Juaron Watts-Brown | |
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Toronto Blue Jays | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Visalia, California, U.S. | February 23, 2002|
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Juaron Donovan Watts-Brown (born February 23,2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is ranked 19th on Major League Baseball's 2024 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list. [1]
Watts-Brown grew up in Hanford,California and attended Hanford High School. He was named the West Yosemite League Player of the Year in football and basketball during his senior year. [2] Watts-Brown committed to play college baseball at Texas Tech,but suffered a shoulder injury and ultimately enrolled at Long Beach State. [3]
Watts-Brown began his college baseball career at Long Beach State and redshirted his true freshman season while recovering from surgery to repair a torn labrum. [4] After the season,he played summer collegiate baseball for the Brockton Rox of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL). [5] Watts was a member of Long Beach State's starting rotation as a redshirt freshman and pitched a no-hitter with 16 strikeouts against UC-Riverside on May 8,2022. [6] Watts-Brown finished the season with a 4-4 record and an 3.68 ERA and 111 strikeouts. [7]
After the season Watts-Brown transferred to Oklahoma State. [8] In 2022,he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [9]
Watts-Brown was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the third round with the 89th overall pick of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. On July 21,2023,he signed with the Blue Jays for $1,002,785. [10]
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