Milwaukee Brewers Select Frank Cairone with the 68th Pick of the 2025 MLB Draft

[Ben Lepak]

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With the 68th pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, the Milwaukee Brewers selected LHP Frank Cairone out of Delsea Reg HS (NJ). Cairone was ranked number 107 on our draft board, number 96 on Baseball America, and was not ranked in MLB.com's top 250. Like comp pick Brady Ebel, Cairone is just 17 years old and one of the younger players in the draft.  

Here is what Jamie Cameron gave as a scouting report on Cairone prior to the draft:

Frank Cairone is a cold-weather left-handed prep arm out of Jersey, who still isn't getting the love he deserves on boards two weeks out from the draft. It's a physical frame at 6 '2, 200 pounds who will be 17 on draft day and one of the youngest prospects in the class.

Cairone took a significant velocity pop in 2025, and his fastball will now sit 91-93 mph and touch 94 mph. He pairs it with a sweeping breaker that, while not yet refined, demonstrates the type of spin traits many organizations will covet. Cairone is a Coastal Carolina commit who is a bit under-ranked, considering the developmental step forward he took in 2025 and the outstanding spin traits he demonstrates.

Cairone pitches exclusively from the stretch and has some effort in the delivery. Still, the Brewers have refined similarly unpolished deliveries in the past (Freddy Peralta and Corbin Burnes had mechanical questions). Cairone checks several boxes for the Brewers: elite spin, projectable frame, rising velocity, and youth.

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[MattK]

Loved this pick.  Would think they had to have discussed money enough to draft him and keep that pick.  Would he get $1.5MM in 3 years of NIL money from college? 

[Jim Goulart]

 

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On 7/13/2025 at 9:19 PM, Ben Lepak said:

Image courtesy of © Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

With the 68th pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, the Milwaukee Brewers selected LHP Frank Cairone out of Delsea Reg HS (NJ). Cairone was ranked number 107 on our draft board, number 96 on Baseball America, and was not ranked in MLB.com's top 250. Like comp pick Brady Ebel, Cairone is just 17 years old and one of the younger players in the draft.  

Here is what Jamie Cameron gave as a scouting report on Cairone prior to the draft:

Frank Cairone is a cold-weather left-handed prep arm out of Jersey, who still isn't getting the love he deserves on boards two weeks out from the draft. It's a physical frame at 6 '2, 200 pounds who will be 17 on draft day and one of the youngest prospects in the class.

Cairone took a significant velocity pop in 2025, and his fastball will now sit 91-93 mph and touch 94 mph. He pairs it with a sweeping breaker that, while not yet refined, demonstrates the type of spin traits many organizations will covet. Cairone is a Coastal Carolina commit who is a bit under-ranked, considering the developmental step forward he took in 2025 and the outstanding spin traits he demonstrates.

Cairone pitches exclusively from the stretch and has some effort in the delivery. Still, the Brewers have refined similarly unpolished deliveries in the past (Freddy Peralta and Corbin Burnes had mechanical questions). Cairone checks several boxes for the Brewers: elite spin, projectable frame, rising velocity, and youth.

 

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That catcher has oven mitts for hands. Jeeesh. 

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Alex “Juicy” Jensen

 

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68. Frank Cairone,

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- A I loved this pick and fit. IMO, this was one of the highest ceiling arms in the prep class. Cairone stands out for his projection given his age, ability to spin the ball and recent jumps in power. It's a loose delivery from a low slot that produces some pretty nutty movement.

Cairone sits low 90's but has reached 95 and it plays up due to a low release height, plus or better IVB, and intense 7'0 extension. I see this as an easy plus pitch projection. Arguably the most impressive pitch is his slider, which is often above 3000 RPM and will sit close to 2900 with extreme movement made more extreme by the low release. Cairone will mix in a solid cutter that has potential to tunnel extremely well with his FB/SL mix and could be devastating if he hones it right. The pitch also shows plus plus spin rates. Cairone has also flashed a nascent CH that could be tricky to max out from his arm angle.

Cairone has a clean delivery, repeats well and generally throws strikes. He projects as having average or better command. I do have two areas of minor concerns, one is durability, Cairone's stuff has dipped later in games as he shows fatigue and he was a late spring stuff jump from a cold-weather state. He will need to prove he can hold the stuff later into starts and across more starts. He projects to do so, but it still needs to proven. To allow his stuff to tunnel as well as it can, Cairone needs to add consistency to his release height and extension between offerings. Again, just 17, he projects to do so and this is an area the Brewers have shined, but it's still a caveat. I saw a lot of poo-pooing of this pick at the draft, which made it clear most people just hadn't watched Cairone pitch.

This is a potentially more dynamic version of the Jamie Arnold skillset that's about as clean of a player dev fit as you will find. I think there is a world where this time next year, Cairone Is throwing strikes with 3 plus pitches, from a funky slot as an 18-year-old and his fallback is a dynamic pen arm. How is that not a huge win at 68??

[Joseph Zarr]