Jesús Made, SS, Brewers: For all his impressive work at the plate, Made had just two four-hit games in 2025 and one in 2024. Three days into the 2026 season, he already has one. The Brewers’ No. 1 prospect went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and a walk on Sunday.

Batting lefty, Made singled on a grounder past the second baseman in the first. An inning later, he did so with another single to the same spot. He grounded the ball to the left of second baseman Nick Rodriguez in the fourth. While Rodriguez did knock this ball down, he had no play anywhere.

No one had a chance on Made’s next at-bat. Flipping to the right side against a lefthander, he drove a ball to the opposite field, clearing the right-center field fence for his first homer of the season.

Made walked in the eighth, stole second two pitches later and eventually scored. In the ninth, with two outs and runners on first and second and Biloxi trailing by one, Made finally made an out, lifting a high fly ball to right to end Rocket City’s 9-8 win.

Kaelen Culpepper, SS, Twins: Keep an eye on Culpepper at Triple-A St. Paul. With Brooks Lee and Tristan Gray sharing the shortstop job for the Twins, Culpepper could play his way into the mix if he continues to hit and shows defensive improvement.

Sunday was a good day for that development. Culpepper turned around a 95 mph Payton Tolle fastball for a 101.3 mph home run to left-center in the first game of a doubleheader. He followed with a 101 mph three-run shot to left off Wyatt Olds in the nightcap.

Culpepper now has three home runs in eight games and is hitting .294/.368/.559.

Marek Houston, SS, Twins: Houston has one of the best gloves in the minors. With his range, hands and steadiness, he doesn't need to be a middle-of-the-order bat to become a productive long-term big leaguer.

But if he hits, he has a chance to be a star. So far this year, he's hitting. The Twins' 2025 first-round pick out of Wake Forest went 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs, two runs scored and a walk on Sunday. Batting leadoff against Peoria, Houston took a 92 mph pitch from Blake Aita the opposite way to right field, a long fly ball that just kept carrying.

Houston added a pair of singles and a walk later in the game. He's hitting .385/.500/.846 in the Kernels' first three games of the season.

Spencer Jones, OF, Yankees: Jones has long been a three-true-outcomes player who draws plenty of walks, strikes out regularly and hits plenty of home runs.

Right now, he's pushing that to the extreme. Jones hit his second home run Sunday with a mammoth fly ball that would have been a lazy flyout for most hitters. Jones hit it with a 44-degree launch angle, but because it left the bat at 108.8 mph with the wind blowing out, it was a grand slam.

Five of Jones' seven hits have gone for extra bases (three doubles and two homers). That's the good news. The bad news: Jones struck out three times Sunday and now has 19 strikeouts in 37 plate appearances for a 51.4% strikeout rate in eight games.

Charles Davalan, OF, Dodgers: In his first two games of the season, High-A Great Lakes outfielder Charles Davalan was 0-for-5. By Sunday, had had erased any concerns of a slow start with an inning to remember.

In the second game of a doubleheader, Davalan hit a pair of home runs and drove in six in Great Lakes' 16-1 win over Fort Wayne.

Davalan's first home run was a no-doubt solo shot where the right fielder barely budged as the ball sailed far over the fence. Because his teammates were trouncing the Fort Wayne pitching staff, Davalan came up again in the third inning, this time with the bases loaded.

While his first home run left no questions about where it would land when it left his bat, his second homer of the inning was a screaming line drive that just cleared the right field fence. Davalan actually had a chance at a second grand slam, as he came back up in the fourth inning with the bases loaded. But having seen the damage he did an inning before, the TinCaps walked him on four pitches, which drove in another run.

Ethan Hedges, 3B, Rockies: Hedges went 3-for-4 with a double, a pair of home runs and three runs scored and three RBIs on Sunday as High-A Spokane edged Everett 10-9.

A third-round pick out of Southern California in 2025, Hedges had hit .195/.303/.234 in his brief pro stint last season after the draft. He came into Sunday homerless in 22 pro games. In the second inning, he ended that drought with a no-doubt home run to left field off Walter Ford.

He followed with a double to left, then showcased opposite-field power with a home run to right-center in his next at-bat. Hedges walked in his fourth plate appearance and even his lone out proved productive, as his groundout in the eighth drove in the tying run.

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Miguel Sime Jr., RHP, Nationals: In his official pro debut, Sime Jr. overpowered Low-A Augusta, striking out six of the nine batters he faced. He struck out five in the first two innings.

While Sime, an above-slot fourth-round pick in 2025, can dominate with his 99-102 mph fastball, GreenJackets' hitters seemed almost stunned in the early going. He had five called strikes in the first, including a strikeout of Conor Essenburg where Essenburg never swung his bat. Sime had another three called strikes in the second and four more in the third, giving him 12 called strikes in just 51 pitches.

Augusta did get to Sime in the third, as he walked Dallas Macias to lead off the inning and Junior Garcia drove him in with a double. With Sime at 51 pitches, he was then pulled from the game. His final line was 2.1 innings, one hit, one earned run, one walk and six strikeouts.

Quick Hits

Prospect news and notes from around baseball…

• James Tibbs III went 0-for-4 on Sunday, which is notable considering his otherwise nuclear start to the season for Triple-A Oklahoma City. He’s up to seven homers this season after a three-homer showing on Saturday.

• Rockies outfielder Max Belyeu went 4-for-5 with a triple and a steal for High-A Spokane on Sunday.

• Red Sox RHP Anthony Eyanson was a buzzy name this spring and he carried that momentum into his first outing of the year on Saturday, striking out six and getting 13 whiffs over three innings. The same can’t be said for fellow 2025 draft pick Marcus Phillips, who allowed four runs (three earned) and walked three in relief of Eyanson, recording just two outs.

• Orioles LHP Joseph Dzierwa and Cardinals RHP Tanner Franklin were similar arrow-up arms coming out of the spring. Both started the year in High-A. Dzierwa tossed six scoreless innings with nine strikeouts on Friday, while Franklin went 3.2 innings with nine strikeouts.

• Seth Hernandez was similarly impressive on Friday night in his pro debut. Facing off against rehabbing big leaguer Trey Yesavage, Hernandez struck out eight batters over three innings and allowed just one run. He threw 30 of 39 pitches for strikes and elicited 18 whiffs.

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