Brew Crew Ball Community Top Prospects Vote #19

We are now well into the year 2020, however, it seems like “list season” for the Milwaukee Brewers has come later than in year’s past. But now that we have several published top prospect lists to draw from, it is time to take stock of the farm system with the annual Brew Crew Community Top Prospects voting!

Now heading into the fourth year of this competitive cycle, Milwaukee’s farm system does not compare well to the rest of the league according to the national outlets after myriad trades and graduations. The organization is low on potential impact players at the upper levels, and while there are several promising prospects down lower in the minors, they remain young and early in their development timeline, meaning that there is a lot of risk involved in projecting their futures.

Now it’s your turn to parse through Milwaukee’s top prospects and vote for where you think they stack up in what some consider to be the league’s worst farm system. You’ll be given guidance from the top prospect lists that have already been released, and once outlets like MLB Pipeline and Fangraphs update their lists for 2020, those will be included, too.

Yesterday, Joe Gray was chosen as the org’s #18 prospect. He has been removed from the list as balloting begins for top prospect #19. Voting will continue through the weekend:

C Nick Kahle

Drafted 4th round in 2019
Age-22 season in 2020

2019 stats:

PIO: 163 PA || .255/.350/.475 || 6 HR || 2 SB || 36 K || 20 BB
A+: 6 PA || .000/.167/.000 || 0 HR || 0 SB || 2 K || 1 BB

Baseball Prospectus: 13
Prospects1500: 22
Baseball America: 17

RHP Braden Webb

Drafted 3rd round in 2016
Age-25 season in 2020

2019 stats:

AA: 15.0 IP || 9.00 ERA || 13 K || 15 BB || 2 HR || 2.000 WHIP
A+: 36.2 IP || 3.44 ERA || 31 K || 25 BB || 2 HR || 1.309 WHIP
AZL: 12.2 IP || 3.55 ERA || 17 K || 8 BB || 1 HR || 1.105 WHIP

Baseball Prospectus: 18
Prospects1500: 32
Baseball America: N/A

LHP Nick Bennett

Drafted 6th round in 2019
Age-22 season in 2020

2019 stats:

PIO: 12.2 IP || 1.42 ERA || 19 K || 6 BB || 0 HR || 1.500 WHIP
A: 20.1 IP || 2.21 ERA || 24 K || 4 BB || 1 HR || 0.934 WHIP

Baseball Prospectus: Low Minors Sleeper
Prospects1500: 19
Baseball America: N/A

OF Cooper Hummel

Drafted 18th round in 2016
Age-25 season in 2020

2019 stats:

AA: 419 PA || .249/.384/.450 || 17 HR || 4 SB || 100 K || 62 BB

Baseball Prospectus: 16
Prospects1500: N/A
Baseball America: N/A

OF Je’Von Ward

Drafted 12th round in 2017
Age-20 season in 2020

2019 stats:

A: 423 PA || .225/.311/.322 || 2 HR || 7 SB || 107 K || 47 BB

Baseball Prospectus: 19
Prospects1500: 37
Baseball America: N/A

OF Luis Medina

Signed as an International Free Agent in 2019
Age-17 season in 2020

2019 stats:

(Did Not Play)

Baseball Prospectus: N/A
Prospects1500: 14
Baseball America: 14

Statistics courtesy of Baseball-Reference