Running 2026 MLB Draft Thread

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43 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Also, wouldn't mind adding another Ebel to the system in the 2nd round.

I don't know the draft as well as any of you, but I do agree if there is not a particular player or trait that the FO wants, I am all for drafting SS and CF. Keep those position players stocked - as depth is always a good thing to have and depth pieces can be moved for players of need later (see Holobetz/Yophery for Priester; Durbin/Mona for Harrison).

I suspect some 11-20 round HS pitchers, and wonder if other teams will do that as well??

The other is while we don't have high profile pitching prospects at the moment, the big league club and upper levels have 8-10 potential MLB arms that are mostly 24-27 and have 3+ years of control, which gives the '24/'25 HS pitching group some time to develop. But we rarely hit on international pitchers, so that is always an area of need to keep filling. But the M.O. is to do so in later rounds.

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Draft Day is upon us! Well, almost. Still lurking, still loving the Brewers and the draft, although I must admit I don't know the high schoolers as much as I used to. That's ok, the Brewers don't take them anyway...

A few thoughts following their recent history (again, college-centric):

If they fall (it always happens, thank you Sal Frelick, Garrett Mitchell, etc.): Liam Peterson, AJ Gracia, Sawyer Strosnider (Strosnider sounds like the most likely to be there, was considered a top 10-15 overall player entering the spring).

As it stands: Cade Townsend, Tegan Kuhns, Logan Reddemann. You just gotta believe the Brewers would love to add a power arm to the system given the wealth of bats (and their focus taking them in recent years).

A stretch but not ridiculous: Mason Edwards, Gavin Grahovac, Taylor Rabe. Metrically all these guys do things that most can't, and the Brew Crew loves those kind of players.

Some guys I like for rounds 2-4: Daniel Cuvet (huge power), Kade Lewis (great pure hitter), Evan Dempsey (2-way guy with ridiculous spin metrics), Carson Tinney (catcher with big offensive upside), Mulivai Levu (pure hitter that squares up the ball and plays really good 1B defense).

I can't shake his name: Camden Johnson, 3B, Oklahoma. He's versatile, he's speedy, he's got some pop and he bats left-handed. He played for the CWS champs, Oklahoma, showing a very patient eye while locking down the hot corner. Could play anywhere on the field. Not a ton of power but the profile fits.

Heck, OU has a few players I could see the Brewers targeting.

I've seen Zion Rose connected to the Brewers, a lot. Love the numbers, and I've seen him play numerous times dating back to his prep days. I don't love the profile, at least not for the first round, but he obviously does a lot of things well and had a really good spring somewhat quietly since the Cardinals vastly underperformed as a team.

The "Oh yeah" player: Cole Carlon. Ridiculous metrics on his slider, but he's basically a 2-pitch pitcher. That said, those 2 pitches are REALLY good, but it also creates some reliever risk. That said, big bodied lefties that throw in the upper-90s with a ridiculous breaking ball are hard to pass up (and he does throw a changeup, just not very often). If this were 10 years ago this guy would be talked about as a top 10 pick.

Go Brewers.