Top prospect Made invited to Brewers' big league camp

MILWAUKEE – Big league camp is the next stop on Brewers top prospect Jesús Made’s rapid rise in professional baseball.

The Brewers announced nine additional non-roster invitees to their Major League Spring Training camp on Tuesday, all players already within the organization. They are headlined by Made, the 18-year-old shortstop who ranks third on MLB Pipeline’s recently-updated list of the top prospects in baseball.

Also garnering an invitation was newly-acquired infielder/outfielder Jett Williams (Brewers No. 3, overall No. 51), part of the return in last week’s Freddy Peralta trade with the Mets, plus shortstop Cooper Pratt (Brewers No. 4, overall No. 64), infielder Luke Adams (Brewers No. 10), outfielder Luis Lara (Brewers No. 14), third baseman Brock Wilken (Brewers No. 19), left-hander Tate Kuehner and catchers Ramón Rodriguez and Matt Wood.

Made and fellow middle-infield prospect Luis Peña (Brewers No. 2, overall No. 26), both from the Dominican Republic, are the pearls of Milwaukee’s January 2024 international signing class. Brewers fans saw each of them appear in Cactus League box scores last year, but Made’s invitation to this year’s Major League camp represents a major opportunity to learn from Milwaukee’s mainstays, including outfielder Jackson Chourio, who made a similarly meteoric rise through the Minors before his historic Major League debut on Opening Day 2024.

Tuesday’s invitees join six other non-roster players previously invited to camp. The Brewers’ pitchers and catchers report Feb. 11 and the first full-squad workout is scheduled for Feb. 17. The first game is Saturday, Feb. 21, against a Guardians split squad at American Family Fields of Phoenix.