PHOENIX -- A pair of Top 10 farm systems squaring off in a Spring Breakout game set the stage for some serious top prospect-on-top prospect damage.
Luis Peña (Brewers No. 2 prospect, MLB Pipeline overall No. 26) connected for a go-ahead, three-run homer off left-hander Kade Anderson (Mariners No. 2, No. 21 overall) in the sixth inning of the teams’ meeting at American Family Fields of Phoenix on Friday, giving Milwaukee’s farmhands a 4-2 lead on the way to a 7-3 win, and showing some of the strength Peña worked to add during the offseason.
He said he worked out all winter with Jesús Made (Brewers No. 1, No. 3 overall), a fellow shortstop who turned heads with his added bulk when he reported to his first Major League Spring Training camp. Peña didn’t get a big league invitation, but he did get a chance to bat behind Made for Friday’s Spring Breakout as one of four Top 100 prospects in the top four spots in Milwaukee’s lineup.
“In the offseason, we worked hard, both of us,” Peña said via translator Adela Marquez, the Brewers’ manager of education in the player development department. “I called him and said, ‘Let’s work hard to be ready for the next season. …
“We’ve been joking with each other and we enjoy each other’s company. It’s never a rivalry, but a lot of fun together. We enjoy each other’s friendship.”
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The two have known each other since meeting at a training academy in the Dominican Republic when they were 12 years old. They signed with Milwaukee as part of the same January 2024 Draft class and have been together at each step of the Minor Leagues, though Made pushed ahead at the end of last season when he was promoted to Double-A Biloxi.
Poll the Brewers’ player development officials about who is Milwaukee’s top prospect, and many of them will say Made. But some believe it’s Peña, who stole 44 bases while hitting .270/.335/.422 at Single-A Carolina and High-A Wisconsin last season.
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“It was my first year in the United States, so I learned a lot about the game,” said Peña.
Asked to describe his game, Peña said, “I think the best thing I do is being aggressive. I hope God never takes that away from me.”