2025 MLB Draft: Andrew Fischer contract details revealed for Milwaukee Brewers first-round pick

Just over a week after being selected 20th overall in the first round by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2025 MLB Draft, first baseman Andrew Fischer has agreed to terms on his pro contract. He’ll receive $3.5 million, which is well below the value of the pick ($4.2 million), per Spotrac.

The Manasquan, NJ native was phenomenal in his one and only season in Knoxville, as he was named First Team All-SEC and a Consensus First Team All-American along with being a Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist. In 65 games played this season, Fischer posted a .341 batting average with 16 doubles, 25 home runs, 65 RBI, a .497 OBP% and a .760 SLG%.

He shined in the NCAA Tournament for the Volunteers, hitting for a .348 average (8-23) with two doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI. Tennessee, however, fell just shy of the Men’s College World Series after dropping consecutive games to Arkansas in the Fayetteville Regional.

Fischer transferred to Tennessee prior to the 2025 season after spending his first two collegiate seasons at Duke (2023) and Ole Miss (2024). Over the span of three seasons (167 games), he hit for a career .307 average with 56 home runs, 155 RBI and a .672 SLG%.

Fischer was one of nine Tennessee players selected in MLB Draft

“Fischer’s signature tool is his plus power that works to all fields, the product of a left-handed swing with bat speed and loft, strength in his 6-foot-1, 210-pound frame and a slugging mindset,” his MLB.com scouting report reads. “He showed that he can launch balls in the air with wood bats last summer in the Cape Cod League. He has been even more productive as a junior after toning down his approach and chasing pitches a lot less, and he also did a better job of handling sliders.

The Rusk, TX native now heads to a Milwaukee Brewers organization that is one of the most consistent in all of Major League Baseball. Fischer was one of a few notable college names selected by the Brewers, joining Vanderbilt left-handed pitcher JD Thompson, Coastal Carolina right-handed pitcher Jacob Morrison and LSU shortstop Daniel Dickinson.

“Fischer could have helped his cause further by upgrading his defense at third base, but he has barely played there this spring,” his scouting report continued. “He has solid arm strength but below-average speed and range at the hot corner, so Tennessee has deployed him mostly at first base, where he’s a decent defender. He played some second base on the Cape but lacks the quickness for the position.”