Brewers Prospect Weekly: Dickinson's power surge rewrites his profile, Crow goes zeroes at Triple-A
By Mason Grant ·
The Profile Liar: Daniel Dickinson's Power Week
Nobody handed Daniel Dickinson (A+, SS, Rank: 35) a scouting report that projected this. A 6th-round pick whose profile centers on a compact swing, disciplined zone management, and a utility ceiling got the ball in the air three times last week, adding four doubles for good measure in 29 plate appearances. Nine RBI, four walks, and a whiff total of just five rounded out a stretch that bears zero resemblance to the fringe power grade attached to his name. A player whose offensive value is supposed to live in walk rates and contact quality, a week like this raises real questions about what the power ceiling is.
The month-long context matters more than the single week. Over his last 30 days, Dickinson is hitting .309/.440/.543 with four home runs and ten doubles in 117 plate appearances, and his swing rate has dropped to 40.4 percent while his contact rate has climbed to 78.7 percent. His season line at High-A sits at .266/.423/.420 across 415 plate appearances with 78 walks against 91 strikeouts, which is a remarkably clean profile for a 22-year-old middle infielder. The evaluation grades him at 40 power with a utility projection, and the hit tool at 55 is the carrying piece. But a 10-double, four-homer 30-day window from someone who was not supposed to beat you with extra-base hits does not just get filed away. If this represents a real mechanical uptick in loft, the second-base everyday conversation becomes a lot more interesting than the current profile suggests. I would take the over on that 40 power grade based on what the last month has looked like.
Crow's Zero: Coleman Crow Makes His Case at Triple-A
Coleman Crow (AAA, RHP, Rank: 26) threw 6.2 innings against International League hitters last week, allowing two hits, no runs, walking one, and striking out six. It was his cleanest outing of the season and a fitting capstone to a month that has been genuinely excellent. Over his last 30 days at Nashville, Crow owns a 1.20 ERA across 30 innings with 29 strikeouts, nine walks, and a WHIP of 0.87. A pitcher who made four MLB starts earlier this season and posted a 5.30 ERA there before getting optioned back down, sustained Triple-A dominance is the answer the Brewers need to see. His season ERA at Nashville sits at 3.39 across 71.2 innings with 73 strikeouts, and the 23.6 percent whiff rate confirms he is missing bats at a real level.
Crow is not a stuff-first arm. His fastball sits 92-94 mph and his entire arsenal grades average across the board, with command at 45 as the primary developmental lever. The 2025 Double-A line showed what he can be when the strike-throwing is sharp: a 2.51 ERA, a 0.91 WHIP, and 52 strikeouts in 43 innings. The MLB exposure this year revealed the margin-for-error problem when command backs up against better hitters. But this last month looks much more like the 2025 version, and if he carries a 1.20 ERA into late August at Triple-A, another big-league look is coming. The profile ceiling is a fifth starter or up-down arm, and nothing here changes that read, but right now he is pitching better than that label implies.
Quick Hits
Brailyn Antunez (A, OF, Rank: 32) · went 6-for-24 with two home runs, four RBI, and four walks in his latest week at Wilson, running his Low-A line to .400/.507/.817 across 73 plate appearances since his promotion. He is hitting .365/.478/.730 over his last 30 days with seven homers and six doubles in 92 plate appearances. An 18-year-old who posted a .215/.353/.282 line across the entire 2025 complex season, the jump is staggering. The strikeouts are still there, 96 on the combined season, and the 45 hit tool grade reflects real contact concerns, but a 70 speed grade and an emerging 50 power tool with this production at full-season ball makes the everyday center field projection look less like optimism and more like a reasonable outcome.
Brady Ebel (A, SS, Rank: 16) · drove in 7 runs on 7 hits including a double, triple, and home run, drawing six walks against seven strikeouts in 31 plate appearances. His .312/.430/.548 line over the last 30 days at Wilson is a significant step forward for a 19-year-old who barely appeared at the pro level in 2025. Ebel owns 95 walks on the season against 100 strikeouts in 488 plate appearances, a discipline profile that exceeds most teenagers at this level. He is a 55 hit, 60 arm profile who needs the power to grow into average territory to reach an everyday outcome, and recent weeks suggest the gap might be closing.
Sawyer Strosnider (A+, OF, Rank: 3) · went 7-for-20 in his first four games at High-A after being assigned from the ACL, picking up a double, a triple, four RBI, and a stolen base. The $2.1 million 2026 second-round pick is a 60 power, 55 speed, 60 arm corner outfielder who projects as an everyday right fielder, and he needed zero adjustment time to make an impression in his first Wisconsin look. Four games is four games, but the hit tool question is the only real one with this profile, and so far it has not been an issue.
Andrew Fischer (AA, 3B, Rank: 6) · had 4 hits including two home runs and 7 RBI in 25 plate appearances. Those numbers land in a month where he is slashing .224/.336/.469 with seven home runs in 119 plate appearances at Double-A. The combined season line stands at .273/.411/.635 with 36 home runs across High-A and Double-A. The defensive profile points toward first base long term, but the bat is doing more than enough heavy lifting to keep him relevant in any corner conversation. Thirty-six homers before September at age 22 is a number worth circling.
Ethan Dorchies (A+, RHP, Rank: 29) · delivered his best outing of the week with 6.2 innings of shutout ball, allowing four hits, one walk, and striking out nine. The problem is that the surrounding context is genuinely rough: a 5.03 ERA across 98.1 innings at High-A on the season, and a 5.26 ERA over his last five starts with a 1.56 WHIP. At 19, the workload and the level are both aggressive, and he is a 50 fastball with a 45 command grade who needs the changeup to become a usable offering. The nine-strikeout game is a reminder of what the ceiling looks like when the stuff plays; getting there with more consistency is the entire project right now.
Braylon Payne (AA, OF, Rank: 12) · was promoted to Biloxi on August 14 after hitting .277/.369/.561 with 23 home runs and 22 stolen bases in 357 plate appearances at High-A. He went 2-for-5 in his first two Double-A plate appearances and immediately stole two bases. The power-speed combination at High-A was real, and a 22-homer, 22-steal line before his first taste of Double-A earns the promotion, but the jump in competition will be the next meaningful data point in figuring out where the ceiling sits.
Blake Burke (AAA, 1B, Rank: 14) · was promoted to Nashville on August 10 after posting a .285/.367/.603 line with 30 home runs and 28 stolen bases in 431 plate appearances at Double-A. He went 2-for-21 in his first six Triple-A games, though the sample barely warrants analysis. A 30-30 season at Double-A for a first baseman is an undeniable offensive statement, and the early AAA struggles are a common enough adjustment pattern to not shift the read on the season he has put together.
J.D. Thompson (AA, LHP, Rank: 27) · was promoted to Biloxi on August 11 and was touched for 6 ERA in his first Double-A start, allowing runs over 3 innings with 4 strikeouts and 3 walks. He struck out 37 batters across 30 innings at High-A this year, though the 17 walks alongside those strikeouts at Wisconsin signal that command will determine how quickly he settles in at the new level.
Dylan O'Rae (AA, SS, Rank: 23) · returned from the 7-day injured list on August 13 and has gone 2-for-10 in his first three games back. He was placed on the IL on July 29 and missed roughly two weeks. The season line at Biloxi still reads .274/.400/.368 with two home runs and a remarkable 49 stolen bases in 369 plate appearances. That baserunning volume is the signature of his profile, and the early return numbers are thin enough that they say nothing about his health other than that he is back on the field.
Bishop Letson (AA, RHP, Rank: 9) · returned from the IL on August 9 and has allowed 6 earned runs over 5.2 innings in two appearances since coming back. The 4.66 ERA across 75.1 innings on the season reflects a year of mixed results at Double-A, and the rocky return does not help. He has the raw stuff to miss bats, 71 strikeouts on the year, but the walks are a persistent issue at 38, and nothing about the first two outings back suggests the IL stint cleared up whatever was bothering him.
Josh Knoth (A+, RHP, Rank: 24) · threw 5.2 innings last week allowing 2 earned runs, 4 hits, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts. The ERA at High-A sits at 4.68 on the season, and the last-30-day stretch of 5.79 ERA with a 19 percent whiff rate points to a pitcher who is working through real command challenges post-Tommy John. The 94-96 mph fastball and a plus curveball remain legitimate weapons, but the changeup is still a show-me offering and the walk rate has been elevated enough this month to limit how much the good stuff can carry him.
Marco Dinges (AA, C, Rank: 17) · was placed on the 7-day injured list on August 14. He had gone 5-for-30 with 12 strikeouts in his previous nine games at Biloxi while already working through a difficult Double-A adjustment after hitting .268/.391/.464 at High-A. No injury has been confirmed publicly. The timing adds to a rough Double-A stint that has seen his line drop to .135/.224/.231 in 58 plate appearances at the level.
Jett Williams (AAA, SS, Rank: 5) · remains on the 7-day injured list at Nashville. His last game was July 7, and no return timeline has been reported. The season line stands at .233/.340/.384 with 9 home runs and 21 stolen bases in 359 plate appearances, a functional but underwhelming showing for the system's fifth-ranked prospect. Getting healthy and getting back on the field is the only priority now.