Milwaukee Brewers 2025 International Class Scouting Report
With the MLB international signing period opening today, teams can officially begin to sign players in their 2025 class.
For Baseball America subscribers, we have scouting reports and player notes on the classes for all 30 teams, providing information on the big names to know in each class, as well as deeper cut players to watch.
The Brewers have crushed the international market in recent years. Their 2025 signing class looks like another impressive group stacked with talented position players.
Milwaukee will have a talented outfield group this year in the Dominican Summer League with two of their top signings, including Venezuelan outfielder Brailyn Antunez. He’s a high-upside prospect and one of the top players in the 2025 class. He’s 6 feet, 194 pounds with long limbs and has performed at a high level in games with a mix of contact and impact from the right side of the plate. He does an outstanding job of recognizing pitches, enabling him to hit both fastballs and offspeed stuff to make plenty of contact and drive the ball with the potential for 25-plus home runs. Antunez is still learning to sharpen his defensive instincts and routes, but he has the tools and athleticism for center field with plus-plus speed and an excellent arm.
Dominican outfielder Kenny Fenelon, signing for $1.3 million, packs exciting tools and athleticism into his 6-foot frame. He’s an explosive player that’s evident with his plus speed and ability to whistle the bat head through the zone with vicious bat speed, giving him a chance to grow into plus power from the right side. It’s a dynamic profile for a player who should stick at a premium position in center field. The biggest key will be how much contact Fenelon makes in pro ball in what’s likely to be a power-over-hit offensive game.
Cristopher Acosta, signing for $1.1 million out of the Dominican Republic, is a good bet to stick at shortstop. He’s not a speedy runner but he’s quick, instinctive and has good defensive actions with his hands, feet and solid-average arm strength. Acosta’s righthanded swing can get big at times and has unorthodox components, but it has worked for him so far with his hand-eye coordination that helps him put the ball in play with gap power and the strength projection in his 6-foot-1 frame to eventually turn some of those doubles into homers.
A lefthanded outfielder from the Dominican Republic, Gerlyn Payano ($400,000) has been an up-arrow player who has grown from 5-foot-8 when teams started scouting him to now 6-foot-1 with an exciting mix of power and speed. There are unconventional pieces to Payano’s swing, but he drives the ball with impact now and could grow into above-average power with a knack for getting to it in games. He’s a plus runner with good defensive instincts in center field and a strong arm.
Venezuelan catcher Isais Chavez is a strong, stocky 5-foot-10 catcher with a plus arm and good hands behind the plate. He’s a righthanded hitter who has performed well on the showcase circuit.
Venezuelan outfielder Eryks Rivero was a big name early in the scouting process. He’s a physical 6-foot-1, righthanded hitter with fast bat speed in a power-over-hit offensive game. Rivero has trained in center field, though his physical development and tools will likely lead him to a corner.
Dominican outfielder Alexander Frias, the brother of Guardians righthander Luis Frias, is a 6-foot-3 lefthanded hitter, righthanded thrower with a plus arm and the physical projection that would make him an intriguing conversion candidate to the mound if necessary, but he has a good track record of making consistent hard contact in games with a flat swing path in a line-drive approach.
Venezuelan shortstop Nicolas Barrios is the brother of Gregory Barrios, who originally signed with the Brewers for $1 million in 2021, then was traded to the Rays last year. He’s a smaller, lefthanded outfielder who stands out more for his instincts than any one loud tool, showing good bat control and strike-zone judgment.
Dominican righthander Yeuri Ramirez is signing for $210,000, bigger than what the Brewers typically pay for international pitching in recent years. He’s a lanky, flexible pitcher at 6-foot-2 with a fast arm up to 94 mph already with what should be a few ticks higher on the way once he fills out. There’s potential starter stuff in there with his feel for both a changeup and breaking ball and a knack for disrupting hitters’ timing.
Mexican righthander Luis Aguayo pitched a little bit already for the Tomateros de Culiacan in winter ball. There’s not a ton of physical upside left in his 5-foot-11 frame, but he keeps hitters off balance with his control and ability to mix a fastball up to 94 mph and an advanced changeup with plus potential.
