Brewers' MLB Draft strategy has incredibly bizarre Dodgers connection

Of all the storylines to come out of the 2026 MLB Draft, this one might be the most uniquely Dodgers-flavored — even though it has nothing to do with who Los Angeles picked.

For the second consecutive year, the Milwaukee Brewers used a first-round selection on a member of the Ebel family. On Saturday, they took high school shortstop Trey Ebel out of Corona High School in California with the 25th overall pick.

In 2025, the Brewers took his older brother Brady with the 32nd pick. Both are sons of Dino Ebel — the Los Angeles Dodgers' third base coach — a baseball lifer who has been part of the Dodgers organization since 2019 and previously spent 13 years coaching for the Los Angeles Angels.

Dodgers coach has two sons who were drafted by the Brewers

If you're a Dodgers fan, especially the past few years, Dino Ebel is a familiar face. He's the guy on the third base line celebrating with your favorite Dodgers player after hitting a dinger, and making the critical decisions of when to send a runner trying to score a big run. Let's get to know his boys.

Brady was the headliner first. A 6-foot-3 left-handed hitting shortstop out of Corona, he was a top draft prospect known for an advanced understanding of the strike zone and one of the better pure hit tools in his class. Ebel was part of a trio at Corona who all went in the first-round, and while he had a "down" senior year where he hit the ball on the ground more than most scouts liked, his projection and baseball pedigree and IQ excite Milwaukee.

Brady Ebel has played third since Carlson was at short, but most evaluators think that may be his long-term position anyway, and if he continues to develop some power with his frame, the Brewers will be happy with their investment.

Trey, also a shortstop out of Corona and committed to Texas A&M, was ranked 107th by MLB Pipeline — meaning Milwaukee took him more than 80 spots ahead of consensus projections, a reach that raised some eyebrows. But the Brewers clearly know this family.

Scouts describe Trey as more polished than Brady was at the same stage, with disciplined plate approach, strong bat speed, and the ability to handle both velocity and breaking balls. The expectation is he signs under slot at 25, giving Milwaukee financial flexibility to be aggressive later in the draft — a classic Brewers draft-room move.

The Brewers must be pretty convicted that the Dodgers' organizational apple doesn't fall far from the tree — and perhaps Dino has passed along his plethora of big league knowledge and some of that Los Angeles' winning culture and baseball IQ to his boys along the way. Either way, two consecutive first-round picks in the same family is a little bizarre. In the best possible way.

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