Brandon Marsh #5

Brandon Chase Marsh...Attended Buford High School (Ga.), where he played baseball, football and basketball...Played receiver/cornerback and helped Buford win AAAA state championships in 2013 and 2014...Played only baseball during his senior season in 2016 and was named Player of the Year for the 4A All-Region Team after hitting .559 with 25 RBI...Ranked 37th nationally in the final 2016 Perfect Game class rankings...Committed to Kennesaw State University (GA) before signing with LAA...Hobbies: Golf and music...Signed by: Todd Hogan.

2024

Named a Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalist for the second time in his career (also, 2022 with LAA)...Set single-season career highs in games played (135), HR (16) and stolen bases (19), while tying his 2023 mark with 60 RBI...Ranked second among National League left fielders with seven defensive runs saved...His six outfield assists were tied with Johan Rojas for the team lead and ranked T-10th in the National League...Slashed .262/.342/.450 with a .792 OPS in 386 PA against RHP...Hit his first career Opening Day HR on 3/29 vs ATL...Registered his 100th career XBH on 4/20 vs CWS and collected his 300th ML hit on 4/27 at SD...Had his first career game with multiple stolen bases (2), 5/13 at NYM...On the 10-day IL from 6/3-14 with a right hamstring strain; went 4-for-8 with two runs scored in two rehab games with Reading (AA)...Tallied a career-high-tying four hits and a season-high four RBI on 6/26 at DET...Per Sports Info Solutions, was named the NL’s top defender for July (w/ NYM’s Tyrone Taylor); in 20 G (17 GS), had 7 DRS...From 7/28-end of season, slashed .286/.375/.500 (.875 OPS) in 33 PA against LHP...Played all three OF positions on 8/24 at KC; first Phillies player to do so since Aaron Altherr on 9/3/16 vs ATL...In the postseason, appeared in all four games of the NLDS vs NYM; made two starts in LF and one start in CF.

2023

Began the season on the ML 60-day IL with a right hamate fracture; appeared in rehab games for Clearwater (A), Jersey Shore (A) and Lehigh Valley (AAA) before being reinstated on 6/20 and optioned to Lehigh Valley...Threw out 13 of 42 (31.0%) attempted base stealers in 43 non-rehab games at catcher for Lehigh Valley; threw out 15 of 48 (31.3%) attempted base stealers overall at the triple-A level...After his rehab assignment, slashed .316/.402/.480 (.882 OPS) with 18 XBH (13 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR) and 27 HR in 44 games for Lehigh Valley...Following the season, played for Aragua in the Venezuelan Winter League, where he slashed .333/.436/.546 with a .982 OPS and 16 walks to 11 strikeouts in 32 games.

2022

Began the season with LAA before being traded to the Phillies on 8/2...Finished third among LF in AL Gold Glove voting...Was on the 10-day IL from 8/17-26 with a left ankle sprain; appeared in two games with Lehigh Valley (AAA) on a rehab assignment...From 9/10 through the end of the season, hit .338 (24-71) with seven 2B, 3B, two HR, seven RBI, nine runs and a .923 OPS in his last 21 games...Per Statcast data, his seven Outs Above Average (OAA) ranked in the 93rd percentile among qualifying outfielders...His 37 starts with the Phillies came in CF...Slugged his first HR as a member of the Phillies on 8/30 at ARI...Had consecutive three-RBI games, 8/30-31, for the first time in his career...On 9/15 at MIA, tied his career high with four hits...The Phillies went 9-3 in his 12 postseason starts...Slugged his first career postseason HR in Game 4 of the NLDS vs AT...(Charlie Morton) on 10/15; at 24 years, 301 days old, became the youngest player in franchise history to collect a game-winning RBI in the postseason...Hit his first career World Series HR in Game 3 vs HOU (Lance McCullers Jr.) on 11/1; became the youngest Phillie (24 years, 318 days) ever to homer in a WS game.

2021

Saw first big league action of career after starting the season in the minors...Following Spring Training, was assigned to the Alternate Training Site...Assigned to Triple-A Salt Lake in May...Hit .255 (24/94) with three home runs and eight RBI in 24 games with the Bees before being recalled by the Angels...Made Major League debut July 18 vs. Seattle and went on to hit .254 (60/236) with 12 doubles, three triples, two home runs and 27 runs scored in 70 games...Following call up, ranked in the Top 5 of A.L. rookies in average (1st, min 250 PA), hits (3rd), doubles (T4th), triples (T2nd), stolen bases (5th) and OPS (.673, min 250 PA)...Tallied first hit July 19 vs. Oakland, a single off Cole Irvin...Collected first career home run Aug. 25 at Baltimore...Also logged five RBI that night...Was one of five Halo rookies to tally a five-RBI game since 2010 joining Francisco Arcia, Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo and Bobby Wilson...Entered the 2021 season rated by Baseball America as the Angels' No. 2 prospect.

2020

After being invited to Major League Spring Training as a non-roster invite, spent the remainder of the season working out at the Angels Alternate Training Site in Long Beach, CA...Entered the season as No. 2 prospect in LAA system in 2020 by Baseball America, who also rated him Best Hitter for Average and Best Strike-Zone Discipline among LAA prospects in 2020...Rated No. 79 best prospect in all of baseball entering the 2020 campaign, according to MLB.com.

2019

Spent entire season with Double-A Mobile, except for five games rehabbing from injury with AZL Angels...Named Southern League Mid-Season All-Star and Post-Season All-Star... Slashed .300/.383/.428 with career-high 18 SB in 96 games...Logged 29 multi-hit games, including seven three-hit games and a 4-for-5 performance May 2 in Montgomery...Compiled 12-game hitting streak from Aug. 15-25, hitting .442 (19/43)...After posting a.220/.312/.256 slash line in April, hit .324 in remaining 74 games with Mobile...Made mid-season adjustment to stand more upright in the batter’s box.