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Are we buying or selling these breakout performances from Milwaukee Brewers prospects?

Luis Lara (AAA) –

Lara has surged to the top of most in-season formulated ranking systems, like PG+ from The Stat Ranch, but is he the real deal? He has dominated Triple-A pitching in 2026, slashing .333/.445/.494, while adding seven home runs, and six doubles. The raw output has looked sparkling and is undoubtedly worthy of such high accolades being tossed his way. However, I’m selling his start to the season and won’t really think twice about it. My first red flag comes from the power surge he has seen. Not only is he a very small stature player, standing just 5’7” and listed as 169 pounds, his future power already starts out well below everyone else just as a result of physics. Then you have his underlying batted ball data from Statcast, he only has an average exit velocity of 87.8 mph and an average launch angle of 8.9°. These two data points speak to a hitter that makes light contact for low line drive singles and his actual stats from the season supports this. With six doubles and a groundball rate nearing 50%, I do not see him producing really any type of nominal power numbers once he makes the big leagues. Imagine a singles hitter that gets on base, steals bags, and scores runs, so unless that is what you are looking for, I am selling his rise up rankings and production to start the year.

Dylan O’Rae (AA) –

O’Rae missed all of the 2025 season due to injury and has come back with vengeance on his mind. He has blazed through Double-A pitchers, slashing .310/.435/.387, adding 26 stolen bases, seven doubles, and nine extra-base hits. You could actually make the argument that he is virtually a carbon copy of Lara. Listed at 5’8” and 180 pounds, he is just ever so slightly bigger than Lara, but his statistical profile is nearly identical. He is a singles hitter with a great eye at the plate, walking 15.9% of the time and striking out at a 17.4% rate. His groundball rate is actually higher than Lara, at 56%, it is in the 9th percentile in the minor leagues. While I am selling Lara’s performance to start the year, I’m buying O’Rae’s and it comes down to value. Lara has shot up rankings and can probably be considered a solid top 100 prospect or as near to one as you can get without being one. O’Rae is an afterthought and someone who is literally forgotten it seems. On Fantrax, Lara is sitting at 26% rostered and will certainly cost a pretty penny if you want to pry him away from another team. O’Rae, who I view as an almost identical prospect to Lara, is probably available in almost any dynasty league you play in (1% rostered on fantrax). I am fully buying his performance and grabbing him for cheap wherever I can for deeper leagues.

Braylon Payne (A+) –

Payne has seen a massive explosion with his power this season. In 77 games last year, he hit just eight home runs and nine doubles, while slashing .240/.354/.382. It wasn’t the type of production screaming breakout potential, especially with a 30.1% strikeout rate weighing him down. Well, he moved up a level, his strikeout rate is about the same still (27.8%), but he has already surpassed those power numbers from 2025. He is swinging a hot bat to start 2026, he has played in 31 games, has smoked 10 home runs, and eight doubles. His groundball rate has dropped from north of 50%, down to 42%. At the same time, his home run per flyball rate has soared from 13.1% to 29.4% this year. I’m buying and selling this power streak from him. He really needs to cut the strikeout rate down a ton, which could unfortunately cut back his big numbers. The power developing I buy, but with the changes he will need to make going forward to improve his swing and miss issues, it will cut back on his power outlook, which is why I’m selling the start he has had.

Jayden Dubanewicz (A) –

Dubanewicz had a really good 2025 season. He pitched at Rookie-ball and Single-A, combining for 82.1 innings, a 2.40 ERA, but just an 18.9% strikeout rate. This season he opened up on the injured list and has just now begun to make it into games. The results have been very encouraging, while throwing just 10.2 innings, he has a 33.3% strikeout rate and a 19.2% swinging strike rate. Last season his fastball was in the low to mid 90s, sitting really between 92 and 94, according to Chris Clegg. While in Arizona for his rehab assignment, there have been reports that he topped out at 98 mph, if true he will take a massive leap over his starts the remainder of the season and should crack top 300 prospect lists by the end of the season. I’m buying this from Dubanewicz.