Five Brewers prospects make MLB Pipeline's 2026 Top 100 list

A hot topic in Milwaukee Brewers land over the last few days has been the organization's growing list of top prospects. Already possessing one of the strongest farm systems in all of baseball, the Brewers swung a blockbuster deal for two more top prospects on Wednesday night, sending Freddy Peralta and Tobias Myers to the New York Mets for Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat.

Some Brewers fans might be tired of hearing about the organization's prospect talent -- despite Milwaukee having a strong farm system over the last few seasons, it has yet to translate to that elusive World Series title. However, the fact of the matter is that, due to Milwaukee's inability to afford the top free agents in baseball -- a result, not a cause of the "brokenness of MLB" -- the organization is forced to prioritize young talent. Players in the first six years of their MLB careers are paid salaries that often don't reflect their true value on the field and therefore result in surplus value for their teams. That surplus value is what allows the Brewers to be competitive in a sport where they are awarded a payroll that is a third of the size of the teams they are competing with.

Therefore, while it may be frustrating to watch the Brewers turn their stars into prospect talent as they approach their final season of control, it's a strategy that Milwaukee must stick to if they hope to remain competitive in a league where large-market teams have an unfair advantage.

There's no denying the strategy works, just take the Brewers' seven playoff appearances in the last eight years as evidence, but that doesn't mean it's easy to execute. Fielding a consistently competitive team in the smallest market in baseball means the Brewers always need to have an eye on the future, making difficult decisions that sacrifice short-term success for competitive longevity. What would be even more frustrating for Brewers fans, and what was the case for many years, was if the front office ignored the disparity in MLB and tried to use the same strategy that big-market teams use to construct their rosters. Such a naive strategy would almost certainly lead to worse results.

Thankfully, the Brewers have adopted a successful strategy, and as a result, the future continues to look as bright as the present in Milwaukee. That reality was confirmed last night when MLB Pipeline released its updated Top 100 prospect rankings, and the Brewers once again impressed.

Five Brewers named to MLB Pipeline's 2026 list of the Top 100 prospects in baseball

In reality, five was somewhat of a disappointing number for the Brewers, which simply speaks to how strong their farm system has been in recent years. Two other Brewers prospects had strong arguments to be included on this year's list, but as it stands, only the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Guardians have more players on Pipeline's Top 100 than the Brewers (five other organizations are tied with the Brewers with five prospects on the list). Here's where each of those five Brewers prospects ranks on the 2026 list:

Jesús Made (SS/2B) - No. 3
Luis Peña (INF) - No. 26
Jett Williams (SS/OF/2B) - No. 51
Cooper Pratt (SS) - No. 64
Brandon Sproat (RHP) - No. 100

Both Logan Henderson and Jeferson Quero had strong arguments to be included on this year's list, with Quero being a mainstay in the Top 100 over the last three seasons and Henderson being included on Baseball America's Top 100. Regardless, the Brewers still impress with five prospects in the Top 100, including the 3rd-best prospect in all of baseball in Jesús Made.

Speaking of Made, it's very likely that the Brewers' top prospect becomes the top-ranked prospect in all of baseball by season's end. Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle, the two prospects currently ahead of Made, are likely to debut before the end of the 2026 season. Should they play enough games to lose their prospect status, and Made keeps doing what he's done over the past two seasons, it's very likely the Brewers enter the 2027 season with the best prospect in baseball.