Brewers recall Tyler Black
The Milwaukee Brewers recalled Tyler Black (Stouffville, Ont.) on Wednesday. It was the Canadian’s second big league promotion of the season.
June 20, 2024
By Kevin Glew
Canadian Baseball Network
The Milwaukee Brewers recalled Tyler Black from triple-A Nashville on Wednesday.
It was the Canadian infielder’s second big league promotion of the season.
In seven big league games earlier this season, the 23-year-old Stouffville, Ont., native went 5-for-22 (.227 batting average) with two doubles.
Black owns a .275/.375/.483 slash line with nine home runs, four triples and 41 RBIs in 53 games for the triple-A Nashville Sounds this season.
He split 2023 between the double-A Biloxi Shuckers and the triple-A Sounds, batting a combined .284 with a .417 on-base percentage (OBP) in 123 games. The Toronto Mets and Butler Prospects alum had 25 doubles, 12 triples, 18 home runs, 73 RBIs, 105 runs and 55 stolen bases. His combined 12 triples were the most in the affiliated minor league ranks and he also topped Brewers’ minor leaguers in runs, stolen bases and extra-base hits (55).
For his efforts, Black, who split time between first and third base last season, was named a Southern League All-Star and the Milwaukee Brewers’ co-Minor League Player of the Year. He also won the Canadian Baseball Network’s 2023 Randy Echlin Award, as top Canuck hitter in the affiliated minor league ranks.
Selected 33rd overall by the Brewers in the 2021 MLB draft out of Wright State University, Black, who’s the son of legendary Canadian sports broadcaster Rod Black, is in his fourth season in the Brewers’ organization.
In 2022, his first full professional season, he batted .281 and posted a .406 OBP in 64 games with the High-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. Among his 65 hits were 13 doubles, four triples and four home runs. He also swiped 13 bases.
Black’s promotion on Wednesday was part of a series of roster moves by the Brewers. They also called up right-hander Bradley Blalock from double-A Biloxi and optioned infielder Oliver Dunn to triple-A Nashville.
The Brewers also designated right-hander Elieser Hernández for assignment.