2026 Milwaukee Brewers MLB Draft Day 2 Thread

[ClosetBrewerFan]

CC's son Carsten rounds out the 20th pick.  Nice story.

It would be fun to see a Fielder and a Sabathia in a Brewers uniform again.

[narwhalattack]

4 minutes ago, ClosetBrewerFan said:

CC's son Carsten rounds out the 20th pick.  Nice story.

Can he pitch?

[gregmag]

28 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

MLB zigs, Brewers fuel up their snowmobiles and Zag. 

🥶

Minnesota is the new Indiana (said no observer of American politics ever)!

[wallus]

Who will be the tough guys to sign in rounds 11-20?

[biedergb]

1 minute ago, wallus said:

Who will be the tough guys to sign in rounds 11-20?

I would say any of the HS guys. But the brewers do regularly sign about half of these picks.

Although my answer made me think of the college pitcher we didn’t sign last year.  I looked it up and Parker Coil did get picked by Guardians - however even later in the draft than last year. Not sure his motivation for not signing, but it didn’t help his draft stock, but he at least will be in another organization who is known for player and pitcher development.

[ClosetBrewerFan]

15 minutes ago, wallus said:

Who will be the tough guys to sign in rounds 11-20?

I would think Carson, Bell, and Maiorana will be the toughest to sign.  I'm hoping they can sign the four college guys and at least sign three of the high schoolers.

[CheeseheadInQC]

It’s so tough to tell with 11-20 guys on signability. For instance, on paper Sam George should be the third easiest signing, D-2 college pitcher. But I know from experience there are a lot of passionate Iowa fans in his hometown, and if he is one of them, the fact he is transferring there could make a difference.

[biedergb]

1 minute ago, ClosetBrewerFan said:

I would think Carson, Bell, and Maiorana will be the toughest to sign.  I'm hoping they can sign the four college guys and at least sign three of the high schoolers.

Agree those are the most likely to honor commitments and not sign, but these things are also unpredictable.  Last year a college pitcher did not sign, and we signed two of late Hs pitchers who were deemed highly unlikely to sign.  But I am hopeful the 4 college guys sign, and 3 of the HS sign (although I hope for 4-5 to sign). But the heavy HS picks in 11-20 does make me hopeful the brewers feel confident about picks 1-10, because if someone at the top doesn’t sign that limits the pool and affects the budget of all bonuses..

[Spencer Michaelis]

Well we know one player who is signing. 18th rounder Brady Smith is coming for Miz lol

 

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

Spencer.  Any thoughts about how the brewers might prioritize that $1m under slot on picks 11-20, assuming of course picks 1-10 sign for $600k less than slot collectively (+overage to $1M)

[James Zumstein]

The breakdown: 13 pitchers to 7 position players. I say this every year but I wish we had done a better job of addressing the lack of depth at catcher (zero drafted this year). Other than that, a very solid group of players and another great draft overall.

[wallus]

2 hours ago, Spencer Michaelis said:

Well we know one player who is signing. 18th rounder Brady Smith is coming for Miz lol

 

That young fella is certainly country confident.

[CheeseheadInQC]

16 minutes ago, James Zumstein said:

The breakdown: 13 pitchers to 7 position players. I say this every year but I wish we had done a better job of addressing the lack of depth at catcher (zero drafted this year). Other than that, a very solid group of players and another great draft overall.

Assuming Wood doesn’t get taken Rule 5 ( and Quero is in Milwaukee), Wood, Dinges, Mills, Garcia, Salazar is a solid starting contingent (Mills has quietly been hitting really well lately). I think they are going to hit the minor league free agent pool hard for backups at the upper levels, though.

[James Zumstein]

1 minute ago, CheeseheadInQC said:

Assuming Wood doesn’t get taken Rule 5 ( and Quero is in Milwaukee), Wood, Dinges, Mills, Garcia, Salazar is a solid starting contingent (Mills has quietly been hitting really well lately). I think they are going to hit the minor league free agent pool hard for backups at the upper levels, though.

I agree with you that there is some talent, but I have always felt catchers are similar to pitchers in that you can never have too many. Personal preference is all.

[SF70]

7 hours ago, James Zumstein said:

I agree with you that there is some talent, but I have always felt catchers are similar to pitchers in that you can never have too many. Personal preference is all.

Yeah, catching one of the few positions in this system that isn’t stocked with overwhelming depth, might add LH pitching as well. 

The amateur draft-department is absolutely firing on all cylinders. They have a process that gives them a leg up on most of the rest of baseball — just don’t let Ginger get poached.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

I really hope we can sign Bell.  I think he’s my top priority from the 11-20 group.

still bummed about a couple of the players we couldn’t sign late last year

[Joseph Zarr]

Just a friendly Heads Up:

I started an NDFA thread also pinned arop this Forum. If you discoverany UDFA signings please let us know there.

Thanks! 

[wiguy94]

Looks like both Smith and Havard were working out with Tread.

Here's a twitter thread on Smith

 

[wiguy94]

Here's the thread on Havard

 

[Ro Mueller]

Seems like a good indication that our 20th round pick will sign: 

 

[Ro Mueller]

 

[nate82]

It’s probably a long shot for Carson but I hope he makes it.