Last season BCB readers (sic) participated in our annual ranking of the Brewers’ top prospects. Let’s see how those prospects advanced (or not) their standings in the list.
#6 Gilbert Lara
Gilbert Lara will be 19 in a few days (Oct. 30th). That might be the most important thing about him in this review; his grade is by definition “incomplete”. But he was signed as a 16 year old out of the Dominican Republic in 2014, when he was the 6th rated international prospect. Lara received a $3.1 million signing bonus. I am not one to use money in my ranking of players, but that amount shows a major commitment for the Brewers in Lara’s future.