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[Jim Goulart]

 

[JoeyWiemerTruther]

Craig Yoho graduated so MLB pipeline added Handelfry Encarnacion to the top 30 prospects

[JoeyWiemerTruther]

Also curious where MLB pipeline ranks the Brewers draft prospects sometime in the next week or 2, I imagine Trey Ebel will be somewhere borderline top 10 and Strosnider will be somewhere between 15-25 and that’s it for the top 30

[wiguy94]

3 minutes ago, JoeyWiemerTruther said:

Also curious where MLB pipeline ranks the Brewers draft prospects sometime in the next week or 2, I imagine Trey Ebel will be somewhere borderline top 10 and Strosnider will be somewhere between 15-25 and that’s it for the top 30

If they carry over their rankings from the draft board, Strosnider at 55 will be ranked between 2 and 7 on the list. Ebel at 45 will be between 11 and 21 on the list.

[Spencer Michaelis]

Awesome write-up on Frank Cairone from Jason Pennini on his new Complex League site (great follow on Twitter/X as well, highly recommend). Pennini was an OG prospect guy on socials and with Prospects Live, got a job as a scout and now is back in this world. He's also helping Baseball America with some stuff. Seems like a great guy too.

https://www.complex-baseball.com/notes/ef1ad098-09dd-43c0-8f03-87604d85c35d

[CheeseheadInQC]

In his Fangraphs chat yesterday, Brendan Gawlowski said that Josh Knoth was likely to fall just short of their top 100 list when it is updated.

[Joseph Zarr]

On 7/10/2026 at 2:20 PM, SF70 said:

Ben Badler really knows the Brewers system. One of the most knowledgeable of the national site evaluators, imo.

Yup. Every year too. He is absolutely on point.

[Joseph Zarr]

22 hours ago, Spencer Michaelis said:

Awesome write-up on Frank Cairone from Jason Pennini on his new Complex League site (great follow on Twitter/X as well, highly recommend). Pennini was an OG prospect guy on socials and with Prospects Live, got a job as a scout and now is back in this world. He's also helping Baseball America with some stuff. Seems like a great guy too.

https://www.complex-baseball.com/notes/ef1ad098-09dd-43c0-8f03-87604d85c35d

Totally. Worth the quick read. He dives in really succinctly to Frank's current lower velo but why it is playing and how that projects to when he is further along on his climb back to mid-90's. Great closing paragraph too:

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This was a tease. I am looking forward to monitoring Cairone’s development and will hopefully get to see Cairone work deeper into a game later in the year as he builds up. My prevailing thought coming away from this look was “Frank Cairone - I get it."

 

[jay87shot]

On 7/15/2026 at 10:16 AM, CheeseheadInQC said:

In his Fangraphs chat yesterday, Brendan Gawlowski said that Josh Knoth was likely to fall just short of their top 100 list when it is updated.

Interesting Knoth has been solid and the stuff is really good but I thought he wouldnt get any love from the propect community until next year.

I think it is time for Braylon Payne to get on some top 100 lists. He has 17 HR ans 17 SB in 54 games at 19 in high A. Blake Burke also with a 20/20 season at his size is nuts.

[Playing Catch]

20 hours ago, jay87shot said:

I think it is time for Braylon Payne to get on some top 100 lists. He has 17 HR ans 17 SB in 54 games at 19 in high A. Blake Burke also with a 20/20 season at his size is nuts.

Both are very high picks. If they played in the Angels system, there's zero doubt in my mind they are both "top 100".

[Lathund]

A different take on this are the various projection system top 100s. Here is the OOPSY one.  6 Brewers in the top 28 (Made, Lara, Pratt, Adams, Peña, Fischer). Williams and Payne make it 8 in the top 40. Juan Martinez at 47 might be the biggest surprise, followed by Brady Ebel at 53. So 10 in the top 53! Tyson Hardin makes a total of 11. 

 

Also out is the Baseball Prospectus midseason top 50, featuring Made and Peña, but also Andew Fischer. 

[cragi]

26 minutes ago, Lathund said:

So 8 in the top 53!

Check again, I count 10 of the top 53.

[Mr Southpaw]

Here is a list of just Brewer Prospects.  Cubs 6, Pirates 4, Cards 4, and Reds 2. Seattle was second most with 7.

 

6	Jesús Made	MIL	19	AA	SS	4.1	8	3
16	Luis Lara	MIL	22	MLB	CF	3.5	31	32
19	Cooper Pratt	MIL	22	MLB	SS	3.5	41	46
24	Luke Adams	MIL	22	AAA	1B	3.3	12	31
27	Luis Peña	MIL	20	A+	SS	3.3	20	14
28	Andrew Fischer	MIL	22	AA	3B	3.3	17	18
36	Jett Williams	MIL	23	AAA	CF	3.2	26	39
40	Braylon Payne	MIL	20	A+	CF	3.1	25	27
47	Juan Martinez	MIL	19	A	2B	3.1	57	55
53	Brady Ebel	MIL	19	A	SS	2.9	68	75
90	Tyson Hardin	MIL	25	AAA	P	2.6	85	86

[wibadgers23]

3 hours ago, Mr Southpaw said:

Here is a list of just Brewer Prospects.  Cubs 6, Pirates 4, Cards 4, and Reds 2. Seattle was second most with 7.

 

6	Jesús Made	MIL	19	AA	SS	4.1	8	3
16	Luis Lara	MIL	22	MLB	CF	3.5	31	32
19	Cooper Pratt	MIL	22	MLB	SS	3.5	41	46
24	Luke Adams	MIL	22	AAA	1B	3.3	12	31
27	Luis Peña	MIL	20	A+	SS	3.3	20	14
28	Andrew Fischer	MIL	22	AA	3B	3.3	17	18
36	Jett Williams	MIL	23	AAA	CF	3.2	26	39
40	Braylon Payne	MIL	20	A+	CF	3.1	25	27
47	Juan Martinez	MIL	19	A	2B	3.1	57	55
53	Brady Ebel	MIL	19	A	SS	2.9	68	75
90	Tyson Hardin	MIL	25	AAA	P	2.6	85	86

Luke Adams at 24 is really something.

[Stealofhome]

21 minutes ago, wibadgers23 said:

Luke Adams at 24 is really something.

He's so intriguing because his profile is incredibly promising...if he were left-handed. He could be Brandon Belt, Alvin Davis, or Eric Hosmer if so, but there are few minor league players with similar stat lines from the right-handed side.

https://cstjohn810.github.io/prospect-comps/?dataset=hitter&id=702726

[homer]

 

 

 

[MattK]

16 hours ago, homer said:

 

 

 

Only 2 pitchers. Interesting

[Tedaldtada]

I know I floated this thought elsewhere but I would be so curious to know who the Brewers consider their top 10-20 pitchers. My guess is they don’t even think in those terms but surely they must have their favorites. 

[Tedaldtada]

The hitting prospect depth is absurd.

Cooper Pratt and Eric Bitonti would have just finished their junior seasons of college if they had went.

Who are you taking today if given the choice? Cooper Pratt or Roch Cholowsky? Pratt is at least in the conversation considering his team control, floor, and that he is already in the bigs. Dream on Roch but bet on Cooper.

And considering what Eric Bitonti has done as a pro, you have to think he would have been drafted extremely high in this years draft. Bitonti is still not getting much top 100 love which doesn’t jive for me. He’s probably going to post a 20/20 .900 OPS season in A+ Ball as his 2026 draft eligible peers were college juniors.

[igor67]

Catcher is the only position I don't feel 100% confident we will have a really good internal option. Not saying we are empty but with Dinges and Quero both having injuries impact them there is a chance neither pans out well. Every other position has so many options, someone will workout.

[BrewersRice]

On 7/14/2026 at 12:48 AM, wiguy94 said:

If they carry over their rankings from the draft board, Strosnider at 55 will be ranked between 2 and 7 on the list. Ebel at 45 will be between 11 and 21 on the list.

I like their picks, but being ranked #2 is a really wild take. It will be interesting to see which one is ranked higher. I give maybe 5% chance one is ranked in our top 8. Most likely you will see both around the 13-20 range. (This is more a testament to how stacked our system is)

[wallus]

The only way I see Strosnider in the top 10 is if there are a few graduations 

[sveumrules]

Using the BF Top 20 for reference, right now I wouldn't slot either of Ebel the Younger or Strosnider ahead of Ebel the Elder at #15.

Pratt and Lara should be graduating soon which will open a couple spots (plus whoever gets dealt twixt now and the deadline), but I'd also guess that most will have Frias (currently #18) and probably should have Knoth (currently outside the Top 20) ranked ahead of this year's top two picks in the next round of voting as well.

[igor67]

It is pretty wild to be at a point where well regarded new draft picks might struggle to get into the top 15 right away.

[wiguy94]

2 hours ago, BrewersRice said:

I like their picks, but being ranked #2 is a really wild take. It will be interesting to see which one is ranked higher. I give maybe 5% chance one is ranked in our top 8. Most likely you will see both around the 13-20 range. (This is more a testament to how stacked our system is)

I’m just going by Pipeline’s ratings. On the draft board they had Strosnider as a 55 overall. The Brewers have 5 prospects at 55 overall on our pipeline Top 30 spanning from Pena at 2 to Adamczewski at 6. If they carry over Strosnider’s overall from the draft board he would be ranked somewhere from 2 to 7. If you think that’s wild then you need to take it up with Pipeline for how they have Strosnider ranked so highly. 

We literally saw this happen a year ago when Dickinson who was drafted 185th and signed a slightly underslot deal immediately entered our Top 30 because he was a 45 overall and 80th on the Pipeline draft board.