With the new year comes the new baseball season. I’ll publish a full write-up on the Brewers’ top prospects at each position sometime before spring training starts, but Baseball America already took the liberty of releasing a list of the top 10 prospects (league-wide) at each position. For a couple positions, BA elected to include more than 10 prospects, as you’ll see below.

Here’s a little bit about each and every Brewers prospect who made the top 10, and a couple who didn’t:

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Catcher: None

While Jeferson Quero is one of the best prospects in a stacked organization, he didn’t make the cut for Baseball America. Quero’s still working his way back from a labrum tear suffered after his first plate appearance in 2024, which is part of the reason he’s not on the list (2023 Quero would be). Quero’s also barely a prospect at this point — he has a shot at making the Brewers out of spring training and will almost certainly make his big-league debut sometime in 2026.

First Base: Luke Adams (No. 9)

Adams, Milwaukee’s No. 8 prospect per MLB Pipeline, hit .232/.409/.450 with 11 home runs in Biloxi last year. He did miss the better part of two months with an injury, but when he was on the field, he was a standout player for the Shuckers. The 21-year-old Adams is well-rounded at the plate (213 walks to 260 strikeouts with the organization), which is a profile that should translate to the big leagues eventually.

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Second Base: Luis Peña (No. 2), Josh Adamczewski (No. 6)

Peña is one of the league’s top prospects, but due to concerns about his defensive range (and, to a lesser extent, his hands) he may end up sticking at second base rather than shortstop. Baseball America seems to be agreeing with those concerns by listing him at second. Despite said defensive concerns, Peña is still No. 2 on the list because he has all the tools to end up a superstar someday. Last season, Peña slashed .270/.335/.422 across Low and High-A.

Adamczewski (Pipeline No. 13), at least at the plate, had probably the best season of any Brewers prospect. He wasn’t even listed as a top 30 Brewers prospect before the season, but clearly, he should have been — slashing .320/.420/.490 across Low and High-A. Also, this tweet implies that he’ll be listed as a top 100 prospect heading into 2026:

Shortstop: Jesus Made (No. 4), Cooper Pratt (No. 16)

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BA named 25 shortstops due to the amount of depth at the position, so Pratt made the list despite ranking below the top 10.

Not much needs to be said about Made and Pratt that isn’t already known by the majority of Brewers fans, Still, to reiterate: Made looks to be a special prospect. He has all the talent in the world, and his production in the minors (.285/.379/.413 between Low-, High-, and Double-A) seems to reinforce the Brewers’ hopes that he might be a legitimate franchise talent in the mold of Jackson Chourio.

The only reason Made might not stick at shortstop is Pratt, who would be an above-average defensive shortstop if you dropped him into American Family Field today. Pratt’s bat, however, is less ready (.238/.343/.348 in Double-A last year). He’ll need a stronger offensive performance before the Brewers decide to move him up to Triple-A. With that being said, Pratt’s 2025 OPS was almost a full 100 points lower than his 2024 OPS (.768). If he improves at the plate after his first full year in Double-A, the Brewers will truly have an embarrassment of riches in the middle infield between Pratt, Made, Peña, Adamczewski, and current second baseman Brice Turang.

Third Base: Andrew Fischer (No. 1), Brock Wilken (No. 10)

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Fischer (Pipeline No. 6) might end up at first base eventually, but he comes in at No. 1 due to both the relative weakness at the position and his personal performance after the Brewers picked him with their first-round pick in 2025. Fischer is a mature and developed hitter for his age (21 until late May), which showed in his limited time with the High-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. In 18 games, the Tennessee Vols alum hit .311/.402/.446 and didn’t really show any signs of slowing down. If he keeps hitting like that at the start of the next season, he’ll be in Double-A before the trade deadline.

Wilken (Pipeline No. 17) is a monster power hitter, hitting 18 home runs in just 79 games last season. There’s still a little too much swing-and-miss to his game, but he improved a lot from last year’s stint in Biloxi despite missing serious time due to a dislocated kneecap suffered in a postgame locker room celebration. For more on Wilken, check out the breakdown of his swing that I did last year.

Center Field: None

Corner Outfield: None

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Right-Handed Pitching: None

None made the top 10, but Logan Henderson came in at No. 17 after his impressive performance in limited time with Milwaukee (1.78 ERA in 25 1/3 IP last year). Henderson, even more than Quero, is barely a prospect anymore and should have a role on the Brewers’ staff this year.

Left-Handed Pitching: None