Career
Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays selected McBroom in the 15th round,with the 444th overall pick,of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft,and was assigned to the Low-A Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League. In 70 games,McBroom batted .297 with 11 home runs and 59 RBI. [2] His 11 home runs tied for the league lead. [4] McBroom began the 2015 season with the Lansing Lugnuts. On June 5,he was named a Midwest League midseason All-Star. At that time,McBroom was batting .307 with 16 doubles. [5] On August 24,McBroom was named the 2015 Midwest League MVP,becoming the third Blue Jays prospect to win the award after Kevin Pillar and Brian Dopirak. [6] McBroom played in 127 games in 2015 for Lansing,and batted .315 with 12 home runs and 90 RBIs. [2] He was assigned to the High-A Dunedin Blue Jays to open the 2016 season. [7] McBroom played in 119 games for Dunedin in 2016,as well as nine games with the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. He would bat a combined .266 with 22 home runs and 85 RBIs. [2] After the 2016 season,the Blue Jays assigned McBroom to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League. [8] He appeared in seven games for the Sox before being removed from the roster due to injury. [9] He began 2017 with New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
New York Yankees
On July 23,2017,McBroom was traded to the New York Yankees in exchange for Rob Refsnyder. [10] The Yankees assigned him to the Double-A Trenton Thunder,where he spent the remainder of the season. In 134 total games between the two affiliates,McBroom batted a combined .247 with 16 home runs and 70 RBI. [11] He split the 2018 season between Trenton and the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders,hitting a combined .302/.348/.458 with 15 home runs and 60 RBI. McBroom returned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2019. [12]
Kansas City Royals
On August 31,2019,McBroom was traded to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for international bonus pool allotments and cash considerations or a player to be named later. [13] On September 3,the Royals selected McBroom's contract and promoted him to the major leagues. [14] He made his debut that night versus the Detroit Tigers,recording his first major league hit off Daniel Norris. [15] McBroom made 23 appearances during his rookie campaign,batting .293/.361/.360 with six RBI. [16]
McBroom hit his first career home run on July 31,2020. [17] McBroom made 36 appearances for Kansas City during the truncated 2020 campaign,slashing .247/.282/.506 with six home runs and 10 RBI. [18]
McBroom spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers and the Royals. He only had eight at-bats with Kansas City,recording two hits (.250). McBroom played in 115 games with Triple-A Omaha,hitting .261 with 32 home runs and 88 RBI. On November 1,2021,McBroom was released by the Royals to pursue an opportunity in Asia. [19]
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
On November 5,2021,McBroom signed a $700,000 contract,that included a $300,000 signing bonus,with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball. [20] In 128 games for Hiroshima in 2022,he batted .272/.352/.442 with 17 home runs and 74 RBI.
In 2023,McBroom played in 70 contests for the Carp,hitting .221/.305/.354 with 6 home runs and 31 RBI. On November 16,2023,Hiroshima announced that they would not offer McBroom a contract for the 2024 season,and he became a free agent. [21]
Long Island Ducks
On May 8,2024,McBroom signed with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. [22] In 88 games for the Ducks,he slashed .268/.376/.497 with 19 home runs,68 RBI,and eight stolen bases. McBroom became a free agent following the season.
On April 11,2025,McBroom re-signed with Long Island. [23]
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