Aaron Brooks (baseball)

Aaron Brooks
Brooks pitching for the Oakland Athletics in 2015
Oakland Athletics – No. 35
Pitcher
Born: (1990-04-27) April 27, 1990
Montclair, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 3, 2014, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
(through 2018 season)
Win–loss record 3-5
Earned run average 8.01
Strikeouts 41
Teams

Aaron Lee Brooks (born April 27, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Kansas City Royals.

Career

Amateur career

Brooks attended Cajon High School in San Bernardino, California, and California State University, San Bernardino, where he played college baseball for the Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes.[1]

Professional career

The Kansas City Royals selected Brooks in the ninth round of the 2011 MLB draft.[2] Through the 2013 season, Brooks had issued only 1.3 walks per nine innings pitched in ​393 1⁄3 total innings. The Royals invited Brooks to spring training in 2014.[1] They assigned him to the Omaha Storm Chasers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL) at the start of the 2014 season. Before he could pitch for Omaha, the Royals promoted Brooks to the major leagues on April 5, 2014.[3] He was optioned back to Omaha on April 8 without appearing in a game. He made his MLB debut on May 3.

On July 28, 2015, Brooks and teammate Sean Manaea were traded to the Oakland Athletics for Ben Zobrist.[4] In his first game for the Athletics, he earned his first major league win.[5] On February 25, 2016, Brooks was traded to the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Chris Coghlan.[6] Due to a hip contusion, Brooks missed most of the 2016 season. When healthy, he pitched for the Iowa Cubs of the PCL.[7] He was designated for assignment by the Cubs, never playing a single game for the team, on August 22, 2017. The next day, the Milwaukee Brewers claimed him off waivers.[8] He pitched for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the PCL, and was promoted to the major leagues on August 30, 2018.[9] The very next day, Brooks was designated for assignment by the Brewers, without appearing in a game, in order to make room on the roster for the team's acquisitions of Curtis Granderson and Gio González.[10] On September 3, 2018, he was acquired by the Athletics for cash considerations, his second stint with the organization.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "BASEBALL: Area players in major league camps". blog.pe.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Brooks selected by the Kansas City Royals in MLB Draft - Cal State San Bernardino Athletics". Csusbathletics.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Royals bring up right-hand reliever Aaron Brooks - KansasCity.com". kansascity.com. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ "A's land pitchers Manaea, Brooks for Zobrist". MiLB.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  5. ↑ Kawaharamkawahara, Matt (August 1, 2015). "Aaron Brooks earns first major-league win in A's debut | The Sacramento Bee". Sacbee.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Cubs' trade of Chris Coghlan made Dexter Fowler's signing possible". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  7. ↑ Lesniewski, Kyle (August 23, 2017). "Milwaukee Brewers reportedly claim Aaron Brooks off waivers from Cubs". Brew Crew Ball. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  8. ↑ Hawthorne, Jonathan (May 24, 2018). "Brewers claim right-hander Aaron Brooks". MLB.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  9. ↑ FOX Sports Wisconsin (June 13, 2018). "Brewers recall RHP Jacob Barnes, Aaron Brooks from Triple-A". Foxsports.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Milwaukee Brewers DFA Aaron Brooks and Jake Thompson to clear way for new acquisitions". Brew Crew Ball. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  11. ↑ "Aaron Brooks traded to A's from Brewers". MLB.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
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