The Brewers’ Day 3 haul in the 2026 MLB Draft brought a little bit of everything: two college arms who look like they’ll get to pro ball, plus three prep players with more uncertainty attached but plenty to like. Rounds 11 through 15 weren’t about splashy certainty. They were about traits, projection, and betting on what the organization can shape next.
Gavin Perry was the first name off the board in this stretch, and he doesn’t fit the usual Brewers mold for a round 11 arm. The Western Kentucky right-hander is a fifth-year senior, a big-bodied 6-foot-5, 265-pound pitcher who works with a fastball mostly in the 92-94 mph range.
His heater leans more sinker than pure four-seam, and he pairs it with a curveball, slider and splitter. There’s also a chance a cutter gets introduced once he gets into pro ball.
Perry’s 2026 season was a strong one: a 3.89 ERA over 15 starts, 83 strikeouts and just 19 walks in 85 2/3 innings. It’s not the loudest upside profile in the class, but the Brewers have already seen a version of this type work, with Braylon Owens making it to Double-A less than a year after being drafted.
Round 12 brought another college righty, Marcus Kruzan from Minnesota. The Ashland, Wisconsin native started his college career at St Thomas before moving to the Gophers for this past season, and the change seemed to suit him.
He made 14 appearances, 12 of them starts, and logged 52 2/3 innings with 54 strikeouts and 16 walks. His delivery is athletic, and his four-seam fastball sits in the low to mid-90s with solid carry and about 7 feet of extension.
Kruzan also mixes in a curveball, slider and splitter. There are some similarities here to the John Holobetz and Tyson Hardin picks from 2024, and if the secondary pitches sharpen up, he could still end up in a starter role.
Then came a pair of high school players from the Brewers’ 11-20 range, starting with outfielder Carson Hart in round 13. Hart, a Mankato East High School product and Creighton commit, brings premium athleticism to center field or anywhere else the Brewers want to run him.
He was timed at 6.28 seconds in the 60-yard dash at a Prep Baseball event, which is elite speed and gives him real defensive upside. The bat is interesting too.
Hart has a short swing, his exit velocities have been trending upward, and at 17 there’s still more power to come. He already shows signs of an above-average hit tool thanks to good bat-to-ball ability and a line-drive approach, even if he didn’t completely dominate this spring.
If Milwaukee can sign him, he’s the kind of player who can bring a lot of energy to pro ball. He’s also expected to be the first of the Brewers’ rounds 11-20 picks to require a bonus above $150,000.
Round 14 went to left-hander Daunte Bell II from Millikan High School in California, a Houston commit with plenty of projection left. Bell is still sitting in the mid-to-upper 80s, though he has touched 91 mph in games, and the fastball shows late life.
He works from a funky arm angle and throws a five-pitch mix that includes a cutter, a bigger slider, a curveball and a changeup with decent feel. At 6-foot-3 and 175 pounds, he has a lot of room to add strength, which makes the velocity upside easy to see.
Whether he signs is another question, but the arm talent is real.
The final pick in this group was right-hander Keaton Maiorana from Mountain Vista High School in Colorado. A Minnesota commit, Maiorana was ranked the No. 43 player in the state by Prep Baseball, but he already flashed some real heat, reaching 95.5 mph in February of 2025.
He also reworked his curveball into more of a sweeper in the upper 70s, and the pitch can spin at more than 3000 RPMs. His changeup showed a little feel, though it blended with the fastball shape at times.
That fastball shape is part of why the Brewers may want to tinker with him if they can get him signed. He had previously been committed to UNLV before flipping to Minnesota about a month ago, and his signability remains unclear.
Still, he’s the kind of up-arrow prep arm teams dream on when the tools start to jump.
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