Every selection the Milwaukee Brewers will make in the 2026 MLB Draft

In recent seasons, it's become apparent just how much the Milwaukee Brewers rely on the amateur draft as part of their successful small-market roster construction strategy. With free agents being more expensive than ever, the cash-strapped Brewers, more so than their financially advantaged opponents, rely on players at the beginning of their careers whose modest salaries generally produce more surplus value. The process of producing productive players in the first few seasons of their major-league careers often begins with the amateur draft.

Over the last eight years, the Brewers have drafted players like Brice Turang, Garrett Mitchell, and Sal Frelick in the first round, all of whom now frequent Milwaukee's starting lineup. However, they've also selected players like Jacob Misiorowski, Logan Henderson, Aaron Ashby, Craig Yoho, and Cooper Pratt in the MLB Draft during that time span. All eight of the players listed above currently reside on the Brewers' 26-man roster, emphasizing just how important of a role the amateur draft plays in the Milwaukee's ongoing success in the major leagues.

The list of strong draft picks even extends past the Brewers' 26-man roster, as the team's current list of top prospects includes plenty of recent selections. Names like Andrew Fischer, Josh Adamczewski, Blake Burke, Marco Dinges, Braylon Payne, Bishop Letson, and Luke Adams highlight the group of recent draft picks who have since proved their value in the Brewers' farm system.

As a result of this recent success, more attention has been placed on the MLB Draft over the last few seasons. Brewers fans understand the importance of the draft and are starting to see the benefits of a sound draft strategy at the big league level.

The 2026 MLB Draft will begin tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. CT, and though the Brewers don't have quite as many early-round picks as they've had in recent years, they will still make four selections on Day 1 when rounds one through four take place, and another 16 on Day 2 before the draft concludes. Notably, the Brewers won't make any selections in the supplemental rounds this year, after trading their Competitive Balance Round B pick to the Boston Red Sox in the Caleb Durbin-Kyle Harrison deal. Here's where the Brewers' selections fall in the 2026 MLB Draft:

List of Brewers' 2026 MLB Draft picks:

Round 1 --No. 25 overall pick
Round 2 --No. 66
Round 3 --No. 102
Round 4 --No. 131
Round 5 --No. 164 (The 5th round is the final round in which the normal order can be modified by supplemental picks or other teams forfeiting their selections)
Rounds 6-20 --the Brewers will make the 28th selection in each of rounds 6-20

Brewers' lack of early-round picks to impact their draft strategy

The draft pick that Milwaukee traded to the Red Sox back in February as part of their deal to acquire Harrison, Shane Drohan, and David Hamilton, was awarded to the Brewers due to their status as one of the lowest revenue (and smallest market) teams in MLB. The 10 lowest revenue clubs and 10 clubs that exist in the smallest markets in MLB (some teams like the Brewers qualify for both) are awarded supplemental picks in the draft each year. These picks either occur in Competitive Balance Round A, which takes place between the first and second rounds of the draft, or in Competitive Balance Round B, which takes place after the second round. Qualifying teams rotate between Rounds A and B every time they are awarded a supplemental pick and the order in which they pick is determined by the previous year's standings.

Last year, the Brewers traded their Comp A Round pick to the Red Sox in the Quinn Priester deal, but they still held compensatory picks for losing Willy Adames to free agency after offering him the qualifying offer and not being able to sign 2024 Comp B Round pick Chris Levonas. This year, the Brewers, now awarded a Comp B Round selection, once again traded their supplemental pick to the Red Sox, and after Brandon Woodruff agreed to the qualifying offer, weren't awarded any additional compensatory picks. As a result, the Brewers have just two selections in the first 100 picks of this weekend's draft.

As pointed out by Reviewing the Brew's Tyler Koerth back in mid-April, this lack of early-round draft capital means the Brewers will have to be more creative with their draft strategy in 2026, as they will have less bonus pool money to work with. See, in recent years, the Brewers have saved their money for the later rounds of the draft and used it to sign more expensive high school pitchers, but with less overall bonus pool money, that strategy may not work in 2026. Koerth suggested that this change in draft capital may push the Brewers to stray from their recent modus operandi and select a college pitcher in the first round, a profile Milwaukee hasn't taken with their first selection since Ethan Small back in 2019.

With a talented draft class in front of them, the Brewers have several avenues that they can take tomorrow afternoon, but their first-round selection will have rather major implications on their strategy for the rest of the draft. If Milwaukee elects to go under-slot with their first pick, expect the normal aggressive selections in the latter rounds of the draft. However, if their first pick is an over-slot, highly-regarded draft prospect, expect a more conservative approach as their draft class materializes over the weekend.

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