Running 2026 MLB Draft Thread

[snoogans8056]

30 minutes ago, James Zumstein said:

Even Brady Neal, Alabama's catcher, will only be 21.9 as a SR, so could be a great bargain. 

We’ve drafted him once already too.

[James Zumstein]

1 hour ago, snoogans8056 said:

We’ve drafted him once already too.

I had forgotten that. Thanks for catching it!

[MilwaukeeBeers]

What range is Brendan Brock expected to go? We drafted him last year and if I recall correctly he had a plus plus run tool as a catcher. That is quite unique! Had a very decent season with the Sooners

[Madhawk23]

On 6/9/2026 at 9:36 AM, MilwaukeeBeers said:

What range is Brendan Brock expected to go? We drafted him last year and if I recall correctly he had a plus plus run tool as a catcher. That is quite unique! Had a very decent season with the Sooners

BA has him as their #107th ranked overall prospect right now in the draft. So, seems like he'd be a round 2-4 type guy next month. In this scenario, banking on himself by going back to college for another year appears to have paid off for him.  

[Jake McKibbin]

33 minutes ago, Madhawk23 said:

BA has him as their #107th ranked overall prospect right now in the draft. So, seems like he'd be a round 2-4 type guy next month. In this scenario, banking on himself by going back to college for another year appears to have paid off for him.  

Absolutely! I think from memory he'd grown up dreaming of going to Oklahoma and being a sooner, so really got the best of both worlds there

[Madhawk23]

1 minute ago, Jake McKibbin said:

Absolutely! I think from memory he'd grown up dreaming of going to Oklahoma and being a sooner, so really got the best of both worlds there

With that said though....I selfishly wish he would have signed with the Brewers last summer! 😉

[Jake McKibbin]

Haha let's not go down that road, Spencer still cries over Chris Levonas

[liveforoctober]

Local kid that has turned a corner this year - Thomas Burns from Hortonville. Big RHP pitching at Texas. Was a starter but they moved him to the closers role this year. His numbers are mixed but 43 k's in 22 innings. Hucks it up there high 90s. Big over the top delivery with some real rise. I think BA had him in the 100s as far as college prospects go at one point this year ... not sure where he ended up.

 

 

[wiguy94]

10 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

Local kid that has turned a corner this year - Thomas Burns from Hortonville. Big RHP pitching at Texas. Was a starter but they moved him to the closers role this year. His numbers are mixed but 43 k's in 22 innings. Hucks it up there high 90s. Big over the top delivery with some real rise. I think BA had him in the 100s as far as college prospects go at one point this year ... not sure where he ended up.

He's currently 185th on their overall list.

[snoogans8056]

1 hour ago, Jake McKibbin said:

Haha let's not go down that road, Spencer still cries over Chris Levonas

As we all should. He’s gonna be a top 10 pick.

[wallus]

If Levonas makes it to us, I would laugh if we drafted him again.

[LouisEly]

MLB.com has Logan Reddemann at #28.

Is that fairly consistent with other ratings and realistic at this point of where he might go?  I think the Brewers might like his cutter and ability to throw strikes.  Could move through the system quickly.

[ghostdrew]

On 6/10/2026 at 4:27 PM, wallus said:

If Levonas makes it to us, I would laugh if we drafted him again.

Not draft eligible this year 

[wiguy94]

25 minutes ago, LouisEly said:

MLB.com has Logan Reddemann at #28.

Is that fairly consistent with other ratings and realistic at this point of where he might go?  I think the Brewers might like his cutter and ability to throw strikes.  Could move through the system quickly.

ESPN has him at 23 and BA at 31 so seems like consensus would be late 20's.

[nate82]

1 hour ago, LouisEly said:

MLB.com has Logan Reddemann at #28.

Is that fairly consistent with other ratings and realistic at this point of where he might go?  I think the Brewers might like his cutter and ability to throw strikes.  Could move through the system quickly.

They haven't gone pitcher in the first round since 2014 with the Kodi Medeiros pick, excluding any comp picks.  Maybe they go pitcher but I think they stay with a college bat in the first round.  

[James Zumstein]

20 minutes ago, nate82 said:

They haven't gone pitcher in the first round since 2014 with the Kodi Medeiros pick, excluding any comp picks.  Maybe they go pitcher but I think they stay with a college bat in the first round.  

We took Ethan Small at #28 in 2019. I think we'd all like to forget that happened. 😉

[James Zumstein]

2 hours ago, LouisEly said:

MLB.com has Logan Reddemann at #28.

Is that fairly consistent with other ratings and realistic at this point of where he might go?  I think the Brewers might like his cutter and ability to throw strikes.  Could move through the system quickly.

Going down late in the year with arm fatigue has definitely caused him to lose a little shine and brought him down into our range. He was almost guaranteed to be gone by #25 if he had stayed healthy, but now he could likely be available, if we were so inclined.

[nate82]

23 hours ago, James Zumstein said:

We took Ethan Small at #28 in 2019. I think we'd all like to forget that happened. 😉

I knew I shouldn't have trusted the AI.  

[snoogans8056]

Ever since the Dominican operation really started humming, we’ve essentially used that to build up all our positional depth. This has freed up rounds 11-20 to go for bigger swings than just depth, and full rosters that allow for HS pitching supplementation.

Jumping the gun a bit, but this DSL group looks like maybe the deepest we’ve ever had. There may not be much room at either Arizona or Wilson to get ABs for everyone next year.

My wacky prediction: An entire draft of pitching outside of the first rounder.

My other wacky prediction: Miz-Mania opens doors for us signing guys that we probably couldn’t before (Levonas), and potentially a bit cheaper than we’d expect.

 

[SF70]

17 hours ago, snoogans8056 said:

Ever since the Dominican operation really started humming, we’ve essentially used that to build up all our positional depth. This has freed up rounds 11-20 to go for bigger swings than just depth, and full rosters that allow for HS pitching supplementation.

Jumping the gun a bit, but this DSL group looks like maybe the deepest we’ve ever had. There may not be much room at either Arizona or Wilson to get ABs for everyone next year.

My wacky prediction: An entire draft of pitching outside of the first rounder.

My other wacky prediction: Miz-Mania opens doors for us signing guys that we probably couldn’t before (Levonas), and potentially a bit cheaper than we’d expect.

 

Agree on this DSL group being the deepest we’ve ever had, at least positionally, but outside of the first pick, an entire draft of pitching seems a little extreme. 

Pitching-centric I agree with. Hoping to see a Levonas-type swing in the early rounds with the usual HS 11-20. 

 

[Spencer Michaelis]

Think it is probably worth pointing out that this is the smallest pool the Brewers will have had in quite a while, so I could see it being a little more difficult for them to go as heavy on the HS types in 11-20 as they have been of late. It's a bigger pool than they had in 2022, when they only gave one player more than the $150,000 (Luke Adams), but the slot values have also moved up quite a bit in that time.

Including the 5% overage (signings over the $150,000 mark post round 10):
2026: $8,445,045 
2025: $13,795,005 (CJ Hughes, Luke Roupe, Rylan Mills, Chase Bentley, Ma'Kale Holden -- $1.59 mil of pool)
2024: $12,345,480 (Joey Broughton, Travis Smith, Jayden Dubanewicz, Tyler Renz -- $1.91 mil)
2023: $11,498,130 (Bishop Letson, Bjorn Johnson, Hayden Robinson, Josh Adamczewski, Justin Chambers -- $1.3 mil)
2022: $7,424,865 (Luke Adams -- $132,500 toward pool)
2021: $10,571,925 (Caden Vire, Quinton Low, Jace Avina -- $353,400 toward pool)

[snoogans8056]

2 hours ago, Spencer Michaelis said:

Think it is probably worth pointing out that this is the smallest pool the Brewers will have had in quite a while, so I could see it being a little more difficult for them to go as heavy on the HS types in 11-20 as they have been of late. It's a bigger pool than they had in 2022, when they only gave one player more than the $150,000 (Luke Adams), but the slot values have also moved up quite a bit in that time.

Including the 5% overage (signings over the $150,000 mark post round 10):
2026: $8,445,045 
2025: $13,795,005 (CJ Hughes, Luke Roupe, Rylan Mills, Chase Bentley, Ma'Kale Holden -- $1.59 mil of pool)
2024: $12,345,480 (Joey Broughton, Travis Smith, Jayden Dubanewicz, Tyler Renz -- $1.91 mil)
2023: $11,498,130 (Bishop Letson, Bjorn Johnson, Hayden Robinson, Josh Adamczewski, Justin Chambers -- $1.3 mil)
2022: $7,424,865 (Luke Adams -- $132,500 toward pool)
2021: $10,571,925 (Caden Vire, Quinton Low, Jace Avina -- $353,400 toward pool)

Should also be noted that 2022 year included spending double the 2nd round slot value for Miz.

[Spencer Michaelis]

39 minutes ago, snoogans8056 said:

Should also be noted that 2022 year included spending double the 2nd round slot value for Miz.

Fair point, I think they're still going to be able to get some guys in those rounds, but I'm just saying I'd be surprised if it's close to what we've seen these last three drafts. Somewhere between the two extremes, would be my guess. Maybe somewhere between $750-900k of the pool? Of course, they could also go heavy on senior signs in 5-10 and give themselves some more room for 11-20, so who really knows.