Format = Position Player | Age on 4/1/2025 | Highest Level Played | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. SS Jesus Made | 17 | DSL | 2028
Here’s what I wrote in July for Prospect News: Angel The Guardian or Jesus Made Me Do It:
“Brewers SS Jesus Made (17, DSL) is looking at a long career of awkward puns if he can keep playing like he has so far as a professional, slashing .395/.490/.716 with five home runs, three stolen bases and a 14.6-to-13.5 percent walk-to-strikeout rate. Made was a highly ranked, highly paid signing, but I’m fascinated by Milwaukee’s process as they’re getting results like this while much of the incoming international class is struggling to make contact or has yet to debut. Made is a switch-hitter at 6’1” 187 lbs who is more physically developed than a lot of his peers, so that’s probably a factor.”
He finished the season .331/.458/.554 with six home runs, six triples, nine doubles, and 28 steals in 32 attempts across 51 games. His plate rates were 18.1-to-13, so he walked more and struck out less the rest of the way. Stateside debut could still send things sideways, but this is a stock on a rocket in the prospecting game.
2. RHP Jacob Misiorowski | 22 | AAA | 2025
At 6’7” 190 lbs with a three-quarter delivery, Misiorowski’s process trades balance for deception, which landed him in the bullpen at the end of 2024 when Milwaukee brass apparently decided his command wasn’t far enough along for him to contribute as a starter in the short term. It’s anyone’s guess whether he’ll be back in the rotation next season, but he was as dominant as expected out of the pen, recording a 1.84 ERA and 0.75 WHIP with 19 strikeouts in 14.2 innings. The team has said it will consider trading Devin Williams this winter, so we’ve got a lot of moving pieces here. My guess is The Miz can write his own story if he wants to start and comes into 2025 with slightly improved command.
3. SS Cooper Pratt | 20 | A+ | 2027
Pratt steps off the bus at an impressive 6’4” 195 lbs and features excellent hands and athleticism on the field. On defense, he projects to remain at shortstop with an inside lane on becoming plus at the position given his strong arm and impressive range. He doesn’t get the most out of his frame as a hitter, but he’s been playing against older pitchers and holding his own while learning to power up, as indicated by his five home runs in 23 High-A games after hitting just three in 73 Low-A contests. He was also outstanding in the postseason, helping to propel the Timber Rattlers to the final game of the championship, which they lost to the young Guardians.
4. C Jeferson Quero | 22 | AAA | 2025
A torn labrum in his right shoulder cost Quero what might have been his rookie season. Shoulder stuff is scary for professional throwers, and a big part of Quero’s appeal has always been his plus defense behind the plate. Assuming he does get back to 100 percent, William Contreras isn’t a free agent until 2028. Contreras is good enough to DH when he’s not catching, so maybe this will be a non-issue, but I still feel like it caps Quero’s upside enough that I’m not buying at the moment.
5. OF Braylon Payne | 18 | A | 2028
The 17th overall pick in this year’s draft, Payne is among the fastest (and youngest) players in his class and could be a true 80 runner at peak. At 6’2” 186 lbs from the left side, he’s a prototype center fielder with a Kenny Lofton-like slashing swing that opens up just a tick early. He slashed .438/.526/.625 in four games late in the Low-A season, suggesting that he won’t be overwhelmed in full-season ball in 2025.
6. RHP Logan Henderson | 23 | AAA | 2025
Here’s what I wrote in August about Henderson for Prospect News: Stash List Vol. 8: Crews Control or Hubba Bubba:
“In 67.2 innings (15 starts) across three levels, Henderson has a 2.53 ERA, 0.81 WHIP, and a 31.4 percent strikeout-minus-walk rate. That’s 89 strikeouts and nine walks. He has allowed one run with 11 strikeouts in 10 Triple-A innings. A mid-season oblique injury has left him with some extra innings in the tank that could lead to some September starts.”
Narrator: It did not lead to some September starts.
Henderson got knocked around in his home park at Triple-A Nashville, but that happens. His combination of plus fastball and plus changeup with a developing slider should push for a rotation spot at some point in 2025.
7. OF Yophery Rodriguez | 19 | A+ | 2028
At 6’1” 185 lbs from the left side, Rodriguez shows promising raw power that hasn’t manifested in games, but that hasn’t stopped him from thriving. In 110 Low-A games, he posted a 117 wRC+ with seven home runs and a .343 on base percentage. He picks up a lot of hits to the opposite field, but I don’t always love how the swing looks. Kinda late, slow, disjointed. Can get rid of that and start turning on the ball with reps and age. He’ll be against older players throughout his next couple years. Even joined the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and contributed to their playoff run after his Low-A Mudcats got bounced in round one of the Carolina League playoffs.
8. 2B Jadher Areinamo | 21 | A+ | 2026
Areinamo slashed .301/.349/.442 with ten home runs, 32 steals and an 11.1 percent strikeout rate in 110 games for High-A Wisconsin. He’s listed at 5’8” 160 lbs but looks a little bigger than that to me. Not hard to look a little bigger than that, I realize. Basically I’m saying he hits the ball hard all the time. Fun player to watch.
9. 3B Mike Boeve | 22 | AA | 2025
Boeve graduated High-A after just 13 games by hitting .553 then slashed .306/.374/.447 with six home runs in 66 Double-A games. This comes just a year after being a 2nd round pick out of Nebraska-Omaha. I think he can stay at third base, but if he can’t, he might struggle to find a regular spot in a contender’s lineup unless he develops more thump.
10. RHP Craig Yoho | 25 | AAA | 2025
This system is deep. I could make a case for another half dozen guys here: Eric Bitoni, Tyler Black, Brock Wilken, Brewer Hicklen, Luis Lara, and Robert Gasser even though he had Tommy John surgery during the summer. I think the best case for fantasy purposes belongs to Yoho ho and a bottle of rum, a 6’3” 225 lb power reliever in an organization with a track record for developing dominant closers. In 57.2 innings across three levels, Yoho allowed zero home runs and just 31 hits, recording ten saves along with a 0.94 ERA and 0.94 WHIP, a stat line so fun it might make you chuckle.
Thanks for reading!
