Welcome to Crooked Numbers, a monthly column dedicated to Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. The edition, rounding up the month of September, encapsulates the end of the regular season as well as the playoffs. Thanks for reading this season, and here's to an even more "Crooked" 2025.

GRAND CHUTE, WI – The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers rallied from deficits of 3-2,4-3, and 6-4 to defeat the Quad Cities River Bandits 7-6 on Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field in front of a playoff record crowd for the franchise to clinch the West Division title with a sweep in

GRAND CHUTE, WI – Minor League Baseball has named Luke Adams as the Midwest League’s Player of the Month for July. Adams, the #15 prospect in the Milwaukee Brewers system according to MLB Pipeline, led the Midwest League in RBI, walks, on-base percentage and OPS last month.

GRAND CHUTE, WI – Luke Adams cracked his second grand slam home run of the season for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to send the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to a 9-0 victory over the Beloit Sky Carp on Thursday night in front of 4,936 fans at Neuroscience Group Field.

SOUTH BEND, IN – Luke Adams hit his first home run of the season and Jadher Areinamo went 4-for-5 with three stolen bases to lead the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to a 9-6 win over the South Bend Cubs on Sunday afternoon at Four Winds Field. Wisconsin collected a season-high fifteen

Kyle Lobner returns with another season of T-Rat Talk. In the inaugural edition for 2024, Lobner gets the story of Luke Adams from his manager, from prospect watchers, and from Adams himself.

ZEBULON, N.C. – Minor League Baseball™ (MiLB™) today announced that Carolina Mudcats manager Victor Estevez was named the 2023 Carolina League Manager of the Year and that infielders Jadher Areinamo and Luke Adams were both named 2023 Carolina League All-Stars at second and third base, respectively. Votes were cast by

ZEBULON, N.C. - The Carolina Mudcats, in conjunction with Minor League Baseball, are thrilled to announce that third baseman Luke Adams was today selected as the Carolina League’s Player of the Week for the week of July 17 through July 23. Adams hit .588/.667/1.118 and led the Carolina League in

ZEBULON, N.C. - The Milwaukee Brewers today announced the initial roster for the Carolina Mudcats in advance of the 2023 season starting on April 7 when the Mudcats travel to Fayetteville to play the Woodpeckers. The new roster features several returnees from the 2022 team including top ranked Brewers prospects