Dixon Williams is a 22-year-old who was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the comp round immediately after the fourth round in 2025 as pick No. 136 out of East Carolina. In his first professional year, Williams has had a rollercoaster of a season with some brutal lows and amazing highs. He has faced injury and adversity and still has put up an incredible stat line.
Williams started the year red hot in Rome. In his first 17 games in 2026, he posted a .333/.462/.603 slash line. He had five home runs and two doubles in those games with 15 walks to 14 strikeouts. It is hard to find a hotter start than that.
Unfortunately, his following 25 games were pretty brutal. 39 strikeouts, eight walks, and only six doubles, while his stat line dropped from the above down to a .200/.314/.348. He had a really hard time putting the ball in play, and even when he did, it would end up finding someone’s glove. Williams only had 10 hits in that 25-game stretch. He ended the streak with a 10-game stretch without a single extra-base hit. June 13th, he had reached his season low point.
Thankfully, things would get much, much better.
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Dixon Williams saved his season and has put himself on the Braves' prospect radar
In his last 67 games, Williams hit .258 and raised his stat line to .236/.335 with an .812 OPS. He hit 14 doubles, two triples, and 19 home runs in that time while walking at a 12% clip. He was promoted to AA and already has two home runs and two doubles in six games there. Williams uses the whole field and has a lot of power to show to the right-center field alley. Williams also had a 24-hour stretch that may be one of the best in baseball history after hitting five home runs with 16 RBI in two games on August 15th and 16th.
Williams started the year very pull-happy, pulling the ball about 45% of the time, but has cut that down a ton, leveling it out to 31% pull and oppo and shooting it back up the middle the other 38% of the time. Williams' line drive percentage keeps improving, and he has it sitting at a strong 31% in his stay in Columbus. Even with an insanely bad BABIP in Double-A, he has a 118 wRC+ and a wOBA of .363.
Unfortunately, Williams has been very unlucky and shows signs that he may be breaking out of that bad luck. He was striking out around 30% of the time during his cold streak in Rome, and has cut that down to 21% in Columbus, while maintaining an OPS above .863. Williams has made the proper adjustments to show he has plenty of offensive talent. It takes that type of talent to go on the cold streak he did and still have 48 extra-base hits and 24 home runs.
The best part of Williams’ game goes beyond the bat. He has a ton of speed and is a true utility fielder. He has also stolen 31 bases this year in addition to his offensive production and has played anywhere the coach has asked him to. Williams has seen meaningful playing time at first base, second base, third base, left field, and center field, while primarily playing both first and center. Despite playing all over the place, he has only committed five errors in the field, and four of those five were at first base. He has an incredible glove and has made some insane catches in the outfield. He is the true definition of a utility player, and wherever he goes, he will be good at it.
After being drafted in 2025, Atlanta only got a 28-game sample of what Dixon can do. This year has given 110 games of his talent. His first true season in professional ball, and he forced his way all the way to AA. Next year has the potential to be even better, but one thing is certain: Williams has proven that he deserves to be more than an afterthought and to be considered one of Atlanta's top prospects.
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