When the Milwaukee Brewers drafted third baseman Andrew Fischer out of the University of Tennessee with the twentieth general decide within the 2025 MLB Draft, their expectations were certainly high. However, to foretell what the 21-year-old Fischer has carried out since draft day would have required a clairvoyance that not even the seemingly psychic Brewers’ entrance workplace possesses.
Since becoming a member of the Brewers’ group final July, Fischer has been named the top third base prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline, he is now extensively thought of the perfect faculty bat taken within the 2025 MLB Draft, and he’s made a name for himself on the international stage with Team Italy in the course of the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
Following within the footsteps of Sal Frelick, the last Brewers’ prospect to suit up for Team Italy in the WBC, Fischer was a key piece of Italy’s undefeated run via pool play, which included a stunning win over Team USA. Though Fischer’s providers have been used sparingly by Team Italy’s supervisor, Francisco Cervelli, (the Brewers’ prospect has solely been within the lineup for 2 of the group’s 4 WBC video games so far) it will be tough to not embody the slugging third baseman within the beginning lineup when the quarterfinals start for the Italians on Saturday afternoon. In eight at-bats, Fischer has three hits — a single, double, and solo homer — and he is collected three RBI.
Paired with Fischer’s spectacular introduction to professional ball with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers final yr, his efficiency within the WBC has Brewers followers questioning once they may see the gifted third baseman within the huge leagues.
Andrew Fischer could possibly be the Brewers’ Opening Day third baseman in 2027
Fischer’s WBC efficiency understandably has Brewers followers hoping to see the previous first-round decide within the huge leagues earlier than the conclusion of the 2026 season. But let’s pump the brakes just a bit bit. Despite Fischer trying greater than comfy towards the competitors within the WBC, the 21-year-old out of Tennessee has simply 19 video games of expertise in skilled baseball. Those video games got here on the High-A degree, and although Fischer greater than impressed with the Timber Rattlers, anticipating him to make the leap from High-A to MLB in lower than a yr is aggressive.
Following the offseason hype and his efficiency within the WBC, it is doubtless that the Brewers begin Fischer out in Double-A this yr, the place he will be part of a Biloxi Shuckers infield that’s anticipated to incorporate Jesús Made and fellow former Tennessee first baseman Blake Burke. Should Fischer proceed to hit as he did in faculty, High-A, and now within the small WBC pattern dimension, a promotion to Triple-A earlier than the top of the season shouldn’t be out of the query, particularly if he proves that he can comfortably man the recent nook defensively.
If Fischer does ascend to Triple-A in 2026, a transfer that may both require him to usurp Brock Wilken, who is anticipated to be the Nashville Sounds’ Opening Day third baseman, or substitute Wilken after a significant league call-up, it is definitely not out of the query that the Brewers’ 2025 first-round decide is enjoying third base for Milwaukee on Opening Day in 2027.
Fischer’s faculty expertise is definitely working in his favor. The faculty sport has progressed considerably prior to now few years, and the perfect gamers are transferring via the minor league system sooner than ever. Working towards Fischer is the dearth of certainty concerning his defensive skills and the logjam of infielders within the Brewers’ system. However, if Fischer proves he can maintain his personal at third base and continues to hit like he has, that logjam issues not; the Brewers will discover a strategy to get him to the large leagues. While that won’t occur this yr, do not be shocked if Fischer is up with the big-league membership very early within the 2027 season.
