Brent Honeywell Jr. | |
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Pittsburgh Pirates – No. 91 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Carnesville, Georgia, U.S. | March 31, 1995|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 11, 2021, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |
MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
Win–loss record | 2–4 |
Earned run average | 5.08 |
Strikeouts | 49 |
Teams | |
Brent Lee Honeywell Jr. (born March 31,1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Rays,San Diego Padres,and Chicago White Sox. Honeywell was drafted by the Rays in the second round of the 2014 MLB draft. After 1,298 days and four arm surgeries between professional appearances,Honeywell made his MLB debut on April 11,2021.
Honeywell was born in Carnesville,Georgia,to Brent Honeywell,Sr and Sabrina Cantera White. The elder Brent Honeywell was a high school teacher and former Minor League Baseball player from Michigan who settled in Georgia after playing for the Augusta Pirates. [1] [2]
Honeywell attended Franklin County High School in Carnesville,where he played baseball for his father,the school's coach. [1] He went undrafted out of high school and attended Walters State Community College for one year,where he went 10–3 with a 2.81 earned run average (ERA),102 strikeouts and only 15 walks. During that season,his velocity increased from the mid-80 miles per hour range into the 90s. [3]
The Tampa Bay Rays selected Honeywell in the second round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. [4] He signed with the Rays and made his professional debut with the Princeton Rays. [5] He finished his first year with a 1.07 ERA with 40 strikeouts in 33+1⁄3 innings over nine games (eight starts). [6] Honeywell started 2015 with the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the Single–A Midwest League [7] and was later promoted to the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the High–A Carolina League. He posted a combined 9–6 record with a 3.18 ERA in 24 total starts between both clubs.
Prior to the 2016 season, Honeywell appeared in preseason prospect rankings for the first time, reaching as high as 43rd in MLB.com's rankings. [8] He began 2016 back with Charlotte, and later received a promotion to the Montgomery Biscuits of the Double–A Southern League. He finished the season with a combined 7–3 record and a 2.34 ERA in 20 starts between both teams. [9]
Honeywell started the 2017 season with Montgomery and was quickly promoted to the Durham Bulls of the Triple–A International League. [10] [11] He started for the United States in the 2017 All-Star Futures Game. [12] Honeywell earned MVP honors at the Futures Game after striking out four batters over two scoreless innings, becoming the first pitcher in Futures Game history to win the award. [13] On August 28, 2017, Honeywell was suspended for four games by the organization due to undisclosed disciplinary reasons. [14] In 26 total starts between Montgomery and Durham, Honeywell posted a 13–9 record with a 3.49 ERA along with 172 strikeouts in a career high 136.2 innings pitched. [15] On November 20, 2017, Rays added Honeywell to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. [16]
Heading into the 2018 season, Honeywell peaked on preseason prospect lists, ranking as high as the 11th-best prospect according to Baseball America . [8] However, on February 22, 2018, Honeywell left a spring training workout with an arm injury. The following day, he was diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow. He underwent Tommy John surgery and was ousted for the entire 2018 season. [17] He was optioned to Triple-A Durham on March 9, 2018, but could not participate anyway in the aftermath of Tommy John. [18] On June 8, 2019, while throwing a bullpen session, he fractured a bone in his right elbow and was ruled out for the 2019 season. [19] In May 2020, he underwent a compression procedure on his right ulnar nerve, removing scar tissue from around the nerve. This surgery caused him to be out for the 2020 season. [20] Following the 2020 season, Honeywell dropped out of the preseason prospect rankings for Baseball Prospectus , MLB.com and Baseball America for the first time since the offseason after he was drafted. [8]
On April 10, 2021, Honeywell was promoted to the major leagues for the first time and announced as the opener for the Rays’ game the next day. [21] Honeywell made his MLB debut on April 11, as the starting pitcher against the New York Yankees, his first professional game since September 19, 2017. [22] In the game, he recorded two perfect innings and his first two MLB strikeouts, punching out Giancarlo Stanton and Gleyber Torres. [23]
On November 19, 2021, Honeywell was traded to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for cash considerations. [24] On April 7, 2022, Honeywell was placed on the 60-day injured list after suffering a stress reaction in his right elbow. [25] He was activated on September 11, and subsequently removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to Triple–A. [26] Honeywell split his season between the Single-A Stockton Ports and the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators, accumulating an 0-3 record and 7.08 ERA with 24 strikeouts in 20.1 innings pitched across 13 total games. He elected free agency following the season on November 10. [27]
On January 6, 2023, Honeywell signed a major league deal with the San Diego Padres. The split deal pays $725,000 in the major leagues and $200,000` in the minor leagues. [28] On March 29, it was announced that he had made San Diego's Opening Day roster. [29] Honeywell made 36 appearances out of the Padres' bullpen, registering a 4.05 ERA with 42 strikeouts in 46+2⁄3 innings pitched. On August 2, he was designated for assignment. [30]
On August 5, 2023, Honeywell was claimed off waivers by the Chicago White Sox. [31] Honeywell was designated for assignment on August 23 after allowing 7 runs over 5+2⁄3 innings. [32] He cleared waivers and was sent outright to the Triple–A Charlotte Knights on August 25. [33] On October 10, Honeywell elected free agency. [34]
On February 7, 2024, Honeywell signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. [35]
His father, Brent Honeywell, played Minor League Baseball from 1988 to 1990. [5] His father is a cousin of two-time All-Star and 1974 NL Cy Young Award winner Mike Marshall. [36]
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