Michael Dillon Brosseau (born March 15, 1994) is an American

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for the

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(MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2019 for the

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, and was traded to the Brewers after the 2021 season.

Amateur career

Brosseau attended

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, where he was teammates with

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. He attended

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for four years (2013–2016).

Professional career

Tampa Bay Rays

He was undrafted in 2016 and signed a free agent contract with the

on June 23, 2016. Brosseau’s professional career started with the

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. After an impressive start, Brosseau was promoted to the

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for the 2017 season, where he led the

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in average (.318) and on-base percentage (.393). Following another impressive stint, he earned a call-up to the

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of the

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, which is in

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baseball. For the 2018 season, Brosseau played for the

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of the Southern League, the Double A affiliate of the Rays. To begin the 2019 season, Brosseau earned promotion to the Rays’ Triple A affiliate, the

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. Before being called up to the Majors, Brosseau was leading the Bulls and the

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in RBI with 57.

2019

On June 22, 2019, the Rays selected the contract of Brosseau from Triple-A Durham. On June 23, 2019 Brosseau made his major league debut going 1–5 with a single in his first at-bat. On July 3, 2019 in a 6–9 loss to the

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Brosseau recorded his first career

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. On July 13, 2019 Brosseau recorded his first multi-home-run game. On July 22, 2019, Brosseau pitched an inning against the

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, giving up one run in a loss.

2020

On August 15, 2020, Brosseau pitched against the

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and recorded his first career strikeout against

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. Offensively, he finished the shortened season hitting .302/.378/.558 with 5 home runs and 12 RBIs in 86 at bats. On September 1, Brosseau was batting against the

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when a pitch thrown by Chapman narrowly missed his head. Chapman was suspended three games for the incident, though he denied he had aimed at Brosseau intentionally. Brosseau faced Chapman again in the fifth game of the 2020 American League Division Series, and hit a series-winning home run.

2021

Brosseau spent most of 2021 between the Rays and the Durham Bulls. In 57 games, he batted .187 with five home runs and 18 runs batted in.

Milwaukee Brewers

On November 13, 2021, Brosseau was traded to the

in exchange for pitcher Evan Reifert.

2022

In 69 games with Milwaukee in 2022, he batted .255/.344/.418 with 6 home runs and 23 RBIs. He bounced around in the field, playing third base in most of his games, but also apperaing at short-stop, 1st base, and pitching 3 times. It was his first season that he didn't make an appearance in the outfield.

References

External links

Oakland Golden Grizzlies bio
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