Last year, Orlando Arcia was the top prospect in the Brewers organization. After the all-star break, Arcia was given the rest of the season to adjust to the majors. In such a short amount of time, he’s already shown signs of great things to come in the future with the Brewers.

Now, there’s a new top prospect in the Brewers organization, Lewis Brinson. The 6-foot-4, 195 pound centerfielder was taken 29th overall in the 2012 draft by the Rangers. He was shipped to Milwaukee last year in exchange for Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress.

Many Brewers fans were probably skeptical at first about trading away Lucroy for such a young prospect. Fear not, the future looks very bright for Brinson.

.@Brewers prospect @LewisBrinson says his ultimate goal in baseball is to "entertain, play hard and win" pic.twitter.com/Z9zrmbPAI6

— FOX Sports Wisconsin (@fswisconsin) April 9, 2017

As of now, Brinson’s currently 16th in MLB’s top 100 prospects. The 22 year-old has shown that he can get it done on both sides of the game. Brinson was the Rangers’ Defender of the year in 2015.

His skills at the plate though are what have Brewers fans drooling.

In 2015, Brinson mostly played with the High Desert Mavericks (A (Adv.)). In 64 games he recorded 87 hits, 13 home runs, 42 RBI and batted .337. Brinson had the second highest slugging percentage (.601), and the third best OPS (1.004) among all full-time minor leaguers. The Houston Astros’, A.J. Reed, was the only other qualifier to record an OBP over .400 and slugging over .600.

Brinson played in AA for the majority of last year, before being traded to the Brewers. He finished with 72 hits, 11 home runs, 40 RBI and a .711 OPS in 77 games with the Frisco Rough Riders. Once he was traded, the Brewers sent him to AAA with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. He only played 23 games there, but put on a show. In such a small amount of time, Brinson tallied 34 hits, 4 home runs and 20 RBI. He also finished with a .382 batting average and a 1.005 OPS.

After putting up monster numbers in the minors for the last two seasons, many were left wondering if Brinson could make it onto the opening day roster. Brinson was solid in his first spring training with the Brewers. In 14 games, he had 10 hits, 2 home runs and 8 RBI. He also had a .973 OPS and batted .294. Brinson’s performance wouldn’t be enough to earn him a spot on the Brewers roster for 2017 though.

The Brewers sent Brinson back to AAA to start the season. Regardless, he’s picked up right where he left off last year. Brinson has a 1.079 OPS and batting .388 in his first 12 games this year. So, when is Brinson going to get the call to the big leagues?

The Brewers have mentioned multiple times that they’re in no rush to call up Brinson. He probably wouldn’t even be able to start every day because the Brewers’ outfield is pretty much set already. Although there’s still rumors of Ryan Braun possibly being moved this year, he’s still just as productive as he’s ever been. Keon Broxton is only 26 years-old, but has shown in the last two months of 2016 that he could be an effective player. He spent the majority of last year up and down between the minors and the majors. Broxton changed his batting stance during his second stint in the minors last season, which was all he needed to get going on offense. Domingo Santana has also shown to be a lethal offensive player for the Brewers too.

The biggest reason of all is probably related to the financial issues. It would be costly for the Brewers to promote Brinson. If he were to be called up now, Brinson would earn the status of a Super 2 player. This means that he would be eligible for an extra year of salary arbitration if he was called up to Milwaukee right now. The Brewers can avoid this by waiting until May or June to promote him. If the Brewers wait, Brinson won’t reach arbitration until around 2020.

The addition of Brinson’s power would be nice to have in the lineup this year, considering how well Eric Thames, Braun and Travis Shaw have been playing. Unfortunately, Brewers fans will have to continue impatiently waiting for Brinson’s arrival to Miller Park. Fear not though, it could be sooner than later.