Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award

You also have additional players like Luis Pena, who is a middle infielder who should be a little bit further behind Jesus Maid.

But also you have players like Andrew Fisher, who just won their Minor League Player of the Year, who plays third base.

You have Cooper Pratt, who the Brewers already extended and is already on the Major League roster.

You have David Hamilton, who they also acquired in previous years.

Of course, everyone knows Andrew Fisher and his 48 regular season home runs and his two post-season home runs, and you g- that, get that nice round number of 50.

And, uh, Fisher was also named Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year, which is a super cool and super high honor.

Incredible.

Yeah.

But I still feel like Baseball America are the one that's been around doing Minor League stuff the longest.

Um, they're kinda like the, uh, the elite of the elite.

So when you're named their Minor League Player of the Year, that's pretty special.

So shout out to Andrew Fisher and Josh Nawth for his also Brewer's Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award.

I'd like to see them and their process get paid off with a championship.

And look, oh, Baseball America just named their 2026 Minor League Player of the Year.

Who is it? Oh, Brewers first baseman Andrew Fisher.

I mean, it never ends.

Uh, the Brewers did get an honor on Monday.

Uh, Andrew Fisher named Minor League Player of the Year.

How about that? Minor League Player of the Year.

He's not even in the top 100 on the MLB pipeline or Baseball America.

He's not even listed in the top 100 of ballplayers, minor league ballplayers, yet he won Minor League Player of the Year.

48 home runs.

He hit two in the postseason.

A couple quick hitters to get from you here on Husker Baseball.

Evan, first of all, Max Anderson is the Tigers Minor League Player of the Year from Baseball America.

Think back to when Max Anderson left Nebraska when he was drafted.

Did you see him as a big league caliber talent? I mean, now he's just on the doorstep right now.

He's blocked by some other good young players.

But what does that mean for Max Anderson and for Nebraska to be able to claim Max Anderson as an organization's Minor League Player of the Year?

Yeah, cool deal.

Something they'll use in recruiting, certainly.

By 1998, the development accelerated past everyone's expectations.

Promoted mid-season to AA Wichita, he hit .352 in 47 games with an on-base plus slugging over 1,100 and was named a Minor League Player of the Year.

In 1999, Carlos Beltran played 156 games in center field for the Royals and became only the second rookie in nearly 50 years to score 100 runs and drive in 100 runs in the same season.

The other one was Fred Lynn in 1975.

That is the entire economics of international scouting in one line.

He was named Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year twice.

Twice.

At 18, he hit 25 home runs and stole 56 bases in full-season ball.

The competitive bounce round A pick, 33rd overall in this year's draft, was used on high school shortstop Taj Marchand, who signed for almost $423K under the recommended bonus.

Now, Bodine and outfielder Theo Gillen were named co-winners of the Rays' Minor League Player of the Year award, and they will receive that honor this weekend in St. Pete.

That's why Bodine has been added to the taxi squad, and he is taking batting practice with the team, sitting in on team meetings, and getting to know the Major League team a little better, just in case he or Gillen is needed because of injuries.

Now, that doesn't mean Bodine's not getting to do cool stuff.