Brash named to Baseball America's minor league all-star team

Photo: Seattle Mariners

October 6, 2021

By Kevin Glew

Canadian Baseball Network

Canadian Matt Brash (Kingston, Ont.) has been named a starting pitcher on Baseball America’s 2021 minor league all-star team.

You can read the full list of Baseball America’s 2021 minor league all-stars here.

Brash enjoyed a breakout season in the Mariners’ minor league ranks after he was acquired from the San Diego Padres last September. A fourth-round pick of the Pads in 2019, Brash went a combined 6-4 with a 2.31 ERA in 20 appearances (19 starts) between High A and double-A this season.

Most impressive, however, was his 142 strikeouts in 97 1/3 innings. As a reward, the Niagara College alum and Kingston Thunder grad was named the Mariners’ Minor League Pitcher of the Year and called up by the big league club on September 28.

The 6-foot-1 right-hander, who was named the MAAC Pitcher of the Year in 2019, made his professional debut with the Padres’ Low-A Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Midwest League in 2019. In four relief appearances with the TinCaps, he allowed just one run and struck out six in 4 1/3 innings. He also hurled a scoreless inning for the Padres in the Rookie ball Arizona League.

When he was selected in the 2019 MLB draft, Brash became just the second player from Kingston to be drafted. Right-hander Jonnie Mazzeo was chosen in the 41st round by the Montreal Expos in 1999.