2026 Prospect Reports / Lists / Rankings / Interviews / Etc.

[snoogans8056]

BA came out with their Brewer top 10 today, along with a very long article about our draft strategy.

They have a chat this afternoon where you can ask questions as well.

[CheeseheadInQC]

A lot of encouraging stuff from the Baseball America chat, from the Dorchies answer to Fisher’s defense to how if Dinges was more advanced defensively the only question would be how high on the top 100 list he’d be.

[Jim Goulart]

12 hours ago, CheeseheadInQC said:

A lot of encouraging stuff from the Baseball America chat, from the Ethan Dorchies answer to Andrew Fischer’s defense to how if Marco Dinges was more advanced defensively the only question would be how high on the top 100 list he’d be.

The chat transcript with BA's Ben Badler is open to non-subscribers and can be found here. Good questions!

In addition, via the audio route:

Via the "Wisconsin Sports Daily Show" with Steve "Sparky" Fifer: "Baseball America's Ben Badler breaks down their rankings of the Brewers farm system. Ben describes how each of the top prospects could help out the Brewers in the near future!"

BA Subscribers are encouraged to visit their site for the official Brewers Top 10 and more insights.

[Joseph Zarr]

8 hours ago, Jim Goulart said:

The chat transcript with BA's Ben Badler is open to non-subscribers and can be found here. Good questions!

In addition, via the audio route:

Via the "Wisconsin Sports Daily Show" with Steve "Sparky" Fifer: "Baseball America's Ben Badler breaks down their rankings of the Brewers farm system. Ben describes how each of the top prospects could help out the Brewers in the near future!"

BA Subscribers are encouraged to visit their site for the official Brewers Top 10 and more insights.

Highly recommend giving this a listen. Spot on answers showcasing Badler really knows these players. Couldn't have answered the questions better myself.

[Spencer Michaelis]

Just Baseball's Top 100 was released yesterday, always good work, five Brewers represented in this one.

Top 100 MLB Prospects for 2025 (November Update)

[Jim Goulart]

Baseball America Podcast - NL Central Farm System Reviews | Future Projection

"In this week’s Future Projection, Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo continue their annual farm system review series with the NL Central.

We talk through each farm system, discuss development and acquisition trends, break down the top players in each system and try to talk through where players and orgs will rank in the greater prospect landscape."

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[SF70]

3 hours ago, Jim Goulart said:

Baseball America Podcast - NL Central Farm System Reviews | Future Projection

"In this week’s Future Projection, Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo continue their annual farm system review series with the NL Central.

We talk through each farm system, discuss development and acquisition trends, break down the top players in each system and try to talk through where players and orgs will rank in the greater prospect landscape."

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Ben Badler knows the Brewers system as well or better than any evaluator or scout I’ve read or listened to. Arem is right there as well. 

His article the other day describing the Brewers advantage over the rest of baseball with their drafting & signing of HS players was great to read, although he didn’t differentiate between pitchers and positionals, with at least 16 of the 18 listed HS’s signed since ‘21 being pitchers.

 

[snoogans8056]

46 minutes ago, SF70 said:

Ben Badler knows the Brewers system as well or better than any evaluator or scout I’ve read or listened to. Arem is right there as well. 

His article the other day describing the Brewers advantage over the rest of baseball with their drafting & signing of HS players was great to read, although he didn’t differentiate between pitchers and positionals, with at least 16 of the 18 listed HS’s signed since ‘21 being pitchers.

 

He also didn’t mention that we might have even signed more HSers in the first 10 rounds than anyone else as well.

Or the fact that they seem to take the youngest players possible. Braylon Payne was younger than about 8 first round picks from THIS year. Bitonti was 7 months older than a couple of them and he was a 2023 draftee.

[Jim Goulart]

Via Baseball America's "Hot Stove" Podcast: "J.J. Cooper, Ben Badler and Geoff Pontes discuss a number of topics, including the Brewers' unique strategy for finding value later in the MLB Draft."

[Jim Goulart]

 

 

[Jim Goulart]

Of course the Luke Adams package begins with an HBP!

 

[Jim Goulart]

Appearances by Adamczewski and Adams --

[Jim Goulart]

 

[Jim Goulart]

Swings in a Brewers uniform begin near the 2:00 minute mark:

 

[homer]

Weird seeing ETAs in the 2030s :)

 

 

 

[sveumrules]

2 hours ago, homer said:

Weird seeing ETAs in the 2030s :)

Dang, Christmas came before Thanksgiving this year.

Just digging into the individual write ups, but here is the system overview...

The Brewers once again have one of the best and deepest systems in baseball, and though it’s a familiar story, it’s worth highlighting how and where this organization is clicking. The obvious place to start is Latin America, where the Brewers have established a best-in-class scouting and decision-making apparatus. From a strategy perspective, they’ve internalized the importance of diversity as well as anyone: This isn’t an org that’s going to burn $5 million on Robert Puason. Instead, they spread their bonus pool around and give themselves several cracks to sign high-impact talent. In an environment where most of the big deals are agreed to with young teenagers who may or may not have finished developing physically, that approach makes a lot of sense.

More importantly, they’re signing the right guys. Even though they’re staying out of the deepest end of the signing pool, they have no trouble finding good, twitchy athletes and projectable frames. Even their low-dollar signees tend to have intriguing bat-to-ball skills or a promising pitch characteristic. Every system has a couple of guys on the back of its complex rosters who are just there to fill space, but the Brewers seem to have fewer of them than just about anyone else.

One of the things that sets Milwaukee apart is where and how the team spreads its resources. The details are probably worth a piece by itself, but the Brewers are well-known for their attention to detail in the region. Club officials do their homework, and document statistical and demographic information in places where such intel is tough to come by. Their scouts file thorough reports that require a level of familiarity with the talent beyond what is normal for the industry. The organization also prioritizes teaching and upskilling their coaches, which gets the developmental funnel functioning quickly. They don’t leave stones unturned outside the normal hotbeds: You may have noticed that a couple of the names above were tiny-dollar signings from Nicaragua. And of course, they’re doing quite well in Venezuela. With Jackson Chourio in tow and Quero, Lara, Antunez and others on their way, their success in that country looks particularly notable in an era where many teams were marshaling resources elsewhere. This group isn’t perfect — no one is — but they give themselves a ton of opportunities to make good decisions and they’re reaping the rewards.

The domestic scouting and development system is also humming along nicely. Milwaukee’s hit rate in turning college relievers with control issues into viable starter candidates is remarkable. We don’t know yet whether Hardin, Wichrowski, DeBerry, or Kuehner can crack a big league rotation, but that there’s a chance even one of them could is a big win for a small-market team.

If you’re looking for an Achilles heel, it might be in strength and conditioning. Writing this list, we came across an abnormal number of injuries, particularly upper-body tendon and soft tissue problems among the position player group. And it’s also striking how many of their players, pitchers in particular, are very lean, particularly in their lower halves. Building leg strength is a good way to coax a little extra velo out of a guy, and there are a lot of flier arms with promising control and movement traits here who haven’t taken that step. For teams that reliably develop this sort of thing, this is a good place to sniff around for talent.

[ClosetBrewerFan]

Fangraphs is not fans of Adams and Wilkens. 24th and 26th on the list. Basically they consider them bench bats.  A little surprising considering their strong wRC+ numbers in AA.  I guess they never have been fans of those two.  Even Dinges is 21st.  Still, hard to complain about ranking 30 players with a FV of 40 or higher.

[wallus]

FG likes our pitching more than just about any other ranking place.

[Jim Goulart]

More video that Fangraphs utilized in their analysis -

 

[Joseph Zarr]

On 11/22/2025 at 3:19 PM, Jim Goulart said:

 

Someone even gave a random RHP Paul Hoff mention in the comments?!? Brewers fans constantly surprise me with their depth of knowledge of the greater Minor League system. Was not expecting to see that!

[Joseph Zarr]

On 11/21/2025 at 8:40 AM, Jim Goulart said:

Appearances by Adamczewski and Adams --

This is maybe the very first time I've seen a prospect-head laud Adamczewski's defense above a high-ranked Brewers prospect like Adams - who I personally think can really shine at first base and has had great moments there; his inconsistent 3B play is what 'concerns' and has 'concerned' me. Honestly, it's about time the narrative shifts form Josh to a more reasonable body of takes. Is he a plus fielder there? No, I don't think so. But he definitely makes the vast majority of plays he should make and occasionally the surprising one. He certainly isn't losing any games because of defense in other words. He's not a glove first player and he definitely suffers from the occasional head-scratching error like any young player. We all know he is a plus plus bat profile first player. I remember earlier this off-season (I think it was Dykstra from MLB) a well-known prospect evaluator hinted that Josh's move to LF was mainly based on his near unplayability at 2B. It was an outlandishly inaccurate statement - the Brewers finally moved him to LF to diversify ways of getting his bat in the line up having a glut of high ranked middle infielders who profile more athletically up the middle. There's a bit of a log jam. It's refreshing seeing Callis both share he looked comfortable in LF but also saying this:

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17. Luke Adams, 1B, Surprise (MIL No. 8)

Like Adamczewski, Adams showed the ability to hit for power and average while managing the strike zone, batting .333/.471/.569. He doesn't have quite as much athleticism or defensive value as his fellow Brewers farmhand, but he's an aggressive baserunner and plays a nifty first base.

 

[mudbutt]

2 hours ago, ClosetBrewerFan said:

Fangraphs is not fans of Adams and Wilkens. 24th and 26th on the list. Basically they consider them bench bats.  A little surprising considering their strong wRC+ numbers in AA.  I guess they never have been fans of those two.  Even Dinges is 21st.  Still, hard to complain about ranking 30 players with a FV of 40 or higher.

I never put much stock in wRC+ when looking at minor leaguers.  You can just get away with too much and still have success, but it’s just not going to fly in the MLB.  I think Carlos Rodriguez is the epitome of this, great command that dominated the lower minors but just doesn’t have the raw stuff needed as he progressed.  That’s why FG is one of my favorite prospect lists because it does a good job imo of trying to figure out the flaw a guy has that will cause him not to make it, because let’s be real most of the guys aren’t.  

So it’s a real bummer he sees issues with Wilken and Pratt to a lesser extent, and thinks Dinges swing is too long.  He did mention in last weeks chat that Adams might be a guy he is most wrong about in the league.  Sometimes the unorthodox guy pans out!

Also taken aback by how gushing he is about Made, you don’t see that from Eric given the approach I just mentioned.  Wow!

 

[wiguy94]

I love Longenhagen's reviews. He's really in a class of his own when it comes to thoroughness and thoughtful evaluations. He goes into such depth and like @mudbutt said his evaluations feel more critical which is probably for the best because the vast majority of prospects fail. I also like that he really seems to avoid groupthink. Not that all his evaluations are correct but I wish we had some more varied opinions on prospects and less groupthink.

[SF70]

4 hours ago, wallus said:

FG likes our pitching more than just about any other ranking place.

And didn’t even mention our 3 big-armed TJ’s, Woodward-Broughton-Galindez, all 3 back pitching at varying times this season.

 

[Fungo]

From Baseball America's Top 40 AFL Prospects write-up.  Screenshots as there's a paywall...

 

 

Edited November 25, 2025 by Jim Goulart
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