Milwaukee Brewers Prospects to Know

You are reading the free version of the Milwaukee Brewers Top Prospects. In this version, you will get the full writeups on the top prospect in the system, the biggest sleeper, and a player I could see breaking out in 2025.

In this edition, you will see what I offer in the full team reports. For every farm system, you will get my top 50 ranked players and detailed reports on the top 30. Each report includes advanced player data, traditional scouting thoughts from live and video looks, plus thoughts from scouts around the league.

Let’s dive in on what you get in the full report!

Glossary:

FFG = Future Fantasy Grade - essentially, what is the likely long-term outcome for the prospect? This is always going to be more conservative. Handing out ace tags is not something I like to do. So, this is a realistic outcome.

90th Peak = If the player hits their best-case outcome, what does it look like?

Variance = How risky is this player’s profile, and how likely are they to hit their likely outcome? Low variance is good; high means more risky.

Format for report: Name/Position/Age on 2025 Opening Day/Height/Weight/Highest Level

Milwaukee Brewers Top Prospects To Know

Top Overall Prospect

1. Jesus Made, SS, 17, 6’1”/187, DSL

It is rare for a DSL prospect to move to the top of a talented system like this. But it is also pretty rare for a player to do what Made did at 17 years old. While Jorge Quintana was the Brewers’ prized signing in the 2024 intentional class, receiving $1.7 million, Made got the second-highest bonus at $950k.

Made was the best hitter in the Dominican Summer League, slashing an impressive .331/.458/.554 with six home runs and triples a piece, plus nine doubles while stealing 28 bases. Made struck out in just 13 percent of plate appearances while walking at an impressive 18 percent clip.

The switch-hitter took some aggressive hacks and was good from both sides of the plate, albeit just 32 plate appearances against left-handed pitching. Made starts square in the box or slightly a tad open before using a toe-tap, closing his body, and creating a good coil. His hands drop, and Made points the barrel tip to the sky. While his hands move a lot, he gets on-plane during his swing and creates good bat lag. The hands are quick, and the whole body creates an explosive swing and power. He has shown the ability to hit home runs on pitches in all parts of the zone, showing barrel control.

Under the hood, the data is elite, especially for a 17-year-old. Starting with the power, a 104 mph 90th percentile exit velocity is already north of MLB average. Made topped out at 109 mph and posted a hard-hit rate north of 47 percent. The barrel rate was superb, and while it is easy to critique the ground ball rate near 50 percent, Made put 42 percent of his pulled balls in the air, which is an impressive mark.

Made is passive in the box and picks his spots well. He swung at just 33 percent of the pitches he saw and swung at less than 15 percent of pitches out of the zone. Considering the aggressive swings he takes, it is kind of insane that Made made contact at nearly 90 percent of pitches he swung at overall. When the overall and in-zone contact skills are nearly identical, you have an impressive hitter.

Not only does Made perform well at the plate, but he also has good speed. While we don’t put much stock into DSL stolen base totals or any low-level minor league totals, Made will steal bases. He swiped 28 this year in 32 attempts and could consistently be a 15-20 stolen base threat by the time he reaches the majors.

Made looks like a future top-10 prospect. The buzz is insane, but Made might be someone to buy high on.

FFG: Top-5 SS/2B

90th Percentile Peak Outcome: .290/.390/28 HR/20 SB

Variance: High

Buy/Sell: Buy High

Brewers Sleeper Prospect

16. Bishop Letson, RHP, 20, 6’4”/170, A

Letson was an 11th-round pick in the 2023 MLB draft who received an above-slot bonus of $482k. His first full-pro season was strong, as Letson posted a 3.13 ERA across 63 innings with 57 strikeouts and 27 walks.

With plenty of projection on his 6’4” frame, there is room to add to his fastball, which presently sits in the 92-95 mph range, but Letson has already been up to 98 mph. It is an elite extension, which allows the pitch to play up even more. The two-seam regularly has north of 15 inches of horizontal movement, while his four-seam has more carry through the zone.

Letson’s slider has a two-plane break, getting good horizontal movement and nearly 30 inches of horizontal separation from his two-seam to the slider. The changeup is still a work in progress, but it does have heavy fading action. If the pitch further develops this offseason, Letson will have a strong arsenal.

For his age and larger frame, Letson threw strikes at an above-average clip this season, nearly 63 percent. He misses bats and does a good job keeping the ball on the ground. The upside is tremendous here, especially if the fastball continues to tick up.

FFG: SP4-5

90th Percentile Peak Outcome: 150 IP/3.80 ERA/160 K

Variance: High

Buy/Sell: Buy

Milwaukee Brewers Breakout Prospect for 2025

20. Blake Burke, 1B, 21, 6’3”/236, A+

Burke was one of the more underrated power profiles in the 2024 draft, hitting 20 home runs and having 51 extra-base hits while slashing .379/.449/.702 in his junior season at Tennessee. Burke struck out 15 percent of the time and walked around 11 percent of the time. There are quite a few similarities between him and White, who put up big-time exit velocities and makes respectable contact but also chases a bit.

Burke’s exit velocities were 98th percentile among all college hitters as he posted a 95 mph average exit velocity with 110 mph at the 90th percentile. Topping out at 117 mph, Burke has a 54 percent hard-hit rate.

The contact was also respectable as Burke posted an overall contact rate near 84 percent with an in-zone mark north of 88 percent. The issue is, Burke chases a ton out of the zone, coming in north of 32 percent on the chase rate. The good news is he still made good contact on pitches out of the zone.

Burke is a heavy line drive hitter and does a good job getting to the pull side. The power is evident. He has risks at a corner-only profile, but he also brings a lot of likes to the table. If you want a power specialty, Burke might be your guy.

FFG: Power Hitting CI

90th Percentile Peak Outcome: .275/.350/25 HR/3 SB

Variance: High

Buy/Sell: Buy