The Milwaukee Brewers did plenty to shore up the pitching side of the roster ahead of the 2026 Major League Baseball trade deadline. What they did not land was the kind of power bat that could really change the look of this lineup.
That missing piece matters because Milwaukee is sitting on the best record in baseball at 71-43, yet the offense still has a glaring flaw: the Brewers have the fewest home runs in baseball with 104. The front office addressed the rotation by bringing in Dustin May, then reinforced the bullpen by adding JoJo Romero from the St.
Louis Cardinals and Antonio Senzatela from the Colorado Rockies. On paper, that makes the club better than it was before the deadline.
It still doesn’t solve the one issue that keeps hanging over this team.
That issue is especially loud this time of year. In October, one swing can swing a series.
The source of the concern is familiar for Milwaukee, too. Last season’s club ran into the same power shortage in the National League Championship Series and had no answer for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
With the deadline gone, the Brewers don’t have many obvious routes to a slugger with real upside. But there is one name in the system who fits the profile: Andrew Fischer.
The 22-year-old has been on a tear in his first full professional season, piling up 34 homers and 74 RBIs in 93 games. He started the year in High-A and is now in Double-A, and the raw power has been impossible to ignore.
Fischer was a first-round pick in the 2025 MLB Draft and played 19 games at High-A after being selected. This season has been his first true run through pro ball, and he has handled it well.
The problem is that the majors are a different world entirely. Fischer has not even reached Triple-A yet, so jumping straight from Double-A into a playoff race would be a massive step. Every young player faces a learning curve once he gets to the big leagues, and this would be an especially steep one.
That leaves Milwaukee with a tricky decision. Fischer looks like the one player in the farm system with the kind of power that could alter a game, maybe even a series.
At the same time, bringing him up now would carry real risk. The simpler path would have been adding a proven big leaguer before the deadline, but that window is gone.
So between now and the end of the season, the Brewers still need to find more power somewhere. Fischer could be the answer.
He could also be a gamble.
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