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:
- Garrett Mitchell (MLB No. 56), OF -- Wisconsin (High-A)
- Brice Turang (MLB No. 83), SS -- Biloxi (Double-A)
- Hedbert Perez, OF -- Extended spring training
- Ethan Small, LHP -- Biloxi (Double-A)
- Mario Feliciano, C -- Nashville (Triple-A)
- Antoine Kelly, LHP -- Injured (thoracic outlet surgery)
- Aaron Ashby, LHP -- Nashville (Triple-A)
- Freddy Zamora, SS -- Carolina (Low-A)
- Jeferson Quero, C -- Extended spring training
- Eduardo Garcia, SS -- Extended spring training
- Zavier Warren, C -- Carolina (Low-A)
- Tristen Lutz, OF -- Biloxi (Double-A)
- Luis Medina, OF -- Extended spring training
- Carlos Rodriguez, OF -- Wisconsin (High-A)
- Jackson Chourio, OF -- Extended spring training
- Hayden Cantrelle, SS -- Wisconsin (High-A)
- Patrick Weigel, RHP -- Milwaukee (MLB)
- Zack Brown, RHP -- Injured (shoulder)
- Payton Henry, C -- Biloxi (Double-A)
- Nick Kahle, C -- Wisconsin (High-A)
- Jesus Parra, 3B -- Extended spring training
- Thomas Dillard, C -- Wisconsin (High-A)
- Alec Bettinger, RHP -- Milwaukee (MLB)
- Corey Ray, OF -- Nashville (Triple-A)
- Clayton Andrews, LHP -- Nashville (Triple-A)
- Dylan File, RHP -- Milwaukee (MLB)
- David Hamilton, SS -- Wisconsin (High-A)
- Micah Bello, OF -- Carolina (Low-A)
- Justin Topa, RHP -- Milwaukee (MLB)
- 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.