2025 Brewers Minors/Prospects thread - Andrew Fischer - FRP

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His swing does remind me of Harper's.

[MickeyDavis]

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lol

I love this kid

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The Brewers took a slugging first baseman from Tennessee last year in Blake Burke, and then went back this year for the updated model in Andrew Fischer. Fischer nearly led D1 in homers, and boasted a hard-hit rate of 60% that was only behind Ike Irish's among major-conference prospects this year. It's actually not elite raw power; he hits it hard enough and puts it in the air so often that it produces plenty of homers by a different route. He also dramatically improved his approach at the plate this year, making more contact and better swing decisions across the board. The Brewers announced him as a third baseman, where he played a little this year, although I think he's going to end up at first.

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J.D. Thompson
Vanderbilt (TN)
USA
SP

Though he was a lefty with some of the best pitchability in Texas' 2022 high school class, Thompson lacked the physicality and present stuff to prod teams to try to buy him away from his Vanderbilt commitment. Three years later, he's still 6 feet tall and still doesn't light up radar guns, but he's one of the better southpaws in the college crop. He's serving as the Commodores' Friday-night starter in 2025 and could land in the top two or three rounds. Though Thompson's fastball camps at 90-93 mph and tops out at 95, it ranks near the top of college baseball in terms of getting strikes, chases and swings and misses both inside and outside of the strike zone. His heater features significant induced vertical break, and he also can command it to both sides of the plate. His second-best offering is a 77-81 mph sweeping slider that he uses primarily against lefties and can back-foot versus righties. Thompson also can miss bats with his mid-70s curveball and low-80s changeup with mild fade but has more difficulty landing them for strikes. He has little effort in his delivery and repeats it well, so he could develop above-average control. He comes with a high floor as a No. 4 starter and might be better than that if his fastball continues to thrive at the next level.

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Jacob Morrison
RHP, Coastal Carolina

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Scouting grades: Fastball: 55 | Curveball: 50 | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 55 | Overall: 40

One of the largest pitching prospects in the college crop at 6-foot-8 and 245 pounds, Morrison intrigued scouts by pushing his fastball to 95 mph as a Coastal Carolina freshman in 2023. He missed all of 2024 following Tommy John surgery but rebounded to win Sun Belt Conference pitcher of the year accolades as a redshirt sophomore. He ranked third in Division I in wins (12) and helped the Chanticleers reach the College World Series finals.

Morrison generates elite strike and chase rates with a fastball that ranges from 91-95 mph and plays better than its velocity because he can carry it at the top of the strike zone or create steep downhill plane with his unusually high release point. He has trouble landing his mid-70s curveball and mid-80s slider in the zone, though the depth on both creates chases and keeps them off barrels. His low-80s changeup has some fade but he leaves it over the heart of the plate too often.

While he has an upright delivery that isn't particularly smooth, Morrison creates plenty of extension and provides consistent strikes. He'll turn 22 two months after the Draft but has less experience and more room for growth than most pitchers his age. If a team can help him improve his pitches even a half-grade, he could become a mid-rotation starter.

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Pick: 3B/1B Andrew Fischer
BA rank: 28

Reaction: A college hitter with a strong offensive track record, good swing decisions and power certainly is in line with what we would expect from the Brewers. Fischer has drawn praise as one of the more complete offensive profiles in the college class this year, and while Fischer was announced as a third baseman, he has spent more time at first base and most likely as a first baseman long term.

Scouting Report: Fischer has been something of a nomad throughout his college career, making stops first at Duke, then at Ole Miss and finally Tennessee for the 2025 season. No matter where he has played, he has always shown plenty of power. With Tennessee in his draft year, Fischer put together a career-best season in which he hit .341/.497/.760 with 25 home runs, a career-low 14% strikeout rate and a career-high 22% walk rate. A 6-foot-1, 210-pound first baseman and lefthanded hitter, Fischer is a bat-first prospect who has a strong blend of contact skills, on-base ability and power. He has a crouched setup in the box with a steep and uphill bat path that shows a clear intent to lift and pull the baseball. Fischer has developed into a patient hitter who doesn’t often expand the strike zone and will happily take his walks where he gets them. When he does swing, he does so with plenty of intent and easy plus raw power that some scouts might put even louder grades on. He can hit towering fly balls to his pull side and his barrel rate in 2025 was one of the best in the country. Fischer has some experience playing third base and perhaps enough arm to warrant trying him there or a corner outfield spot in pro ball, but his range is limited and his natural athleticism is likely a better fit for first base. Fischer is one of the more well-rounded college hitters in the draft class and could go in the first round as a result.

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I would expect a few senior signs coming early today and then they'll take 3-4 HS kids and try to ink 2 out of the 4 after R.10

[MVP2110]

I don't follow the MLB draft a ton, but all 5 of these picks seem like they have a path to the Majors. There is no Robert Moore, Russ Smith type picks early on here. The 3 pitchers particularly intruige me because the metrics on their pitches all seem really solid and we know how good the Brewers are with pitching development. I'm interested in the Brewers changing their hitting philosophy when it comes to the draft recently, now targeting more power hitting corner IF types as opposed to the athletic up the middle guys they drafted for years.

[wichmae]

I don't follow the MLB draft a ton, but all 5 of these picks seem like they have a path to the Majors. There is no Robert Moore, Russ Smith type picks early on here. The 3 pitchers particularly intruige me because the metrics on their pitches all seem really solid and we know how good the Brewers are with pitching development. I'm interested in the Brewers changing their hitting philosophy when it comes to the draft recently, now targeting more power hitting corner IF types as opposed to the athletic up the middle guys they drafted for years.

It all kind of has to ebb and flow. They have gone heavy on twitchy athletic guys in the international pools over the last few years and it has to balance out across the system. I do agree though that they have seem to corrected the day 1 large savings based picks and do that on day 2 now.

My take, Fischer seems like they saw him as BPA, and Ebel seems like more of a cost savings and pedigree type. Cairone and Morrison have really impressive data coming along with them. I'll hold judgement on Thompson until he comes out of the lab.

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4-125 HS RHP, Joshua Flores.

Massive hammer curve that may be one of the best in the prep class. Touches 96-97 at only 18 but has control issues. Upside play type pick.

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Have absolutely no idea what the Brewers plan at 1B is. Wilken, Adams, Boeve, Martinez, Black, Bitonti, Burke, and now Fischer.

My first thought too. Seems like yet another unlikely 3B destined for 1B/DH. But also is probably BPA and maybe some concern these others may flame out. I think Black is going to get traded at some point soon. Just seems stuck. Wilken yet another extended fluke injury. Burke I know has been said that the power has not been showing. Ernesto is kind of a raw wild card type, right?