Milwaukee Brewers Spring Breakout Roster: Who Will Become a Star?

[Jason Wang]

The roster for the inaugural Spring Breakout is full of the best talent in the Milwaukee Brewers’ farm system. Who are some guys to keep your eyes on?

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In case you haven’t heard, Spring Breakout is a new minor league showcase that aims to spotlight the game’s most exciting up-and-coming talent. Over the course of four days, each major-league team will field a roster of its top prospects to play against each other, on the same day and at the same field as a game between the big-league versions of the same two clubs. 

As a team with one of the best farm systems in baseball, Milwaukee’s roster for the weekend is fearsome, to say the least. They’ll be trotting out all of their top-10 ranked prospects, except for likely big-leaguer Joey Ortiz, and will have 24 of their top 30 prospects represented, according to MLB Pipeline--tied with the Royals for the most.

Outside of the obvious names to watch (like Jackson Chourio, Jacob Misiorowski, Jeferson Quero, and Tyler Black), there are a few other prospects who have been tearing it up in the Cactus League. 

Wes Clarke has been a demon in his 17 spring training plate appearances thus far, slugging 1.000 and hitting a whopping four home runs. He’s been able to continue the momentum he had in the Arizona Fall League, where he slashed .297/.435/.568 over 92 plate appearances.

Brock Wilken has also been on a tear as of late, posting an 1.818 OPS over 11 plate appearances with four RBI and two doubles. If he continues to perform at a high level, there’s a chance for him to be a legitimate contributor in the hot corner, with the future of the position still somewhat in flux.

Although he is part of the aforementioned group of prominent players to watch, it is worth noting that Quero has displayed impressive defensive abilities behind the dish, limiting the run game in a big way.

On the pitching side, no one other than Bryse Wilson has logged more than four innings so it’s hard to tell what’s what, but Robert Gasser is still an interesting name to follow heading into the season given his expected role in the back of the rotation. He’s pitched just three innings in spring training thus far, though.

Here is the complete list of names currently slated to play against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday, March 17 at 3:05 PM CT:

PITCHERS

• Jacob Misiorowski, RHP
• Robert Gasser, LHP
• Carlos Rodriguez, RHP
• Josh Knoth, RHP
• Logan Henderson, RHP
• Bradley Blalock, RHP
• Bishop Letson, RHP
• Patricio Aquino, RHP
• Shane Smith, RHP
• Justin Yeager, RHP

CATCHER

• Jeferson Quero, C

INFIELDERS

• Tyler Black, 3B
• Brock Wilken, 3B
• Cooper Pratt, SS
• Eric Brown Jr., SS
• Eric Bitonti, 3B
• Mike Boeve, 3B
• Luke Adams, 3B
• Daniel Guilarte, SS
• Juan Baez, SS
• Wes Clarke, 1B

OUTFIELDERS

• Jackson Chourio, OF
• Luis Lara, OF
• Yophery Rodriguez, OF
• Dylan O'Rae, OF

Who are you most excited to see? This showcase could merely display the blazing talent of Chourio, or it could raise the celebrity of someone like Yophery Rodriguez or Luis Lara. At any rate, the game should be a joy to watch.

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[Cambo888]

I really like King who appears to be under the radar for most.  Was selected to represent at the Arizona Fall league in 2023.  Spring training, since pitching live, has faced 10 batters with no hits, no walks and 6 k's.  Last year, King fanned 54 batters in 31 innings of work.  Last night, against the White Sox, King looked to have great control topping at 98 mph having a 3 up 3 down closing inning with 2 k's.  Brewers need more depth with LHP, King is a good addition to the farm system.

[Bratwithspecialsauce]

Nice article...I don't get the perennial forecasts of doom that some share. This offense is bursting with great youngsters to augment the solid veterans..

If Matt Arnold can swing a deal for a good starter, we will be in the thick of the division race again..

[Jim French Stepstool]

I mean, how can you mention 2 or 3 names on that roster w/o mentioning 8 or 10 others? It's THAT deep.

Some of the people who are maybe a little under the radar (only because of the sheer depth of talent) who I'm excited to see perform are Knoth, Pratt, Adams, Guilarte & Y Rodriguez. And it seems like people are maybe forgetting about Eric Brown a little bit.

[Harold Hutchison]

For me, some things are speaking volumes:

• Wes Clarke is, by definition, the #2 catcher on this roster, and it looks as if the Brewers are OK with him in that role.
• The Brewers have incredible depth at third base now that is bleeding over to the other corner IF spot (Ernesto Martinez, for instance, has looked good in spring training games).
• The same applies to shortstop/second base. The Brewers' likely future 2Bs will have moved across from SS.
• There are probably a half-dozen pitchers who could have been included here, but missed out (King, Tanner Shears, James Meeker, Melvin Hernandez, Enniel Cortez, Prado, Flores), and probably a bit more.

All in all, there are about a dozen other players who could have made cases for a spot on this roster.

[sveumrules]

48 minutes ago, clancyphile said:

Wes Clarke is, by definition, the #2 catcher on this roster, and it looks as if the Brewers are OK with him in that role

Yes, the Brewers appear OK with Wes Clarke being the #2 catcher for a single exhibition game where he might catch a couple innings.

That’s a long way from them being OK with him catching 50-60 games that matter in a regular season.