26th), second base prospect Daniel Dickinson (30th), and right-handed pitchers in Ethan Dorchies (20th) and Bryce Meccage (21st).
Stanley said the team has focused on keys to the upcoming season.
“I wanna relay to these guys to get really obsessed with what they do day-to-day in the process of getting better with, good habits and winning habits,” Stanley said.
Stanley returns to the Fox Valley for the first time since 2022, where he was the teams hitting coach for two seasons.
He spent two seasons as the manager for the Brewers Single-A affiliate the Carolina Mudcats.
Stanley was named manager after Victor Estevez took a job with the Washington Nationals back in December of 2025.
He said, “Having a foundation with these guys and understanding, their personalities a little bit makes the communication easier.”
The most notable piece of the success of the Timber Rattlers is the fanbase that comes to games as Stanley said it’s a special thing to play in a town where everyone is a fan of you.
Stanley said the player development has expectations around development in prospects.
“That’s what we do is prepare guys to win in the major league” Stanley said.
He said preparing players for the next step up the ladder is super important.
“Each step of the minor leagues, you sort of build on the foundation,” Stanley said.
The Timber Rattlers roster is one that is a must watch with enough talent, you could easily call them the “Baby Brewers.”
The next time the timber rattlers will be back in Appleton on April 14th for a six-game series with the Peoria Chiefs at Fox Cities Stadium.
