Brewers Select Infielder Andrew Fischer in First Round of 2025 First-Year Player Draft

MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Brewers selected University of Tennessee infielder Andrew Fischer with the 20th overall pick in the first round of the 2025 First-Year Player Draft. The announcement was made by Vice President of Amateur Acquisition Tod Johnson.

, 21, batted .341/.497/.760 (74-for-217) with 16 doubles, 25 HR, 65 RBI and 70 runs for Tennessee as junior in 2025, reaching base in all 65 games he played. He led the SEC in HR (25) and ranked among leaders in slugging percentage (2nd, .760), on-base percentage (2nd, .497), OPS (2nd, 1.257), runs (5th, 70) and RBI (9th, 65).

The left-handed hitter was named First Team All-American by Baseball America, D1 Baseball and the American Baseball Coaches Association and was a 2025 All-SEC First Team selection.

Fischer began his collegiate career at Duke University, where he set the Blue Devils single-season freshman home run record, batting .289/.404/.595 (50-for-173) with 12 doubles, 4 triples, 11 HR, 33 RBI and 38 runs in 47 games. He transferred to the University of Mississippi for his sophomore season where he paced the Rebels in homers (20), hits (59), RBI (57) and total bases (133), batting .285/.397/.643 (59-for-207) to earn Second Team All-SEC honors.

He transferred to Tennessee for 2025 and posted the second-most home runs in a single season in school history (25) behind only current Angels infielder Christian Moore, who hit 34 HR in 2024.

Milwaukee will round out the first day of the 2025 First-Year Player Draft tonight by selecting 32nd (compensation pick), 59th (second round), 68th (supplemental pick) and 94th overall (third round).

The First-Year Player Draft resumes tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. CT with rounds 4-20 exclusively on MLB.com.

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