Brewers' 6th-round pick brings home Player of the Week honor one year after being drafted

Over the weekend, the Milwaukee Brewers made 20 selections in the 2026 MLB Draft, and though it's unlikely all 20 players will end up signing with the organization, an exciting new group of talented prospects will shortly join baseball's top-ranked farm system. For full coverage of the 2026 draft, including breakdowns of each of the Brewers' 20 selections, be sure to check out the link below.

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Now the process for signing those 20 draft picks begins, during which the Brewers will have to be smart about how they dish out their limited bonus pool money to ensure they add as many picks as possible to their minor league system. Last year, the Brewers made 22 selections in the 2025 MLB Draft, and ended up signing 17 of them. Many of those 2025 draft picks -- Andrew Fischer, Josiah Ragsdale, Brady Ebel, and Braylon Owens to name a few -- are already impressing in the Brewers' minor league system. Now, add to that list 2025 6th round pick Daniel Dickinson, who has bounced back in a major way after a slow start to his professional career.

The Brewers drafted Dickinson with the 185th pick in last year's draft after his impressive performance at Louisiana State. The then-21-year-old infielder was a standout at Utah Valley State University before transferring to LSU for his junior season, where he helped the Tigers win the 2025 College World Series. During his junior campaign, while serving as LSU's everyday second baseman, Dickinson slashed .315/.458/.525 with 12 homers, 14 doubles, and nearly as many walks (40) as strikeouts (42).

Given his experience in college, his excellent bat-to-ball skills, and the fact that he was MLB Pipeline's No. 80-ranked prospect in the 2025 draft class, it was rather surprising that Dickinson fell to the Brewers in the 6th round. Milwaukee was even able to sign Dickinson to a slightly under-slot signing bonus. Now Dickinson is making the other 29 teams that passed on him in last year's draft pay, by posting a dominant performance in High-A during the week leading up to the 2026 draft.

Daniel Dickinson named Midwest League Player of the Week one year after he fell to the Brewers in the 2026 MLB Draft

Dickinson was drafted by the Brewers on July 14, 2025, and on July 13, 2026, he was named the Midwest League Player of the Week for his dominant week with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers leading up to the All-Star Break. Dickinson went 9-for-20 with three homers and nine RBI. He raised his OPS 80 points during the week while carrying the T-Rats' offense to an important series split with the second-place Beloit Sky Carp, the Miami Marlins' High-A affiliate.

Dickinson, who has started 55 games at second base and 12 at shortstop this year, didn't play pro ball after the draft last year, meaning this is his first taste of minor league baseball. It understandably took him a little time to adjust, as his .625 OPS at the end of May suggested, but Dickinson has been on a tear since the start of June. He posted a .765 OPS in the month of June and is maintaining a ridiculous 1.453 OPS during the first two weeks of July. Already with a ton of middle infield talent in their farm system, the Brewers appear to have another promising prospect in Dickinson.

The Timber Rattlers swept the Midwest League awards last week as left-handed starter Wande Torres was named the Pitcher of the Week. Torres turned in a dominant seven-inning scoreless performance against the Sky Carp, allowing just one hit and striking out eight in the process. He too got off to a slow start this year, in what is his fourth season in the Brewers; farm system, but has turned a corner in two starts during the month of July.

Thanks to performances like the ones Dickinson and Torres turned in last night, the T-Rats are currently in first place in the Midwest League West Division during the second half of the season -- a position they will have to maintain if they want to qualify for the 2026 postseason. With players like Dickinson and Torres, as well as top prospect Luis Peña, who just competed in the MLB Futures Game, and 2024 first-round pick Braylon Payne, the Timber Rattlers are a fun team to watch this year. Wisconsin-based Brewers fans should head to a game in Appleton before this exciting group of prospects graduates to the next level.

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