Brandon Jacobs (baseball)

Brandon Jacobs
Traverse City Beach Bums
Outfielder
Born: (1990-12-08) December 8, 1990
Snellville, Georgia
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Brandon Foster Jacobs (born December 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Traverse City Beach Bums of the Frontier League.

Career

The Boston Red Sox drafted Jacobs in the tenth round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus ranked Jacobs as the 46th best prospect in baseball prior to the 2012 season.[1]

On July 12, 2013, Jacobs was traded to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Matt Thornton and cash.[2] He was ranked the #7 ranked prospect in the White Sox organization.[3] After the trade, Jacobs played for Double-A Birmingham Barons. He finished the 2013 season combined hitting .244 in 455 at bats, 33 doubles, 13 home runs, 66 runs batted in, 44 walks, 140 strikeouts, and 12 stolen bases. After the 2013 season, Jacobs was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks.[4]

On January 10, 2015, Jacobs signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals, but he was released during spring training. On April 10, he signed with the Traverse City Beach Bums of the independent Frontier League.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Goldstein, Kevin (February 13, 2012). "– Brandon Jacobs article". Baseballprospectus.com. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ Matt Thornton to Red Sox for Minor Leaguer Archived July 16, 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "White Sox 2013 Prospect Watch". Chicago.whitesox.mlb.com. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ "D-backs acquire Brandon Jacobs from the White Sox and A.J. Schugel from the Angels as Players to be Named Later from December 10 Three-Team Trade | dbacks.com: News". Arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com. December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.chron.com/sports/article/Friday-s-Sports-Transactions-6192915.php

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