Where MIL top prospects are starting 2021

With the Minor League season opening Tuesday, here's where the Brewers’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1) Garrett Mitchell (MLB No. 56), OF -- Wisconsin (High-A)
2) Brice Turang (MLB No. 83), SS -- Biloxi (Double-A)
3) Hedbert Perez, OF -- Extended spring training
4) Ethan Small, LHP -- Biloxi (Double-A)
5) Mario Feliciano, C -- Nashville (Triple-A)
6) Antoine Kelly, LHP -- Injured (thoracic outlet surgery)
7) Aaron Ashby, LHP -- Nashville (Triple-A)
8) Freddy Zamora, SS -- Carolina (Low-A)
9) Jeferson Quero, C -- Extended spring training
10) Eduardo Garcia, SS -- Extended spring training
11) Zavier Warren, C -- Carolina (Low-A)
12) Tristen Lutz, OF -- Biloxi (Double-A)
13) Luis Medina, OF -- Extended spring training
14) Carlos Rodriguez, OF -- Wisconsin (High-A)
15) Jackson Chourio, OF -- Extended spring training
16) Hayden Cantrelle, SS -- Wisconsin (High-A)
17) Patrick Weigel, RHP -- Milwaukee (MLB)
18) Zack Brown, RHP -- Injured (shoulder)
19) Payton Henry, C -- Biloxi (Double-A)
20) Nick Kahle, C -- Wisconsin (High-A)
21) Jesus Parra, 3B -- Extended spring training
22) Thomas Dillard, C -- Wisconsin (High-A)
23) Alec Bettinger, RHP -- Milwaukee (MLB)
24) Corey Ray, OF -- Nashville (Triple-A)
25) Clayton Andrews, LHP -- Nashville (Triple-A)
26) Dylan File, RHP -- Milwaukee (MLB)
27) David Hamilton, SS -- Wisconsin (High-A)
28) Micah Bello, OF -- Carolina (Low-A)
29) Justin Topa, RHP -- Milwaukee (MLB)
30) Abner Uribe, RHP -- Carolina (Low-A)

Team to watch

Brewers prospects are fairly well spread out with at least one of the organization’s top eight talents headed to each of the four full-season affiliates. But the most appealing club to follow might be Double-A Biloxi. The Shuckers boast one of Milwaukee’s two Top 100 prospects in shortstop Brice Turang, a 21-year-old middle infielder with plus hit and run tools. Left-hander Ethan Small – a first-round pick in 2019 – gives the group some pitching heft with his above-average four-pitch mix as well. Don’t sleep on No. 12 prospect Tristen Lutz’s plus power and arm from the outfield either.

Teams on MiLB.TV

Triple-A Nashville
Double-A Biloxi
High-A Wisconsin
Low-A Carolina

New faces

Is Garrett Mitchell a new face after how much run he got in the Cactus League this spring? We’ll count him since technically Tuesday marks his regular-season debut in a Brewers uniform. The 2020 first-rounder instantly became Milwaukee’s best prospect, thanks to his plus-plus speed and above-average hitting ability from the left side. Mitchell opens his first full season at High-A Wisconsin – right in the Brewers’ backyard – but his toolset could send him to the upper levels rather quickly in 2021.

On the shelf

No. 6 prospect Antoine Kelly underwent thoracic outlet surgery last November and always seemed like an underdog to crack the Opening Day roster of a Minor League club. As noted by MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy, Kelly has not yet started pitching in games, though he's continuing his progression in his return from the procedure. A return to the Minors at some point this summer still seems possible.