Jesus Made Among Brewers Prospects Invited to Spring Training

[Steve Drumwright]

Shortstop Jesus Made, the consensus No. 3 prospect in all of baseball, was one of nine players in the Milwaukee Brewers' system invited to spring training Tuesday.

Spring training invites allow players not on the 40-man roster but under contract with the team to report when big-league camp opens, which for the Brewers is Feb. 12 for pitchers and catchers and Feb. 17 for position players. Pretty much anyone in the system can appear in a spring training game, but an invite allows prospects and veterans searching for a major-league job to get in extra work with the players on the 40-man roster. For prospects, it gives them a taste of what big-league spring training is like before ultimately joining the team's minor-league camp to get ready for the regular season.

The other prospects joining Made, an 18-year-old who played at three levels in 2025, including Double-A Biloxi, are infielder-outfielder Jett Williams, shortstop Cooper Pratt, center fielder Luis Lara, third baseman Brock Wilken, corner infielder Luke Adams, left-handed starter Tate Kuehner, and catchers Ramon Rodriguez and Matt Wood. It is possible that more prospects are added at some point.

Williams was one of two players recently acquired from the New York Mets in the trade for right-handed starters Freddy Peralta and Tobias Myers. The other one was right-handed starter Brandon Sproat, who is already on the 40-man roster.

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[Robert The Bruce]

$8 million doesn't seem like that much, and they could have kept him.  Still, it's adding young controllable talent, which is the essence of Brewers doing Brewers things.  Trying to shake up another combo of young talent to game the system rigged against them once more.  Running it back wasn't gonna get it done, and Freddy's 8 yr $51 mil contract was a bargain. . . added a controllable pitcher and a player who might have some pop.  Ok with it.  This is how it is. . .

[CheeseheadInQC]

I wonder if this is it or if they will end up inviting a few more pitchers, either AAA relievers or maybe a AA starter like Hardin.