Final Mock Draft: With The 25th Overall Pick, The Brewers Draft The Most Polished Prep Arm In The Class

I take MLB mock draft rankings from major industry outlets like MLB Pipeline, ESPN, The Athletic (and many others) to form a consensus board, with a working hypothesis that using this approach will eliminate some of the noise and variance in MLB Draft mock rankings. This is the final mock draft board, locked in just before the 2026 MLB Draft on Saturday, July 11.

Round 1: Carson Bolemon, LHP, Southside Christian HS, SC

Bolemon is part of an exciting crop of prep arms getting first-round consideration in the 2026 class. While he'll be 19 on draft day, it's an enticing combination of size, present stuff, and pitchability that makes him one of the more polished high school arms in recent years.

Bolemon has a clean delivery and operates from a three-quarters slot. His fastball has been up to 97 mph, but will typically sit in the 92-94 mph range. The standout trait with the pitch is his command of it, as Bolemon can manipulate it throughout the strike zone with ease.

Bolemom pairs his fastball with two promising breakers, an upper 70s curve and a slider that sit in the low 80s, with his changeup lagging behind the breaking pitches in both usage and effectiveness. Bolemon was the best arm on U18 US National team last summer (on a team that included Gio Rojas) and has a good chance to be the first prep arm off the board. He's currently committed to Wake Forest.

Round 2: Joseph Contreras, RHP, Blessed Trinity Catholic HS, GA

Joseph Contreras, son of Jose Contreras, is a tall, lean, prep pitcher currently committed to Vanderbilt who took center stage for a brief moment in the WBC as a 17-year-old, competing for Brazil against a stacked Team USA lineup.

Contreras' fastball sits 94-97 mph and has been up to 100 mph. It's a quick arm, and one can see him sustaining his velocity more consistently with a bit of added weight and strength. For secondaries, there's a mid-80s slider that holds good spin rates and flashes above average to plus, a changeup in the low-80s with good fade, and a split-change/forkball he throws in the high 70s-low 80s that dies at the plate and flashes plus.

That's a ton of weapons and velo for a frame still growing and adding strengths who will turn 18 just before the draft.

Round 3: Caden Bogenpohl, OF, Missouri State

Caden Bogenpohl is one of the most physically imposing hitters in the entire class at 6'6, 240 pounds. Raw power is the calling card here. Bogenpohl has generated exit velocities north of 117 mph in 2026, figures among the very best in the class. He pulverizes fastballs and pitchers on the inner third of the plate, but has a much tougher time when pitched away with secondaries or up with velocity.

There are doubts about the hit tool with Bogenpohl, who's posted a whiff rate north of 27% in 2026 against primarily mid-major competition. In terms of supplementary tools, it's a solid profile. He's played plenty of center field, with good speed for his size and above-average arm strength. It's a profile best suited for right field, if he can hit enough. In 2026, he hit .274/.427/.413 with 6 HR (17 XBH), while walking 19.5% of the time and striking out 18% of the time (111 wRC+).

Round 4: Brady Harris, OF, Trinity Christian Academy HS, FL

Harris is a tooled-up prep outfielder out of Florida, currently committed to the University of Florida. Despite the loud physicality in his profile, he's slipped a bit since the beginning of the cycle in public-facing rankings.

Harris has a great frame at 6'2, 185 pounds. Setting up in a relatively upright, back-weighted stance, it's some of the better rotation and bat speed on the prep side this cycle. It's easy plus raw power, and Harris can get to it in games, with some strength projection remaining.

There are loud supplemental tools, too. Harris is an easy plus runner with above average arm strength who should figure to stick in center field as a pro hitter. The routes are solid, and he has a good shot to accrue positive value on the base paths and in the field.

Right-handed power-reliant outfield profiles can be dinged as the draft cycle gets late. In Harris' case, it's due to swing and miss concerns. He had a poor summer circuit in 2025, exhibiting quite a bit of in-zone swing and miss. If he can improve his bat-to-ball skills and get the strikeouts in check, he can be a force.

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