Brewers’ 2025 first-round pick Andrew Fischer turning heads with impressive start

Andrew Fischer hasn't been with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers for long, and yet he's already looking too good for the competition at the High-A level.

The Brewers' top pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, Fischer is coming off a season in which he led the SEC with 25 home runs for the Tennessee Volunteers. It took him less than 50 at-bats in pro ball to hit his first in the Brewers' organization.

In 13 games in High-A Wisconsin, Fischer is batting .294/.390/.392, good for a .782 OPS, .406 wOBA, and 144 wRC+. The sample is obviously minuscule, but there's no denying that the 21-year-old is living up to his first-round billing and then some so far.

First professional homer highlights Andrew Fischer's impressive start to his Timber Rattlers career

There were concerns when the Brewers took Fischer that he would prove redundant in their farm system, which is loaded with talented corner infielders.

The team took Blake Burke, Fischer's predecessor at Tennessee, in the first round of last year's draft, and he's currently posting a .919 OPS in Double-A Biloxi. Beyond him, the Brewers have the following MLB Pipeline Top 30 prospects at Fischer's primary positions (first base and third base): Luke Adams, Brock Wilken, Eric Bitonti, Tyler Black, and Mike Boeve.

Burke, Adams, Wilken, and Boeve all currently suit up for the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers, meaning Fischer is going to be hard-pressed to find ample playing time as he climbs the minor league ladder. Plus, for what it's worth, the Brewers have a ton of corner infield options already on the major league team (Rhys Hoskins, Andrew Vaughn, Jake Bauers, Caleb Durbin), though that projects to clear out by the time Fischer is ready for the big leagues.

Regardless, there's no logjam that's going to keep a 21-year-old who's raking in his first fortnight of professional baseball down. The High-A assignment was aggressive after a full season of college ball, though the level of competition in the SEC clearly prepared Fischer well for the pros. He slugged his first professional homer on Wednesday night in the T-Rats' loss to the Quad City River Bandits.

After jumping around between Duke, Mississippi, and Tennessee in his collegiate career, the first-rounder has more than enough talent to force the Brewers' hand by the end of the season. Though a call-up to Double-A wouldn't be unprecedented, it would be highly unusual for Fischer to join the Shuckers before the season's end. The Brewers tend to play things relatively conservatively with their recent draft picks, and Fischer is already up to a career-high 77 games between High-A and Tennessee this season.

Still, his bat is evidently advanced enough for the next level — he's working a 12.7% walk rate with the Timber Rattlers — and should Milwaukee wish to push his development to the next gear, a brief cup of coffee in Biloxi this year could put him on the team's radar for the end of the 2026 season.