Andrew Vaughn

Vaughn struggled early in 2025 and had a .532 OPS before the White Sox demoted him to Triple-A in May, and he didn't fare much better in the minors with a .692 OPS. He was then traded to the Brewers a few weeks later and continued to toil away at Triple-A until early July, when he was called up to the big leagues after Rhys Hoskins went down with a thumb injury. Vaughn clubbed a three-run homer during his Brewers debut and ended up hitting nine home runs with an .868 OPS in 64 games for Milwaukee. He did finish the regular season on a 35-game homer drought, but he still batted .276 during that span and then went yard twice during the playoffs. An improvement after leaving Chicago wasn't a huge surprise given that Vaughn had strong batted-ball numbers (he was in the 75th percentile or better in average exit velocity, hard-hit rate and barrel rate in 2025), but a full-on breakout was surprising given that he never quite put it all together during his first four years with the White Sox. Now entering his age-28 season, the 2019 first-round pick should begin 2026 as Milwaukee's primary first baseman. Vaughn's breakout was supported by strong underlying numbers and leaves him with fantasy upside, but that partial-season performance doesn't fully eclipse his inconsistent track record. Read Past Outlooks