{"id":575224,"date":"2026-03-31T00:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T00:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575224\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T00:27:08","slug":"reports-brewers-give-top-prospect-cooper-pratt-8-year-50-75m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575224\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Brewers give top prospect Cooper Pratt 8-year, $50.75M deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> shortstop prospect Cooper Pratt has agreed to terms on an eight-year, $50.75 million contract, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n

USA Today first reported that the two sides were on the verge of agreeing to terms.<\/p>\n

Pratt, 21, is regarded as one of the more promising players in a Brewers farm system that ranks among the best in the majors. He was rated by MLB Pipeline as the No. 62 prospect in all of baseball.<\/p>\n

Pratt already has a reputation as an outstanding fielder.<\/p>\n

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He’s not as polished a hitter at this point in his development, though he does have a good eye. Pratt batted .238 with a .343 on-base percentage, eight homers, 62 RBIs, 31 steals and 67 walks in 120 games with Double-A Biloxi in the pitcher-friendly Southern League last season.<\/p>\n

Pratt also played three games at Triple-A Nashville and went 4-of-15 with an RBI and a steal. He batted .294 with a .405 on-base percentage and four RBIs in 18 spring training games this year.<\/p>\n

Although the Brewers haven’t confirmed the signing, Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy was asked Monday what he likes about Pratt after watching the 21-year-old in spring training camp.<\/p>\n

“What’s not to like?” Murphy said. “Aptitude. He’s a baseball player. He’s a good baseball player. He’s got a ways to go. He’s got to develop. Great human, a worker.”<\/p>\n

The Brewers selected Pratt in the sixth round of the 2023 draft.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time the Brewers have given a lucrative extension to a prospect without major league experience. They signed outfielder Jackson Chourio<\/a> in December 2023 to an eight-year, $82 million deal when he was 19 years old and had played only six games above Double-A.<\/p>\n

Chourio reached the majors in 2024 and has collected at least 20 homers and 20 steals in each of his first two seasons.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers shortstop prospect Cooper Pratt has agreed to terms on an eight-year, $50.75 million contract,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-575224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}