The Brewers may have just added another name to a farm system already loaded with talent, and this one is making noise fast.
Daniel Dickinson, Milwaukee’s 2025 sixth-round pick, was named Midwest League Player of the Week on July 13, 2026 after a huge stretch for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. Dickinson went 9-for-20 with three home runs and nine RBI, and he bumped his OPS up by 80 points over the week while helping the T-Rats earn a split with the second-place Beloit Sky Carp, the Miami Marlins’ High-A affiliate.
That kind of production looks even better when you remember how Dickinson got here. The Brewers took him with the 185th pick in last year’s draft after his standout junior season at LSU, where he helped the Tigers win the 2025 College World Series. As LSU’s everyday second baseman, the then-21-year-old hit .315/.458/.525 with 12 homers, 14 doubles, 40 walks and 42 strikeouts.
He was also MLB Pipeline’s No. 80-ranked prospect in the 2025 draft class, which made his slide to the sixth round a bit of a surprise. Milwaukee was able to sign him to a slightly under-slot bonus, and now Dickinson is starting to look like a bargain.
The early part of his first pro season wasn’t exactly smooth. Dickinson didn’t play minor league ball after the draft last year, so this is his first real taste of pro baseball, and it took some adjustment.
By the end of May, his OPS sat at .625. Since then, though, he’s been rolling.
He posted a .765 OPS in June and has been even hotter in the first two weeks of July, when he’s carrying a 1.453 OPS.
Dickinson has split his time between second base and shortstop this season, starting 55 games at second and 12 at short. For a Brewers system already packed with middle-infield talent, he’s another promising piece to keep an eye on.
Wisconsin didn’t stop with Dickinson, either. Left-hander Wande Torres also picked up Midwest League Pitcher of the Week honors after a seven-inning shutout against Beloit.
Torres allowed one hit, struck out eight and didn’t issue a walk in what was described as a dominant outing. It was another sign of progress for Torres, who is in his fourth season in the Brewers’ farm system and has turned things around with two strong starts in July.
Those performances helped push the Timber Rattlers into first place in the Midwest League West Division in the second half, where they’ll need to stay if they want to reach the 2026 postseason. With Dickinson, Torres, top prospect Luis Peña and 2024 first-round pick Braylon Payne in the mix, Appleton has become a pretty fun stop for Brewers fans right now.
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