Brewers Sign First-Round Draft Pick Trey Ebel

[Steve Drumwright]

 

The Ebel brothers are officially Milwaukee Brewers teammates.

Infielder Trey Ebel, the first-round pick (25th overall) by the Brewers in last weekend's MLB Draft, has signed with the Crew. MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis reported that Ebel signed for $2.8 million. That pick had an assigned slot value of $3,696,000, so the Brewers can use that nearly $900,000 on other picks.

Ebel joins brother Brady Ebel, who was the 32nd overall pick in last year's draft and is now at High-A Wilson. Both played together at Corona on the same team as Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Seth Hernandez. The Ebels' father, Dino, is the thrid-base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Brewers also reportedly signed sixth-round selection Ryan Oshinskie, a right-hander out of Brown. Baseball America has Oshinskie signing for $222,500, an underslot deal. His slot value was $333,200.

Like his brother, the 17-year-old Trey Ebel worked hard to become a top prospects. He has a good eye for the strike zone and had a career slash line of .345/.453/.596 with 12 homers and 77 RBIs. He walked 39 times, while striking out just 34.

The 21-year-old Oshinskie broke out last summer during the Cape Cod League, with a 1.93 ERA and striking out 38 while walking seven.

Ebel and Oshinskie are the only signed draft picks thus far.

 

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[ClosetBrewerFan]

Trey wins family bragging rights at $2.8M vs Brady's $2.75M.  Take that Brady.  Though with inflation, I think he can throw plenty of that back in his face.  Both did well for themselves.  Christmas with the Ebel's with be fun this year.