The Arizona League Brewers were one of four teams to compete in the inaugural
Arizona League (AZL) season of 1988. The
short-season Rookie classification league was created to serve as a developmental league, similar to
extended spring training, specifically for recently drafted high school and
Latin American players. The Brewers played their home games at
Compadre Stadium in
Chandler, Arizona. The AZL Brewers' first game was a 13–11 victory over the
AZL Mariners/Red Sox on June 23, 1988.
Managed by
Alex Taveras, the Brewers won the first
Arizona League championship with a league-best 40–18 record. They won a third consecutive AZL championship in 1990 with a league-best 36–17 record under the returning Taveras. The Brewers posted winning records in each of their next five seasons, but did not finish atop the league standings. Following the 1995 season, Milwaukee moved their Rookie affiliation from Chandler to the
Ogden Raptors of the
Pioneer League in
Ogden, Utah, to escape Arizona's summer heat and provide their players with better working conditions. since 2001.|alt=A baseball game being played on a green field surrounded by blue stadium seats Unlike AZL Brewers teams from the initial 1988 to 1995 run, those in the second stretch starting in 2001 posted losing records through 2009. In the 2010 season, manager Tony Diggs led the team to win the Central Division title and a berth in the AZL's limited playoffs. The Brewers defeated the
AZL Rangers in a single semifinal game before winning the championship game versus the
AZL Reds to earn their fourth league crown. Diggs won the league's Manager of the Year Award. After this success in 2010, the Brewers returned to posting losing records each season from 2011 to 2016. but they were eliminated by the
AZL Cubs in the quarterfinal match. In 2019, Milwaukee began fielding two Arizona League squads. AZL Brewers Blue and AZL Brewers Gold, named for their major league team's colors, were created to allow ample playing time for the Brewers' large number of recent high school draftees and international signings. Prior to the 2021 season, the Arizona League was renamed the
Arizona Complex League (ACL). In 2022, Brewers Blue
outfielder Jace Avina was chosen for the ACL Most Valuable Player Award. Milwaukee consolidated its Blue and Gold squads into a single team in 2023. They qualified for the playoffs that season for the first time since 2017 by winning the Central Division, 31–25. They defeated the
ACL Rockies in a single game, 3–2, to advance to the best-of-three finals. The Brewers won their fifth ACL championship over the
ACL Diamondbacks Red, 2–1. ==Season-by-season records==