When the Milwaukee Brewers used a first-round pick on Andrew Fischer in the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft, the power upside was part of the package. What nobody could have reasonably expected was this kind of explosion in his first full year as a pro.
Fischer’s debut season last year was promising enough. He got into 19 games down the stretch with High-A Wisconsin and hit .311/.402/.446 with one homer and 10 RBIs.
Useful. Encouraging.
But what he has done in 2026 is on another plane entirely.
On Wednesday, Fischer launched his 39th home run of the season, a number that leads all minor leaguers. That’s not just a hot streak anymore. That’s a full-on demolition job.
The Brewers’ No. 5 prospect has piled up 10 RBIs in as many games for the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers, and the overall production has been outrageous. In 111 games across High-A and Double-A this season, Fischer is hitting .265/.396/.622 with a 1.019 OPS, 39 homers, 95 RBIs, nine stolen bases, 17 doubles, three triples and 91 runs scored.
The home run pace jumps off the page. At 39 homers in 111 games, Fischer is tracking toward a 56-homer season over a full 162-game schedule. That’s the kind of number that demands a double take, especially when the current major league home run leader is Kyle Schwarber with 40 in 128 games.
Yes, the majors are a different world. No one is pretending otherwise. But even with that caveat, Fischer’s season is impossible to ignore.
He’s only 22, and the next step feels obvious. With about a month left in the season, he should be headed to Triple-A, and he ought to have a real shot to enter Spring Training with a chance to win a big league job for 2027.
That power would change the look of Milwaukee’s lineup if it carries over. The Brewers have the fewest home runs in the league with 121, and David Hamilton and Joey Ortiz have been handling time at the hot corner.
Hamilton has four homers, while Ortiz has seven. Swap that for a bat with legitimate 30-plus-homer pop, and the offense looks a lot different.
Fischer may not be part of the playoff push, but he’s making it very clear that Brewers fans have something big to look forward to.
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