4 Brewers prospects already off to hot starts in 2024

We're a few weeks into the minor league baseball season and already we're seeing prospects put themselves on the map with their performances. The Brewers have one of the best farm systems in the league filled with intriguing talent.

A hot start to the year can set a player up for a great rest of the season, but also promotions to higher levels of the minor leagues as these guys try to move up the ladder and make their way to the big leagues. While we generally don't see mid-season promotions until at least a month into the season, we're rapidly approaching that mark and if some of these players keep up these hot stretches, they could find themselves moving up soon.

While we're not trying to predict who will move up, these four Brewers prospects are playing some really good baseball right now.

Carolina Mudcats - Tayden Hall

We'll start in Low-A with the Carolina Mudcats where catcher Tayden Hall has been off to a blistering start in 2024. Through his first 21 games, Hall is hitting .400/.513/.554 with six doubles, two triples, and 15 walks to just 13 strikeouts.

Hall was a 9th round pick back in 2022 out of the State College of Florida - Manatee-Sarasota. He has experience at catcher, first base, and left field but he's spent all of his time defensively this year at first base. The lefty-swinging Hall is a well built 6'2" and 215 lbs, which profiles well at the position.

While the power has been slow to develop for Hall, with zero home runs in his minor league career to this point, there is a belief that more power is coming. He'll need it to arrive eventually, especially to stick at first base, a traditional power position. Still, hitting .400 with more walks than strikeouts and getting on base more than half the time is going to get you in the lineup no matter what your position is.

Keep an eye on Tayden Hall and if some more power develops, watch out because he could rise up prospect ranks very quickly.

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - P Brett Wichrowski

Perhaps no prospect in the Brewers system has as big an up arrow next to his name than Brett Wichrowski. He arrived at spring training with a blazing 100 MPH fastball and has continued to open eyes ever since.

Wichrowski has made four starts for the High-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, posting a 2.45 ERA across 14.2 IP with 21 strikeouts and just three walks.

The big fastball and a plus slider have helped vault Wichrowski into a known name in prospect circles in a short amount of time. His prospect status came from humble beginnings. Wichrowski was a 13th round pick in last year's Draft out of Bryant University, which isn't exactly known as a powerhouse program for professional prospects.

His fastball topped out at around 95 MPH, and sat more in the low 90s. Now he's topping at 100 MPH and sitting around 95-97 MPH. That's a massive increase in a short amount of time. The Brewers pitching lab is very well known for maximizing pitchers' potential and with Wichrowski, some minor tweaks have helped him find a few more miles per hour.

When the mid-season updates come out, Wichrowski's name is going to be somewhere in the Top 30, perhaps even the top half or even the top 10. If you're looking for an exciting pitching prospect that's popping up and could be a big piece of a future Brewers pitching staff, Wichrowski is your guy right now.

Biloxi Shuckers - 3B Mike Boeve

Mike Boeve started the season in High-A Wisconsin. He torched the Midwest League to the tune of a .553 batting average and 1.274 OPS. No, that is not a typo. In 13 games, he collected 21 hits, drew 13 walks, and struck out just five times.

Very quickly, he earned a promotion to Double-A Biloxi. In his eight games with the Shuckers, he's hitting .323/.432/.613 with three doubles, three triples, and a 1.045 OPS.

There is quite simply no hotter hitter in the Brewers system and possibly all of baseball than Mike Boeve.

Boeve was the Crew's 2nd round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. A corner infielder, Boeve was known more for his contact than his power. He struck out just nine times in his entire college season last year and hit over .400. The Brewers believed there was more power inside and he slugged five homers in 28 games after signing last year.

While Boeve has yet to leave the yard in 2024, his bat to ball skills have been exceptional and power is certainly coming. Hitting the ball out of the park in Biloxi when that wind is coming in off the gulf is difficult sometimes and has killed home runs for many left handed hitters.

There's a lot of hitters to be excited about from last year's Draft class, and Boeve has been the best one so far in 2024.