Brent Honeywell

Brent Honeywell
Tampa Bay Rays
Pitcher
Born: (1995-03-31) March 31, 1995
Carnesville, Georgia, United States
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Brent Lee Honeywell (born March 31, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Career

Honeywell attended Franklin County High School in Royston, Georgia. After high school, he attended Walters State Community College for one year, where he we went 11–3 with a 2.81 earned run average (ERA) with 102 strikeouts.[1] Honeywell was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the second round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.[2] He signed with the Rays and made his professional debut with the Princeton Rays.[3] He finished his first year with a 1.07 ERA with 40 strikeouts in  33 1⁄3 innings over nine games (eight starts).[4] Honeywell started 2015 with the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the Class A Midwest League[5] and was later promoted to the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, where he posted a combined 9-6 record with a 3.18 ERA between both clubs. Honeywell began 2016 back with Charlotte, and later received a promotion to the Montgomery Biscuits of the Class AA Southern League, where he finished the season with a combined 7-3 record with a 2.34 ERA.[6]

Honeywell started the 2017 season with Montgomery and was quickly promoted to the Durham Bulls of the Class AAA International League.[7][8] He started for the United States in the 2017 All-Star Futures Game.[9] Honeywell earned MVP honors at the Futures Game after striking out four batters over two scoreless innings.

Personal life

His father, Brent Honeywell, played Minor League Baseball from 1988 to 1990.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Serving the Lakeway Region since 1966". Citizentribune.com. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  2. ↑ "Rays pick two pitchers to end draft's first day". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Another Honeywell begins professional career in Princeton". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Prized pitching prospect has Columbia County ties". Columbia County News-Times. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tampa Bay Rays' Brent Honeywell flirts with no-hitter for Bowling Green Hot Rods – MiLB.com News – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Brent Honeywell Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Rays’ top pitching prospect Brent Honeywell ready for 2017 season". Montgomeryadvertiser.com. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  8. ↑ Hill, David (2017-04-17). "Tampa Bay Rays Promote Brent Honeywell to Durham". Rayscoloredglasses.com. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  9. ↑ http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/rays-prospect-brent-honeywell-excited-to-start-futures-game/2329823
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