MILWAUKEE -- They went to rival colleges, but the Brewers’ first- and fifth-round Draft picks are now poised to be teammates, after Milwaukee continued to stockpile college players on Day 2 of the 2019 MLB Draft on Tuesday.

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Mississippi State left-hander Ethan Small was Milwaukee’s first-round pick, and he watched with interest a day later when the Brewers added Ole Miss outfielder Thomas Dillard in the fifth round. The two once played together on a summer travel team before squaring off against each other in college.

“I know Thomas very well, actually,” said Small. “The dude’s got real power. I’ve seen him launch balls into orbit. Switch-hitter, probably better from the left side. Really sweet lefty swing.

“Let’s see, the Mississippi Braves’ ballpark in Pearl, Miss., there’s like a Braves sign in right field, pretty high up. I’ve seen him hit balls over that before in actual games. He’s got real power. Wherever they decide to stick him, I think he’ll do really well. Just an advanced college hitter.”

With that first-hand scouting report in the books, here’s more on the players selected on Day 2 by the Brewers, who didn’t have a third-round pick by virtue of signing free agent Yasmani Grandal, but joined the fray beginning with Round 4.

The Draft concludes on Wednesday, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 11-40 on MLB.com beginning at 11 a.m. CT.

Round 4 (133 overall)
C Nick Kahle, University of Washington
Kahle (pronounced like the leafy vegetable) is a 5-foot-10, 210-pound right-handed hitter who looks the part of a catcher and has shown keen strike zone awareness with the Huskies, leading the team in walks each of the past two years, including a school-record 59 free passes in 2019, when he batted .339 and struck out only 28 times in 171 at-bats. Defensively, his strength is receiving, but he was one of the hardest catchers in the nation to steal against, throwing out 13 of 32 runners on the season. Kahle is a workhorse, starting all of UW’s games over the past two years.

Round 5 (163)
C/OF Thomas Dillard, Ole Miss
You can’t teach power, a trait the Brewers and other clubs love to dream on in the Draft. Dillard led all national high school players with 16 home runs as a senior in Oxford, Miss., in 2016 but wasn’t drafted because of positional concerns and a commitment to attend college at Ole Miss. He was a catcher in high school but played mostly in left field in college, particularly this year. He homered twice on Sunday, including a grand slam, in a win over Jacksonville State that clinched a trip to the NCAA Super Regional.

“He really swings the bat. That’s kind of his calling card,” said Brewers scouting director Tod Johnson. “He’s actually a pretty solid defensive left fielder, but we’ll give him a chance to catch. He’ll probably do both. [The bat] is certainly his strength, but we feel like he can provide enough value defensively at those positions, and possibly some first base, to get his bat in the lineup.”

Round 6 (193)
LHP Nick Bennett, University of Louisville
The Brewers have drafted a number of players out of Louisville in recent years, including 2016 first-round pick Corey Ray. Like this year’s first-rounder Small, Bennett is 6-foot-3 and does not possess an overpowering fastball, but found success in a tough conference by throwing strikes, and logged 198 strikeouts in his first 204 innings in college. Johnson described him as a “pitch-maker.”

“For a while there, we only drafted left-handed pitchers and catchers,” Johnson said. “I don’t know if that was a strategy. I don’t think it was. I think it was just how the board shook out.”

Round 7 (223)
CF Gabe Holt, Texas Tech
Only a sophomore, Holt has been the Red Raiders’ leadoff hitter his first two seasons and has been a consistent offensive player, hitting .324 or better both years with on-base percentages north of .400 and 28 and 29 stolen bases, respectively. He was a shortstop in high school and began his college career as a second baseman before transitioning to the outfield. He is a 5-foot-10 left-handed hitter, and like Small, Dillard and Bennett, Holt’s school is still alive in an NCAA Super Regional.

“He can really run,” said Johnson. “He was very successful there [at Texas Tech] and was very successful on the Cape as well. It seems like [Tech] is one of the unsung programs, but they always seem to do well.”

Round 8 (253)
SS David Hamilton, University of Texas
Hamilton could be this year’s Drew Rasmussen, the Oregon State pitcher who fell to the sixth round last year because he was sidelined by Tommy John surgery. Rasmussen resumed throwing in the spring and is having a phenomenal year in Milwaukee’s Minor League system, flirting with triple digits with his fastball and entering MLB Pipeline’s Brewers Top 30 prospect list at No. 15 recently. Likewise, Hamilton is sidelined this season by a ruptured Achilles tendon suffered in a scooter accident, but the Brewers love athletic shortstops, and they liked this one enough to pick him at a spot that carries a $162,000 pick value. Hamilton was All-Big 12 as a sophomore, when he batted .291 with a .404 on-base percentage and 31 stolen bases, the most for a Longhorn since 2002. Hamilton could redshirt and return to school for a year or two, but the Brewers sound confident that he will sign.

“It’s a similar process with Rasmussen last year -- take a chance on a guy we think would have been higher in the Draft than this if he hadn’t gotten hurt this year,” Johnson said.

Round 9 (283)
C Darrien Miller, Clovis HS (CA)
It took eight picks for the Brewers to select their first high school player (from the same high school as 2014 supplemental first-rounder Jake Gatewood), and Miller proved their only prep pick of the day.

“Joe Graham, our area scout there, did a great job on this kid,” Johnson said. “He wasn’t an on-the-radar kid, necessarily. He kind of snuck up late. … We actually got to work him out, do some stuff after the season ended. Really athletic. Still developing behind the plate to some extent, as with most high school catchers. We really like the way he swings the bat. It was an exciting get at that point, given his athleticism.

“We think he can catch. We think that’s where he ends up. If he doesn’t, he’s athletic enough that he could move to a few other spots as well.”

Round 10 (313)
Texas Tech RHP Taylor Floyd
Another pitcher from a Super Regional-bound school, but this time a reliever. Floyd, a righty who throws with a three-quarters delivery, was the Red Raiders’ closer and struck out 78 batters in 50 1/3 innings. Floyd played pitcher, catcher and shortstop in high school in Frisco, Texas.