The postseason starts tonight for the Biloxi Shuckers, and Milwaukee’s Double-A club is handing the ball to one of its most intriguing arms.
Biloxi opens a best-of-three series against the Pensacola Blue Wahoos at 6:05 p.m. CT in Pensacola, with Brewers No. 8-ranked prospect Bishop Letson getting the start in Game 1. The winner of this round moves on to face the survivor of the Knoxville Smokies and Rocket City Trash Pandas for the Southern League title.
The Shuckers earned their playoff berth back in late June by winning the South Division’s First Half title, which locked them into the field even after a rough second half. Biloxi went 31-38 after the break and finished last in the Southern League’s South Division, but it still gets another shot in the postseason. It’s the club’s third straight trip to the Southern League playoffs, and in each of the past two seasons it fell to the Montgomery Biscuits.
This year’s bracket gives the Shuckers a different path. Pensacola, the Miami Marlins’ Double-A affiliate, stands in the way first, and the series begins on the Blue Wahoos’ home field.
Letson’s season has had its own ups and downs. He was limited to 41.1 innings in 2025 because of injuries, then came back to make 22 starts for Biloxi this year and finished with a 4.85 ERA. His strikeout numbers were a bit under league average at 23.5%, and his 24.7% whiff rate was well below league average, but there’s still plenty to like in the profile.
The right-hander’s calling card is his extension. He gets nearly 7.5 feet down the mound, a trait compared to the extension Jacob Misiorowski generates, and that helps his mid-90s fastball play up and come with good shape. Letson turns 22 today, and even with an uneven 2026, he remains one of the more interesting pitchers in the Brewers’ system.
Biloxi’s lineup brings a much louder thunderstorm of its own. Andrew Fischer is at the center of it after a monster season that saw the Brewers’ 2025 first-round pick launch 48 homers, including 28 in 72 games since his promotion to Double-A. Those 48 home runs were the most by a minor leaguer in a single season during the 21st century.
The Shuckers also feature a loaded group of prospects behind Fischer, including Jesús Made, the best prospect in baseball and a 19-year-old shortstop. Braylon Payne, in the middle of a breakout season, joins Josh Adamczewski and Eric Bitonti in a lineup that gives Biloxi a real punch as it chases the first Southern League championship in franchise history.
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