The Milwaukee Brewers keep winning in a way that doesn’t look anything like a typical power team. They sit last in Major League Baseball with 137 home runs, yet they’re also 91-56 and own the best record in the sport. Milwaukee has scored the third-most runs in baseball anyway, leaning on a different formula: manufacturing offense, playing elite defense, and backing it all up with what is arguably the best pitching staff in MLB.
That same contrast has defined the season in the minors for one of the organization’s biggest power bats. Third base prospect Andrew Fischer has been putting up home run numbers that stand out anywhere, and on Thursday he added another one to make history.
Fischer, Milwaukee’s first-round pick in the 2025 MLB amateur draft, first got attention before the season while playing for Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic. In four games, he hit .357/.438/.714 with a home run and five RBI.
Since joining the Brewers’ minor league system, he’s done nothing but rake. At High-A Wisconsin, Fischer hit .298/.443/.675 with 20 home runs and 50 RBI before getting bumped up to Double-A Biloxi. He entered Thursday night hitting .249/.383/.631 with 26 home runs and 62 RBI in 68 games.
Then came his 47th overall home run of the minor league season, a swing that put him in the record book. As posted Thursday, the blast gave Fischer the most home runs by any prospect across baseball since the turn of the century and moved him into sole possession of fifth place in the Modern Era with 47.
ANDREW FISCHER STANDS ALONE! He now holds the record for the most HR in a season by an MiLB hitter this century and moves into sole possession of 5th place in the Modern Era with #47! #ShuckYeah #ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/DioL1AoO6B
- Javik Blake (@javblake8) September 11, 2026
What makes the number even more eye-catching is that 2026 is Fischer’s first full season of professional baseball. For a player still early in his development, that’s a massive power output.
The strikeouts, though, are part of the profile too. Fischer is not a top-100 prospect, and the reason is clear: he had struck out 181 times in 122 games entering play Thursday.
That kind of swing-and-miss doesn’t automatically shut the door on a major league future. Kyle Schwarber has led the league in strikeouts multiple times and still paired that with elite production, including leading the league in walks more than once and ranking among the home run leaders year after year.
Still, Brewers fans have every reason to keep their eyes on Fischer. The power is loud, the numbers are real, and the organization has to weigh that upside against the risk that a player with big strikeout totals could stall out the way Keston Huira did, despite strong minor league home run production.
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