OAKLAND, Calf. – Former Oakland shortstop Mike Brosseau has been called up to Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays organization on Saturday afternoon. Brosseau becomes only the second player in program history to be called up the majors since Don Kirkwood who played for the California Angels (1974-77) and Toronto Blue Jays (1978). Brosseau has joined the team in California and will be available to play today as Tampa Bay takes on the Oakland Athletics at 4:07 p.m. ET at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
Brosseau earned his way to the majors hitting .313 with 75 hits, 57 RBI, 14 home runs and 20 doubles with a 16-game hitting streak for the Rays' AAA affiliate Durham Bulls this season.
Brosseau went undrafted and signed a free agent contract with the Rays after his senior year at Oakland in 2016. He started his professional career playing for the Gulf Coast League Rays and then moved up to the Bowling Green Hot Rods in 2017 where led the Midwest League in hitting (.318) and on-base percentage (.393) while recording 32 RBI, 96 hits, 21 doubles, two triples and six home runs. From there, he was called up to the Class A-Advanced affiliate Charlotte Stone Crabs in the Florida State League.
In 2018, Brosseau was moved up to the AA affiliate Montgomery Biscuits of the Southern League and then called up to Durham to begin the 2019 season.
A native of Munster, Ind., Brosseau was an All-Horizon League first team selection in 2014 and 2016 at Oakland. He was tops in the Horizon League in on-base percentage (.456), second in home runs (10) and slugging percentage (.571), and top-10 in batting average (.354) and runs scored (49). He also led the Golden Grizzlies in walks (27), stolen bases (8) and second in RBIs (33) during his senior campaign.
Brosseau finished his career as one of the top hitters in program history. He became just the fifth player in school history to amass over 200 hits, is the program leader in assists and ranks in the top-10 in games played, at-bats, runs scored, doubles, home runs and total bases.
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