Report: Chourio makes Brewers' Opening Day roster

MARYVALE, AZ - MARCH 18: Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio (11) looks on before the MLB spring training baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Milwaukee Brewers on March 18, 2024 at American Family Fields in Maryvale, Arizona.
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Jackson Chourio has made the Milwaukee Brewers' Opening Day roster, sources told Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

MLB's No. 2-ranked prospect reportedly earned his spot on the club after recording 14 hits and eight runs scored in 14 spring games. He also struck out 11 times.

The 20-year-old outfielder will become the youngest player since Robin Yount to make his major-league debut for Milwaukee on Opening Day. Yount was 18 when he debuted for the Brewers on Opening Day in 1974.

Chourio could also become the third-youngest player to begin a game in center field on Opening Day since 1900 if he's in the Brewers' starting lineup, Hogg reports.

The Venezuelan signed an eight-year, $82-million extension in December, the largest deal given to a player who hadn't appeared in a big-league game.

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