Three Brewers Named Pioneer League All-Stars

Nelson Hernandez, Dallas Carroll and Parker Bean all get their first All-Star nod

By Garrett Greene

July 25, 2017

HELENA, MT - The Pioneer League announced on Tuesday that Helena Brewers pitcher Nelson Hernandez, infielder Dallas Carroll and pitcher Parker Bean have been named to the 2017 Pioneer League All-Star team.Hernandez, a right-handed pitcher, is in his fourth professional season and first with Helena. The 20-year-old is 5-0 with

HELENA, MT - The Pioneer League announced on Tuesday that Helena Brewers pitcher Nelson Hernandez, infielder Dallas Carroll and pitcher Parker Bean have been named to the 2017 Pioneer League All-Star team.
Hernandez, a right-handed pitcher, is in his fourth professional season and first with Helena. The 20-year-old is 5-0 with a 4.38 ERA in seven starts, striking out 21 batters and walking just seven in 37.0 innings of work. He leads the Pioneer League in wins, is fourth in innings pitched and ninth in ERA. A native of San Francisco de Asis, Venezuela, Hernandez was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Milwaukee Brewers in July of 2013. It is his first All-Star selection.
It is also the first All-Star selection for Carroll, who is in his first professional season out of the University of Utah. After being drafted in the ninth round of the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers, Carroll has taken the Pioneer League by storm. The 23-year-old has slashed .330/.417/.477 with five doubles, a triple, three home runs and 18 RBI in 27 games. He's struck out just 18 times in 109 at-bats and stolen five bases in eight attempts. Carroll was named the Pioneer League Player of the Week on Monday for the week of July 17 through July 23. The Taylorsville, UT native earned First-Team All-Pac-12 honors at Utah in 2016 and 2017, and was named a 2017 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-American.
Bean rounds out the All-Star selections for the Brewers. A 36^th round pick in 2016 out of Liberty University, this is Bean's second season in the Milwaukee Brewers system and his first year with Helena. In nine games, Bean is a perfect 4-for-4 in save opportunities, posting an 0-1 record with a 5.29 ERA. In 17.0 innings, the 22-year-old right-hander has held opponents to a .206 batting average against. The Hanover, Pennsylvania native was a 2014 Louisville Slugger All-American and Big South Freshman of the Year while with Liberty. It is his first All-Star selection.
The three Brewers will participate in the 2017 All-Star Game on Tuesday, August 1 at 8:05 PM in Hillsboro, Oregon. The game pits the All-Stars from the Pioneer League against the All-Stars from the Class-A Short Season Northwest League. The game will be streamed live on MiLB.TV.