Brenton Edward Doyle (born May 14, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the

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of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.

Amateur career

Doyle was born and grew up in Warrenton, Virginia and attended Kettle Run High School. He was named the 3A East Region Player of the Year as junior after batting .443. Doyle initially intended to pursue a career in the military and committed to play college baseball at the Virginia Military Institute, but decommitted late in his senior year. He later signed to play at Division II Shepherd University. Doyle played college baseball for the

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for three seasons. He was named the

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Player of the Year after hitting .415 with 98 hits, 14 home runs, 16 doubles and 68 RBIs. Doyle repeated as a Conference Player of the Year after batting .392 with 13 home runs, six triples, 17 doubles and 47 RBIs and 79 runs scored as a junior.

Professional career

The

selected Doyle in the fourth round of the

2019 MLB draft The 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft was held from June 3 to 5, 2019. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order was set based on the reverse order of the 2018 MLB season standings. In additi ...

. Doyle was assigned to the

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of the Pioneer League, where he led the league with a .383 batting average with 8 home runs, 33 RBI, and 17 stolen bases. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and spent most of the year training in Manassas, Virginia at a baseball complex alongside local college players until taking part in the Rockies' fall instructional league. Doyle was named the best overall athlete in the Rockies' minor league system going into the 2021 season. He was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the High-A West League for 2021, where he batted .279 with 16 home runs, 47 RBIs, and 21 stolen bases in 97 games played and awarded a Minor League Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Doyle split the 2022 season between the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats and Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes. In 132 games, he hit a combined .256/.300/.473 with 26 home runs, 77 RBI, and 23 stolen bases. Doyle was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque to begin the 2023 season. On April 24, 2023, Doyle was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He had batted .306/.404/.633 with 5 home runs and 8 RBIs in 12 Triple-A games prior to his promotion. Doyle made his major league debut later that day, starting in center field and going hitless in three at-bats with one walk and one run scored.

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External links

Shepherd Rams bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Brenton 1998 births Living people Albuquerque Isotopes players Baseball players from Virginia Colorado Rockies players Grand Junction Rockies players Hartford Yard Goats players Major League Baseball outfielders People from Warrenton, Virginia Sportspeople from Fauquier County, Virginia Shepherd Rams baseball players Spokane Indians players