Brent Honeywell Jr.

Brent Lee Honeywell (born March 31, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Brent Honeywell
Tampa Bay Rays – No. 45
Pitcher
Born: (1995-03-31) March 31, 1995
Carnesville, Georgia
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Career

Honeywell attended Franklin County High School in Carnesville, Georgia. After high school, he attended Walters State Community College for one year, where he went 11–3 with a 2.81 earned run average (ERA) with 102 strikeouts.[1] Honeywell was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the second round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.[2] He signed with the Rays and made his professional debut with the Princeton Rays.[3] He finished his first year with a 1.07 ERA with 40 strikeouts in ​33 1⁄3 innings over nine games (eight starts).[4] Honeywell started 2015 with the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the Class A Midwest League[5] and was later promoted to the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. He posted a combined 9-6 record with a 3.18 ERA in 24 total starts between both clubs. Honeywell began 2016 back with Charlotte, and later received a promotion to the Montgomery Biscuits of the Class AA Southern League. He finished the season with a combined 7-3 record and a 2.34 ERA in 20 starts between both teams.[6]

Honeywell started the 2017 season with Montgomery and was quickly promoted to the Durham Bulls of the Class AAA International League.[7][8] He started for the United States in the 2017 All-Star Futures Game.[9] Honeywell earned MVP honors at the Futures Game after striking out four batters over two scoreless innings. On August 28, 2017, Honeywell was suspended for four games by the organization due to undisclosed disciplinary reasons.[10] In 26 total starts between Montgomery and Durham, Honeywell posted a 13-9 record with a 3.49 ERA along with 172 strikeouts in a career high 136.2 innings pitched.[11] The Rays added him to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season.[12]

On February 22, 2018, Honeywell left a spring training workout with an arm injury. The following day, he was diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow. He underwent Tommy John surgery and was ousted for the entire 2018 season.[13] He was optioned to Triple-A Durham on March 9, 2018, but could not participate anyway in the aftermath of Tommy John.[14]

On June 8, 2019, while throwing a bullpen session, Honeywell fractured a bone in his right elbow and was ruled out for the 2019 season.[15]

Personal life

His father, Brent Honeywell, played Minor League Baseball from 1988 to 1990.[3]

References
  1. "Serving the Lakeway Region since 1966". Citizentribune.com. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  2. "Rays pick two pitchers to end draft's first day". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  3. "Another Honeywell begins professional career in Princeton". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  4. "Prized pitching prospect has Columbia County ties". Columbia County News-Times. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  5. "Tampa Bay Rays' Brent Honeywell flirts with no-hitter for Bowling Green Hot Rods – MiLB.com News – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  6. "Brent Honeywell Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  7. "Rays' top pitching prospect Brent Honeywell ready for 2017 season". Montgomeryadvertiser.com. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  8. Hill, David (2017-04-17). "Tampa Bay Rays Promote Brent Honeywell to Durham". Rayscoloredglasses.com. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-07-09. Retrieved 2017-07-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. Baer, Bill. "Rays prospect Brent Honeywell suspended four games for "disciplinary reasons"". NBC Sports. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  11. "Brent Honeywell Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  12. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/262244548/brent-honeywell-jake-bauers-on-rays-roster/
  13. Adams, Steve (February 23, 2018). "Rays' Brent Honeywell Diagnosed With Torn UCL". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  14. "Brent Honeywell optioned to Triple-A". CBS Sports. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  15. https://www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/2019/06/08/rays-prospect-brent-honeywell-out-for-season-after-fracturing-elbow-throwing-a-pitch/
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