MILWAUKEE -- Aaron Ashby could get used to coming to Miller Park in late September, and he's enjoying his time in Milwaukee until his time comes.

Ashby is this year’s winner of the Brewers' 2019 Minor League Pitcher of the Year award. Brewers outfielder Trent Grisham earned the Position Player of the Year award.

“Flanny [Brewers farm director Tom Flanagan] called me when I kind of got done working out,” Ashby said. “I answered it; didn’t know what it was going to be about. He told me the news and I was kind of taken away like, ‘Wow, that’s pretty cool.’”

Ashby continues to trend in the right direction. After a solid season in his first full season in 2018, Ashby turned in another impressive season in 2019 going 5-10 with a 3.50 ERA in 24 appearances (23 starts) between Class A Wisconsin and Class A Advanced Carolina. He held opposing hitters to a .222 batting average.

“He missed bats, good strikeout rate. We definitely saw him trending upward as the season went along and that’s not a slight against some of the other pitchers we had,” Flanagan said.

Brewers pitching prospects who were considered for the award included Trey Supak, Max Lazar, Dylan File and Noah Zavolas, among others, Flanagan told reporters Saturday.

“It was a crowded field on the pitching side this year,” Flanagan said. “I think what, in the end, separated Aaron from the group, marginally, [were] the things that a pitcher can control, he excelled at.”

“My first couple of starts were a little rough and after that, I had a meeting with the coaching staff and it was smooth sailing from there,” Ashby said. “We got some things figured out.

“I think I was putting a lot of pressure on myself and that meeting kind of helped take that pressure away. After that it was really easy and really fun."

Grisham hit .300 with 26 homers and 71 RBIs over 97 games with Double-A Biloxi and Triple-A San Antonio before his promotion in August. That power has translated, as Grisham has slugged five homers in his 127 at-bats for the Brewers.

“For Trent Grisham, everybody's timetable is different," Flanagan said. "He was a guy that this year, it wasn't even a tough decision to start him at Double-A for us. We thought he needed to take care of some business -- from what he showed us in Spring Training to what he showed in April, May. Really forced our hand to get him to Triple-A and then he took it to another level."