A look at MLB Pipeline’s 2026 Top 30 Brewers prospects

This morning, MLB Pipeline released its list of the top 30 Brewers prospects in anticipation of the upcoming season. The full list can be found here.

I’m not going to overview each player on the list because BCB’s Dave Gasper just released his list of the top 50 Brewers prospects, complete with bios on each player. Pipeline also does its own write-ups on each of the prospects. However, plenty has changed since Pipeline released its last list at the midpoint of the 2025 season. Let’s take a quick look at some of the notable prospects who rose — and fell — since then.

Despite a fair amount of movement further down in the rankings, Pipeline’s top 10 Brewers prospects have stayed relatively static since the end of last season. The top four (Jesús Made, Luis Peña, new acquisition Jett Williams, and Cooper Pratt) stayed exactly the same. Jeferson Quero (more on him later) fell from No. 5 to No. 8. Taking his place is another recent acquisition, Brandon Sproat. Andrew Fischer (who Pipeline recently ranked the No. 1 third base prospect in baseball), Logan Henderson, and Quero slot in behind Sproat. Rounding out the top 10 are Bishop Letson (also ranked No. 9 at the end of last season) and Marco Dinges (up two spots).

Blake Burke is the biggest riser on this year’s list after altering his swing and approach late last season, discovering his power stroke in the process. Baseball America grades his raw power at 70, but it didn’t translate into home runs until late last season. Once Burke began “generating more loft and catching the ball out front,” the results began to speak for themselves. After hitting five home runs in 350 High-A at-bats, Burke ended up hitting 11 over just 140 with Biloxi.

Josh Adamczewski finished last season at No. 15, but he’s now just one spot from the top 10. Despite missing time with injuries, Adamczewski had a breakout season last year (.320 batting average, .910 slugging percentage) and impressed in the post-season Arizona Fall League — probably the main reason he slid up a couple spots. He’s 2-for-7 this spring with a double. Other notable risers include Tyson Hardin, Ethan Dorchies, and Robert Gasser, who all rose three spots since the previous list. Shane Drohan isn’t really a riser because he wasn’t in the Brewer organization until this offseason, but he finds himself sandwiched between Josh Knoth and Eric Bitonti at No. 25.

Quero’s standing as a top-five Brewers prospect was always mainly due to his defensive ceiling. His best tool behind the plate was always his rocket of an arm, but his arm strength hasn’t fully recovered from a labrum injury suffered early in 2024. Luke Adams also dropped three slots to No. 13, although that’s more due to the players above him — Dinges (No. 10), Adamczewski, and Luis Lara (No. 12) all impressed last season. Adams only hit .231 last year, but posted an OPS just north of .850 in 72 games.

Craig Yoho slid down the rankings from No. 18 all the way to No. 29. He struggled with command (and in general) in limited time with the Brewers despite consistently performing in the minors. Yoho’s given up three hits and an earned run in three innings this spring. With Milwaukee adding pitching depth over the offseason, he’ll need to impress to earn an extended look in the big leagues.

Bitonti finds himself down at No. 26 despite hitting 19 home runs last year in Low-A. Bitonti’s a super talented prospect with a lot of raw power, but he still has entirely too much swing-and-miss in his game. His 33.5% strikeout rate was the fourth-highest in Low-A. Bitonti will need to significantly improve that part of his game to make the big leagues. Brailyn Antunez, a top international signing just last year, fell off the list entirely after a rough showing in rookie ball (.215 AVG, .632 OPS).