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BRANDON MARSH
BORN: DEC. 18, 1997 OPENING DAY AGE: 22
BIRTHPLACE: BUFORD, GA RESIDES: BUFORD, GA
SIGNED THRU: 2020
ACQUIRED: SELECTED IN SECOND ROUND OF 2016 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT

OF HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 215 BATS: L THROWS: R

NON-ROSTER INVITEE
MARSH’S LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2016— INJURED — DID NOT PLAY
2017— Orem .350 39 177 47 62 13 5 4 44 0 1 5 9 1 35 10 2 1 .548 .396 0
2018— Burlington .295 34 132 26 39 12 1 3 24 0 1 0 21 2 40 4 0 2 .470 .390 3
Inland Empire .256 93 371 59 95 15 6 7 46 0 1 1 52 1 118 10 4 3 .385 .348 5
2019— Mobile .300 96 360 48 108 21 2 7 43 0 2 3 47 3 92 18 5 6 .428 .383 4
Angels (AZL) .048 5 21 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 .048 .048 0
MINOR TOTALS .287 267 1061 181 305 61 14 21 159 0 5 9 129 7 293 43 11 13 .431 .368 12
◆ Brandon Chase Marsh...Signed by Angels scout Todd Hogan...On Twitter: @brandon_marsh22.
◆ Enters fifth professional season in 2020 (DNP in 2016; stress fracture in back) with second consecutive MLB
camp invite...Considered one of top athletes in Angels organization with five-tool potential...Ranked as #2 Marsh
prospect in LAA system in 2020 and #3 in 2019 by Baseball America, who also rated him Best Hitter for
Average and Best Strike-Zone Discipline among LAA prospects in 2020...Ranked 43rd best MLB prospect in
2020 and #85 by Baseball America in 2018...Rated #79 best prospect in 2020, according to MLB.com .
◆ In 267 minor league games, slashing .287/ .368/ .431 with 181 R, 61 2B, 14 3B, 21 HR, 159 RBI and 43 SB .
◆ Spent 2019 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 slashing
.220/.312/.256 in April, hit .324 in his remaining 74 games with Mobile...Made mid-season adjustment to
stand more upright in the batter’s box.
◆ Played first full professional season in 2018 . . .Opened campaign at Single-A Burlington before a promotion
to Adv.-A Inland Empire in mid-May...Combined to play 127 games, batting .266 (134/503) with 85 runs, 27
doubles, seven triples, 10 home runs, 70 RBI, 73 walks and 14 stolen bases (14 of 18)...70 RBI ranked fifth
among Halo farmhands.
◆ With Burlington, slashed .295/.390/.470 in 34 games...Named Angels’ Organizational Player of Month for
April (.299; 20/67, 14 R, 5 2B, HR, 11 RBI, 4 SB, .855 OPS).
◆ Logged first career multi-HR game May 1 vs. Dayton (3-for-6, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI)...Posted career-best 7 RBI
April 20 vs. Quad Cities (grand slam in 8th)...Had 12 multi-hit efforts in 34 games, including five three-hit
showings .
◆ Joined Inland Empire May 19 . . .Had 22 multi-hit games with 66ers, including three four-hit games to match
career high ...Hit safely in 29 of 34 affairs from June 16-July 26 (.313; 42/134)...Went 4-for-6 with four runs
and nine total bases (1 HR, 3 RBI) in final game of season .
◆ Named Organizational Defensive Player of Month for June...Had 10 outfield assists in 2018.
◆ In 2017, made professional debut with Rookie-Level Orem . . .Limited to 39 games with a thumb sprain
(injured on a slide stealing second base, June 28 at Ogden)...Returned to action one month later (July 28) and
homered in consecutive games, July 29-30.
◆ Slashed .350/.396/.548 for Owlz (22 extra-base hits)...Opened pro career with 10-game hit streak (.467;
21/45, 21 R, 3 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 4 SB) with hits in 13 of first 14 games . . .Did not commit an error in 37
outfield games (76 total chances).
◆ In 2016, post-draft medical report revealed stress fracture in back...Did not play that summer for Angels .
◆ Prepped at Buford High School (GA)...Was a three-sport star in baseball, football and basketball...A standout
wide receiver/cornerback who helped HS team win Georgia AAAA state championships in 2013 and 2014 .
◆ Focused solely on baseball senior year in 2016...Named Player of Year for 4A All-Region Team after finishing
senior campaign with a .559 average, 66 hits and 25 RBI . . .Buford finished as state runner-up.
◆ Was a Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA) commit before signing with Angels .

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