Hear Misiorowski talk about staying positive despite the Brewers 3-game deficit in the NLCS
Hear Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski talk about staying positive despite the Brewers 3-game deficit in the NLCS.
- The Milwaukee Brewers are expected to have a similar roster in 2026, with 25 of 26 postseason players under team control.
- Milwaukee has built a strong farm system, with several prospects poised to join the major league team.
- Prospects like Craig Yoho, Tate Kuehner, and Logan Henderson could bolster the Brewers’ pitching staff.
- Catcher Jeferson Quero may join the big-league club as a backup after dealing with multiple injuries.
With the Milwaukee Brewers’ utter dismantling at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series now in the past, we may as well look to the future.
When the Brewers roll into spring training in February, they will likely look a lot like like they did this past season. Twenty-five of the 26 players to appear in the postseason are under team control for 2026, with Jose Quintana the lone impending free agent.
The Brewers have also built up one of the game’s better farm systems in recent years. A year after getting major contributions from rookies Caleb Durbin, Isaac Collins, Jacob Misiorowski and Chad Patrick, it is probably safe to expect more of the same next season.
Here are some of the prospects that could factor into the big-league roster in 2026.
2025 was not the year Yoho anticipated it being, as he made only eight big-league appearances after storming through the minor leagues a year earlier and being the star of spring training. But spotty command and a lack of confidence on the mound during his big-league stints resulted in him spending most of his time in Class AAA Nashville.
There are no questions about whether Yoho has the stuff for the majors. He will enter camp with a real shot to make the team. 2026 will be a big test for if Yoho will be a piece of the bullpen for years to come, or if it ultimately may not work in the majors with Milwaukee.
A 2023 seventh-rounder out of Louisville, Kuehner burst on the scene as a starter at Class AA Biloxi this year, making 21 appearances with a 2.50 earned run average and striking out 10 batters per nine innings. The Brewers will continue to develop him as a starter at Class AAA Nashville next year, which could slow his advancement to the majors a touch. Kuehner may be a reliever over the long run, attacking hitters from a low-slot angle from the left side, but the Brewers wouldn’t be likely to convert him to such a role until late in the year, if at all, to help the MLB club.
At 21 years old, Pratt didn’t dominate Class AA but took enough strides forward in terms of swing decisions and defense that he will likely begin next year in Nashville. That will place him on the doorstep of the majors at shortstop, a position where the big-league club isn’t exactly boasting a long-term solution considering how poor a year Joey Ortiz had offensively. Pratt still needs plenty of development with the bat but has such talent and baseball acumen that would leave nobody in the organization surprised if he’s in Milwaukee by August.
Wilken has left no doubt that he has enough power to be a big-league third baseman. He even made improvements in his defense and swing decisions in 2025, a repeat year in Biloxi, as well. But is he going to make enough contact? This will determine when we see him and how long he lasts. Pitchers in the minors have been able to exploit his difficulty hitting breaking balls down and away, leading to a 27% strikeout rate that somewhat sullies 18 homers in 79 games. The power is undeniably tantalizing for an organization that doesn’t exactly grow those types of hitters on trees; can Wilken do enough to keep big-league pitchers from exploiting his weaknesses over and over?
Lara, like Pratt and Wilken, spent all of last season in Biloxi and figures to begin 2026 in Nashville. He’s a chip off the old block as far as the Brewers’ mold goes, a speedster with elite defense in center field who puts the ball in play. He will be just 21 years old all of next year. If he hits in Nashville, odds are the big-league club will come calling.
It’s been a brutal couple of years for Quero on the injury front, first with a torn labrum suffered on minor-league opening day in 2024 that cost him the whole season and then with a hamstring strain and left shoulder strain in 2025.Down to one minor-league option now, Quero could very well be the Brewers backup catcher coming into the year.
It sure feels like we will see Henderson in the opening day rotation after all he did in his limited action this year was succeed. In five starts covering 25 ⅓ innings, Henderson gave up only 17 hits and five runs while striking out 33. He did all that was asked of him, from commanding the ball to adding a more reliable third pitch, but a right flexor strain suffered in early August ultimately cost him the rest of his season.
