Brewers Sign First-Round Pick Eric Brown Jr.
Milwaukee Selected Brown Jr. 27th Overall in 2022 First-Year Player Draft
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to terms with first-round pick Eric Brown Jr., the No. 27 overall selection in the 2022 First-Year Player Draft.
The signing was announced by Vice President of Domestic Scouting Tod Johnson.
In 2021, the 5-foot-10, 190-pound Brown hit .294 (55-for-187) with 12 doubles, 9 HR, 38 RBI and 11 stolen bases in 50 starts at shortstop and was named All-Sun Belt Second Team.
Brown played second base and third base for Coastal Carolina as a freshman in the shortened 2020 season, batting .259 with 3 doubles, 10 RBI and 3 stolen bases in 16 games.
A native of Bossier City, La., Brown was a 2019 Perfect Game/Rawlings Preseason All-American prior to his senior season at Parkway High School (La.).
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