Brewers Draft: Complete Draft grades for the Brewers 2024 Draft class

Day 2 picks

Round 3 - Jaron DeBerry, RHP
Grade: C

The third round is a little early for a senior sign. The Brewers are saving money here, and it could be a very significant amount on the $788k slot value. Where that money gets allocated remains to be seen, but DeBerry himself as a prospect has limited upside.

College seniors generally aren't "projection" type guys but DeBerry kind of is. He's still thin and has room to put on weight and his fastball sits in the low-90s. He'll likely need to add on weight to help him add velocity and the ability to start in the big leagues. Like the prep arms, DeBerry has really strong spin rates on his stuff, so perhaps the Brewers pitching lab can work with him, but in the end it's likely a reliever look here.

Round 4 -Marco Dinges, C
Grade: A-

Dinges was a very productive bat for Florida State this year, even though he wasn't much of a catcher. The bat-to-ball skills are very good and there's solid power here, too. If he can stick defensively behind the plate, that bat profiles very well as a starter at that position. If he has to move off it, possibly to first base, the bat isn't quite as good for those spots.

The Brewers have shown a knack at developing catchers defensively even if they don't currently have great defensive chops. Milwaukee believes Dinges has the tools to stick back there and they'll send him out behind the plate, but time will tell if he actually stays and makes it to the big leagues as a catcher.

The bat is what the Brewers are buying here and it's a very good one.

Round 5 - John Holobetz, RHP
Round 6 - Chandler Welch, RHP
Round 7 - Mason Molina, LHP
Round 8 - Sam Garcia, LHP
Grade: B

A pair of college righties and college lefties in the middle rounds give the Brewers a few more pitching lab projects while saving some money. Garcia is the only college senior of the group, so there may not be a ton of money savings here but there definitely will be some.

All of these guys will likely be sent out as starting pitchers but there is very real reliever risk with each one of them. Some might stick as a starter for a while, some might not. If any of them do stick as starters, it's back end of the rotation upside.

Molina was the highest ranked of this group but his struggles at Arkansas this season pushed his stock down.

Round 9 - Griffin Tobias, RHP
Round 10 - Ethan Dorchies, RHP
Grade: B+

The Brewers finished out Day 2 with a pair of projectable high school pitchers. Again, these are very risky arms but there is a lot of upside with these two.

Tobias and Dorchies don't presently throw as hard as Meccage and Levonas on Day 1, as these two sit in the upper 80s or low 90s, but they also have great feel to spin pitches. Projectability is the name of the game here and it'll take some time to develop these two, but they could turn into something special.

Milwaukee was saving money for most of Day 2, and these arms are where some of that money is going to be going, but there's also a lot that will go to Day 3 picks...