Milwaukee Brewers top prospect Jesús Made learned a lot in his first big-league camp that he will take with him.
Spring training is moving right along for the Milwaukee Brewers, and one player taking it all in is Jesús Made.
Made, 18, sits atop Milwaukee’s board of top prospects and is the No. 3 prospect in baseball. Now, in his first major-league camp, the shortstop/second baseman is learning as he goes.
“Learning about the game, as I said, learning more about the game, the Major League, the system, how to work here on the major league side, and taking small things with me to the Minor League side,” Made told the media through an interpreter.
“You know, really just learning about everything, you know, just different things that I can take," Made said. “Learning about the system, the way things are, the way practices are in the big leagues and just looking for little nuggets that I'm able to take back over to the Minor League side.”
Made’s talent at such a young age is exemplary of the success by the Brewers from an international scouting perspective. He originally signed with Milwaukee out of the Dominican Republic for $950,000 in January 2024, and his offensive skillset quickly led to his ascension through the ranks into the top 100 list.
Now that he is practicing in a big-league setting, he talked about the differences he has noticed.
“It's different, you know, the game over here is a little bit quicker, so it's just intense,” he said. “It would be a word that I would use that, you know, the practice is a little bit more intense, you know, more focused just in everything.
“Whether it's, you know, batting practice or base running drills, you know, there's a different heightened level of intensity and focus that, you know, goes into it just because the game is quicker.”
Last season, Made appeared in games for Single-A Carolina, High-A Wisconsin, and Double-A Biloxi. He totaled 115 games and hit .285 with a .379 on-base percentage, a .413 slugging percentage and a .792 OPS. He also hit six home runs, 28 doubles and notched 61 RBIs.
The time is near for Made to return to the minors, and he revealed what manager Pat Murphy and the coaching staff imparted to him before leaving.
“They just told me to keep working hard, to keep going forward, because they know that I'm going to play a lot of years in this sport and to keep working and making adjustments,” Made said. “You know, they just told me to keep working, you know, just to keep working on all areas of my craft.
“They told me that I was going to be fortunate to play this game for many years and so to just keep working and to continue looking to make, you know, little adjustments and little tweaks where I'm able to and just continue to improve my game to hopefully be up in the league soon,” Made said.
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