The Brewers head into the 2026 MLB Draft with a system that’s drawing plenty of praise and a draft board that could give them some real flexibility. Milwaukee has built one of baseball’s deepest pipelines, and now it gets three picks in the first three rounds to keep adding to it.
The first thing to know: the Brewers are picking at No. 25 in the first round, then again at No. 66 and No. 102.
That gives them only two selections inside the top 100, their fewest in that range over the last eight years. After that, they’ll have one pick in every remaining round.
Milwaukee also had a second-round competitive balance pick at No. 67, but that selection went to Boston in the trade that brought Kyle Harrison, David Hamilton, and Shane Drohan to Milwaukee.
Even with fewer premium picks than usual, the Brewers are in a strong spot because their farm system is loaded nearly everywhere you look. The middle infield is the headliner, starting with Jesús Made, the consensus No. 1 prospect in baseball.
Milwaukee also has Luis Peña, Cooper Pratt, and Jett Williams all ranked among MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects. Josh Adamczewski, who has hit at least .320 in every season of his professional career, moved from the middle infield to the outfield because there simply wasn’t room for him there.
Last year, the Brewers added Brady Ebel with the No. 32 pick.
The depth doesn’t stop there. Milwaukee has a strong group of corner infield prospects, led by Andrew Fischer, who hit .299/.441/.713 with 28 home runs between High-A and Double-A, Blake Burke, who posted an .885 OPS with 19 home runs in Double-A, and Luke Adams, who put up a .942 OPS in 38 Triple-A games.
On the pitching side, the Brewers have 11 arms in MLB Pipeline’s organizational Top 30, led by Logan Henderson and Bishop Letson. Coleman Crow, Tyson Hardin, and Ethan Dorchies were unranked pitchers to watch a year ago, and all three have since moved into MLB Pipeline’s rankings, with Crow reaching the majors.
One area that looked thin a year ago has changed fast: the outfield. Luis Lara’s breakout season earned him a seven-year extension worth at least $31 million, and Braylon Payne followed with a big step forward of his own, hitting .281 with a .967 OPS and 16 home runs.
Williams can play the outfield, Adamczewski has already shifted there, and younger names like Alexander Frias, Josiah Ragsdale, Brailyn Antunez, and Kenny Fenelon have shown flashes. Add that to a major league group led by Jackson Chourio, Sal Frelick, Garrett Mitchell, and Lara, and the position suddenly looks deep.
If there’s a weak spot, catcher is the closest thing to one. Jeferson Quero and Marco Dinges are the only catching prospects in the system who project as potential above-average major leaguers, though even that feels like a stretch to call a true problem.
William Contreras is already an All-Star behind the plate, and Matthew Wood has produced with an .891 OPS in 189 Double-A at-bats. Still, catcher is one area where Milwaukee could reasonably add some depth, and Baseball America recently had the Brewers taking high school C/SS Cole Prosek, the nephew of Brewers third base coach Matt Erickson, with their first-round pick.
As for who might actually hear their name called at No. 25, Ace Reese keeps coming up.
The Mississippi State third baseman has drawn comparisons to recent Brewers first-rounders Brock Wilken and Andrew Fischer, and he put together a huge season with a .336/.432/.721 line and 24 home runs in 247 at-bats. ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel and The Athletic’s Keith Law both have Reese going to Milwaukee in their mock drafts.
Other names in the mix at No. 25 include Zion Rose, Aidan Ruiz, and Cade Townsend. The Brewers also have a habit of going under slot with their first-round pick, which helps them save bonus-pool money for later rounds and target high-upside players with strong college commitments. So even if Milwaukee goes in a different direction at the top, that wouldn’t be a surprise.
The bonus-pool math matters, too. After trading away its competitive balance pick, Milwaukee’s pool sits at $8,042,900, which ranks 25th in MLB. The No. 25 pick carries a slot value of $3,696,000, and the Brewers can spend less or more depending on the player they choose.
Their draft begins Saturday at 12:00 p.m. CT.
Picks 1-10 will be televised on NBC and Peacock, picks 11-40 will air on MLB Network, MLB.com, and MLB.TV, and picks 41-135 will stream on MLB.com and MLB.TV. The rest of the draft continues Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
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