Milwaukee Brewers Spring Breakout Roster: Who Will Become a Star?

In case you haven’t heard, Spring Breakout is a new minor league showcase that aims to spotlight the game’s most exciting up-and-coming talent. Over the course of four days, each major-league team will field a roster of its top prospects to play against each other, on the same day and at the same field as a game between the big-league versions of the same two clubs. 

As a team with one of the best farm systems in baseball, Milwaukee’s roster for the weekend is fearsome, to say the least. They’ll be trotting out all of their top-10 ranked prospects, except for likely big-leaguer Joey Ortiz, and will have 24 of their top 30 prospects represented, according to MLB Pipeline--tied with the Royals for the most.

Outside of the obvious names to watch (like Jackson Chourio, Jacob Misiorowski, Jeferson Quero, and Tyler Black), there are a few other prospects who have been tearing it up in the Cactus League. 

Wes Clarke has been a demon in his 17 spring training plate appearances thus far, slugging 1.000 and hitting a whopping four home runs. He’s been able to continue the momentum he had in the Arizona Fall League, where he slashed .297/.435/.568 over 92 plate appearances.

Brock Wilken has also been on a tear as of late, posting an 1.818 OPS over 11 plate appearances with four RBI and two doubles. If he continues to perform at a high level, there’s a chance for him to be a legitimate contributor in the hot corner, with the future of the position still somewhat in flux.

Although he is part of the aforementioned group of prominent players to watch, it is worth noting that Quero has displayed impressive defensive abilities behind the dish, limiting the run game in a big way.

On the pitching side, no one other than Bryse Wilson has logged more than four innings so it’s hard to tell what’s what, but Robert Gasser is still an interesting name to follow heading into the season given his expected role in the back of the rotation. He’s pitched just three innings in spring training thus far, though.

Here is the complete list of names currently slated to play against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday, March 17 at 3:05 PM CT:

PITCHERS

• Jacob Misiorowski, RHP
• Robert Gasser, LHP
• Carlos Rodriguez, RHP
• Josh Knoth, RHP
• Logan Henderson, RHP
• Bradley Blalock, RHP
• Bishop Letson, RHP
• Patricio Aquino, RHP
• Shane Smith, RHP
• Justin Yeager, RHP

CATCHER

• Jeferson Quero, C

INFIELDERS

• Tyler Black, 3B
• Brock Wilken, 3B
• Cooper Pratt, SS
• Eric Brown Jr., SS
• Eric Bitonti, 3B
• Mike Boeve, 3B
• Luke Adams, 3B
• Daniel Guilarte, SS
• Juan Baez, SS
• Wes Clarke, 1B

OUTFIELDERS

• Jackson Chourio, OF
• Luis Lara, OF
• Yophery Rodriguez, OF
• Dylan O'Rae, OF

Who are you most excited to see? This showcase could merely display the blazing talent of Chourio, or it could raise the celebrity of someone like Yophery Rodriguez or Luis Lara. At any rate, the game should be a joy to watch.