An Offseason Look At The Brewers 2024 Rookie Class

[Brock Beauchamp]

The 2023 season saw rookies step up and make major contributions as the Brewers won the National League Central Division by a mile. Could the Brewers see a similar class in the 2024 season?

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In 2023, Sal Frelick, Andruw Monasterio, Abner Uribe, Joey Wiemer, and Brice Turang played significant roles for the Brewers. Monasterio ultimately emerged as Brewer Fanatic’s Top Rookie of 2023 by a slim margin. Who are the rookies who could step up in 2024? Let’s look at them and dive them into tiers.

Rookies Likely To Be On The Opening Day 2024 Roster

Tyler Black, 3B
.284/.417/.517 with 25 doubles, 18 home runs, 73 RBI, 88 walks, 100 strikeouts in 450 at-bats between AA Biloxi and AAA Nashville

Black moved to third base for 2023 and dominated at the plate in both stops. Long seen as a pure hitter, he struggled to stay healthy in 2022. The health came in 2023, and he proceeded to post double-digit doubles, triples, homers, and steals, making a strong case to be the front-runner to start at third base on Opening Day for the Brewers. The Crew certainly needs some help at third base – Brian Anderson cooled off and was eventually designated for assignment after a hot start, Luis Urias never got back on track after an Opening Day 2023 hamstring injury, and Monasterio ended up needing to cover second base because of Turang’s struggles at the plate. Black could easily slot into the #2 hole behind Frelick.

Robert Gasser, LHP
9-1, 3.79 ERA, 123 hits, 50 walks, 166 strikeouts, 12 home runs in 135 1/3 innings pitched over 26 games (25 starts) at AAA Nashville

The Josh Hader trade that some think sank the Brewers in 2022 but which aided the team’s 2023 NL Central Division championship may help the team again in 2024, this time in the form of Gasser, who was arguably Nashville’s ace last season. The Brewers will need some rotation help due to Brandon Woodruff’s extended absence in 2024, and Gasser could provide that help at a bargain price.

Top Prospects Who Could Reach Milwaukee In 2024

Jackson Chourio, OF
.283/.338/.467 with 26 doubles, 22 home runs, 91 RBI, 43 walks, 104 strikeouts in 531 at-bats between AA Biloxi and AAA Nashville

Chourio rocketed to AA in 2022 and more than held his own at that level at age 19 in 2023. The Brewers have a lot of young, talented outfielders, including Frelick, Wiemer, Chris Roller, Blake Perkins, and Garrett Mitchell. Still, Chourio could easily force his way to Milwaukee at some point in 2024 due to either injury or struggles at the plate by the other players. Still, Chourio is very young, and the Brewers will likely be inclined to wait to call Chourio up unless they feel they have no choice...

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[Bratwithspecialsauce]

Black has gotten far less ink than the 23 and 24 freshmen, but I think his contribution will be significant. He's a bat we need,  with the speed of Black, Yeli, Turang and Frelick, I'm hoping Murph is going to stress runner advancement..Add Chourios potential RBI bat and this offense can rock!

[DR28]

Would be nice, but idk Black as OD 24 3B.