The Milwaukee Brewers have the top farm system in baseball, according to pundits. The Brewers also have the top overall prospect in baseball in Jesús Made.
It’s not just top-end talent that makes the Brewers the top farm system in MLB. While that is part of it, depth is another, and several Brewers prospects are flying under the radar.
With the recent call-ups of Cooper Pratt and No. 4 prospect Luis Lara, now feels like a good time to assess Milwaukee’s farm system. The following list of eight Brewers prospects that are being overlooked isn’t for well-known or top prospects. First-round picks in the MLB Draft and the top-5 prospects in the Brewers’ system are out, as many Brewers fans are familiar with them.
The list features one pitcher and one position player who started the season at each minor league level from Low-A Wilson Warbirds to AAA Nashville Sounds.
Let’s start in AAA.
Tate Kuehner
Tate Kuehner quickly shot through the system but is out until at least late July with elbow soreness. The left-handed starting pitcher reached AAA with a pair of strong seasons in the minors. Kuehner, 25, was a 2023 seventh-round draft pick out of Louisville. In 2024, the southpaw hurler went 8-3 between Appleton (High-A) and Biloxi (AA), earning a promotion after 16 starts. Between the two affiliates, he struck out 115 batters in 104.1 innings with a 3.19 ERA.
Last year, he went 7-6 with a 2.77 ERA overall, including 7-5 with a 2.50 ERA in 21 starts in Biloxi. He earned a promotion to Nashville and made a pair of starts before being shut down with injury. Kuehner does have a control bugaboo, as walks have been his issue.
This year, Kuehner struggled a bit out of the gate with a 5.80 ERA in nine games, including eight starts. He has struck out 40 in 40.1 innings but issued 20 walks and 42 hits with a 1.56 WHIP. At the very least, he is likely to be a reliever if he can’t sort out his control issues.
Kuehner is a low-arm slot who is very tough on left-handed hitters. In 2025, lefties hit just .161 with a measly .504 OPS. While it’s unlikely to see him in Milwaukee in 2026 with the abundance of LHP in the Brewers’ bullpen, he has a good shot of appearing with the Brewers in 2027 despite not being a top prospect.
Luke Adams
The only question right now for Luke Adams is what position he is going to play defensively. The other is — despite being 6-4, 233 pounds — can he hit for power to match his size?
Adams has a bit of an odd-looking swing. He’s spent time as the DH and playing 1B and 3B. The 12th-round pick by the Brewers in 2022 played 3B at lower levels but hasn’t played there often in upper-minor league levels. But one thing has never been an issue for Adams, and that’s getting on base.
He has shown more of his power, particularly since returning in June from an injury. Adams already has a career high 12 homers in just 151 at-bats with the Sounds (plus three additional homers in a rookie ball rehab stint). Also, despite a career .242 batting average in the minors, Adams’ career on-base-percentage is .421. He’s had two seasons walking more than 75 times, and he also gets hit-by-pitch a ton. In 2024, Adams had more walks (78) than hits (67).
Adams has some flaws, but overall, he’s a nice prospect. This year, he has driven in 37 runs, scored 35 runs, and walked 25 times. Adams is an on-base machine, hitting .274 with a .413 on-base percentage and a .604 slugging percentage for a 1.017 OPS. If he can maintain his power surge, Adams could highlight a potential spot on the 2027 Brewers.
Jaron DeBerry
Jaron DeBerry has filthy stuff, but harnessing it has been a bit of an issue this season. The right-handed starter was a Brewers’ third-round draft pick in 2024. In 84.2 innings, he has struck out 92 batters. However, he’s issued 42 walks, which is a bit puzzling after the Dallas Baptist product walked just 31 in over 100 innings last year between three minor league squads.
DeBerry does seem to be getting a grasp on things. He is 7-5 and, after a rocky start, has lowered his ERA from the high 5s to low 4s before getting rocked in his last start — his ERA is now 4.57. To start the year, DeBerry walked 18 batters in his first 19.1 innings, so he’s been much better.
Prior to getting just four outs in his last showing, his prior start may have been his best of the year. DeBerry went seven innings, allowed just two hits (one earned run) and three walks while striking out 11 batters. It seems DeBerry has regained control over his pitch repertoire, as he has walked 13 over his last 36+ innings. He’s likely to appear on the Brewers’ top-30 prospect list soon.
If he can continue to harness his dynamic arsenal, DeBerry could potentially be looking at earning his way to Milwaukee at some point in 2027.
Dylan O’Rae
Talk about a guy who seems like a Brewer. Dylan O’Rae is a diminutive, scrappy hitter. The Brew Crew has seen quite a few of those on the Brewers in recent years, from Sal Frelick to Isaac Collins. O’Rae is listed at 5-foot-8, 160 pounds, but the outfielder has shown great bat-to-ball skills and has a keen eye at the plate.
In 2026, the 22-year-old is hitting .284 with an on-base-percentage of .411, walking 55 times while striking out just 59. He’s hit only two homers among his 24 RBIs, but the speedster has swiped 44 bases and scored 60 runs in AA-Biloxi. While there isn’t much power for O’Rae, the third-round pick in 2022 does have 12 doubles and four triples.
O’Rae screams Brewer with his scrappy play, base stealing ability, and bat-to-ball skills.
Braylon Owens
The Brewers selected Braylon Owens in the 10th round of the 2025 MLB Draft. Owens struggled mightily with control at UT-San Antonio, but a five-pitch repertoire enticed Milwaukee. Brewers senior vice president of player operations and baseball administration, Tom Flanagan, told MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy in April that Owens is a player to watch in the farm system with underlying metrics suggesting future success.
“He’s got the ingredients to be someone to watch,” Flanagan told McCalvy.
He was right. Owens impressed with the Rattlers in High-A, quickly earning a promotion to Biloxi. The burly right-hander struck out 58 in only 40.1 innings in nine appearances (five starts). He was 3-0 with a 3.82 ERA, with 79 strikeouts in 63 innings in Appleton before his call-up to Biloxi. Owens isn’t found on a top-30 prospect list, but the 23-year-old has swing-and-miss stuff with 11.5 strikeouts-per-nine in Appleton.
It will be interesting to follow how his stuff plays in Biloxi for the rest of 2026. However, in his first three appearances, he’s 1-0 with a 6.43 ERA, allowing 10 earned runs in 14 innings.
Josh Adamczewski
I waffled back and forth on whether to talk about Marco Dinges or Josh Adamczewski here. Both are strong but overlooked prospects for the most part. The Brewers selected Adamczewski in the 15th round of the 2023 Draft. Put simply, he has raked at every level.
In 2025, he hit .359 with a .459 OBP and .569 SLG for an OPS over 1.000 in 46 games. That earned him a promotion to Appleton, but Adamczewski struggled in just 16 games before an injury derailed his season. His hit tool has many salivating and has rocketed him up the prospect chart, now up to the Brewers’ No. 6 prospect.
After starting the year in Appleton and once again tearing it up offensively, Adamczewski was promoted to Biloxi. The 5-foot-11 outfielder hit .331 with a .464 OBP and an eye-popping 1.036 OPS in Appleton to earn his promotion. He has flashed some pop, too, with nine homers and 38 RBI in 50 games played. He walked 41 times while striking out 40.
Adamczewski is one of the most intriguing prospects to watch to see if he can maintain his strong offense in the upper levels. It appears he will, though. In his first 26 games in Biloxi, he’s hitting .327 with four homers, nine doubles, and 19 RBI with an .977 OPS.
Jayden Dubanewicz
The 20-year-old is starting to turn heads in Single-A. Dubanewicz was a 16th-round selection in 2024 out of high school, and it was a bit surprising when he signed with the Brewers ($665,000 signing bonus) rather than go to Florida University. In Single A, Dubanewicz had a 2.30 ERA in 2025. He began 2026 there, too, but needed only five games before being elevated to Appleton. Dubanewicz struck out 21 in 16 innings with a 2.25 ERA.
The radar gun is ticking up as he is hitting 97+ mph. He also could be hitting triple digits as he gets stronger with a 6-foot-3 frame and is listed at weighing just 160 pounds. It’s part of the reason, Dubanewicz is up to the team’s No. 24 prospect.
He also changed his arm angle to get more break on his pitches. According to a Brewer Fanatic write-up, “this is the type of arm that could start to push its way toward top-10 prospect consideration in the system. It’s too early in the season to project that, but he has that type of talent and (given the strides he’s already made) seems to have the work ethic to get there.”
Since his call-up to Appleton, the right-hander is 2-3 with a 4.88 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 31.1 innings in five starts. Dubanewicz seems to have the tools to quickly rise through the Brewers’ system.
Handelfry Encarnacion
There are a bunch of options for hitters at low-A, including Jose Anderson, Pedro Ibarguen, and Brady Ebel, but I’ll go with Encarnacion. The 5-foot-10 centerfielder from the Dominican Republic was signed as a 16-year-old international signing in 2024 in the same class as Made. The 19-year-old is showing off his skills in Low-A with the Wilson Warbirds. He is hitting .248 with a .385 OBP and .800 OPS currently.
He is showing off quite a power-speed combo while playing CF. Encarnacion has 10 homers, 20 doubles, 51 RBI, 57 runs scored, along with 19 stolen bases. He has also walked 68 times while striking out 80.
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