Milwaukee Brewers prospect Andrew Fischer just keeps piling up home runs, and now he’s reached a number no minor leaguer had touched in a decade.
Fischer, Milwaukee’s No. 5 overall prospect, hit his 43rd homer of the season on Tuesday. That leaves him alone atop the minor league home run leaderboard, well clear of Seattle Mariners prospect Lazaro Montes, who had been second with 38 before making his big league debut on Tuesday against the Boston Red Sox.
Jesús Báez sits third in the St. Louis Cardinals system with 36.
For Fischer, the power surge has come without a real pause. In his first full-time professional season, the 22-year-old has put together 43 home runs, 103 RBIs and a .272 batting average in 115 games split between High-A and Double-A. That works out to a pace of 60 homers over a 162-game season, which tells you everything you need to know about how loud this breakout has been.
The bigger picture is even more striking. Per Biloxi Shuckers media relations and broadcaster Javik Blake, Fischer’s total leaves him tied for the 11th-most home runs in a minor league season since 1963. He is the first minor leaguer to reach 43 homers in a season since Kris Bryant did it in 2014.
That’s the same Kris Bryant who finished that year in the minors with 43 home runs before winning National League Rookie of the Year in 2015. Fischer is also tied on that list with Ryan Howard, who hit 46 homers in the minors one year before taking NL Rookie of the Year in 2005 and then launching 58 more for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2006 on his way to National League Most Valuable Player honors.
It’s rare company, and Fischer has earned every bit of it. He still has a few weeks left to add to the total, but the season he’s already put together has put him on the map.
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