Brandon Rembert | |
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| Born | October 17, 1998 Pensacola, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Booker T. Washington High School Faulkner University Contents |
| Occupations | Former baseball player, scout |
Brandon Antonio Rembert (born October 17, 1998) is an American baseball scout and former college baseball player who played for the Alcorn State University Braves. [1] [2] Since 2022, Rembert has been working in various roles for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). [3]
Rembert was born to Orenthal and Cheryl Rembert in Pensacola, Florida. He has six siblings. [4] [5]
Rembert graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 2016, where he played on the baseball team as an outfielder, receiving three varsity letters. [1] [6] [7] During his senior season at Washington High School, Rembert was named FACA 7A All-State. [8] Perfect Game ranked Rembert as the 377th overall player and the 71st outfielder nationally among high school prospects in 2016. [1]
Rembert briefly attended Faulkner University and played for the school's junior varsity baseball team as a freshman. [9] For his sophomore year, he transferred to Coastal Alabama Community College and recorded a .274 batting average, 13 RBIs, and 10 runs scored while playing for the school's baseball team. [10] [11]
In 2018, Rembert transferred to Alcorn State University. Rembert was selected for First Team Preseason All-SWAC honors in 2020. [12] [13] During the 2020 baseball season, which was cut short to 12 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he recorded a batting average of .255, 1 home run, and 6 RBIs. [14] [5]
Returning for a fifth year, Rembert played his final college baseball season in 2021. [6] That season, he was ranked the 10th overall HBCU MLB Draft prospect by Black College Nines. [15] Rembert sustained a major hamstring injury during the 2021 pre-season, limiting his participation for the majority of his final baseball season. [6] [16]
In February 2022, began serving as a Minor League Baseball Operations Assistant for the Pittsburgh Pirates. [17] [7] [18] In 2023, Rembert began serving as a development scout for the Pirates' Amateur Scouting Department. [13] [17] He was promoted to the role of Area Supervisor in 2024. [3]