Former Wingate University baseball pitcher Eric Brown (Hamlet, NC) is happy with his success so far in the minor leagues.
Brown was drafted in the 18th round in Major League Baseball’s first-year player draft in 2005 by the New York Mets. He spent his first professional season playing with the Brooklyn Cyclones in the New York Penn League before moving up to the Hagerstown Suns. In 2007, Brown played for the St. Lucie Mets and he is now in his second season with the Class AA Binghamton Mets in Binghamton, N.Y.
So far this season he has a 4-8 record with a 5.57 earned run average in 21 games, both starting and out of the bullpen.
Brown said, “I’m in Double A and I never really thought I would be here and still pitching. Obviously my ultimate goal is to make it to the Major Leagues, but I’m still working on it. I’ve had ups and downs in my career just like anyone, but more ups than downs and that’s a good thing.”
With a lot of injuries on the Mets major and minor league teams, and the way Brown is pitching now, it is a good possibility that he will keep moving up.
In his first four years of professional baseball, Brown had the privilege of playing with several players who are now in the major leagues with the Mets: Daniel Murphy, Nick Evans, Jon Niese, Fernando Nieve and his roommate, Bobby Parnell.
Even though baseball takes up most of the year, Brown is able to spend a couple months at home with family and friends. He said he also comes back to the university often to work out with the baseball team.
Bulldog fans can follow Eric Brown by visiting his team website: http://www.bmets.com/
- Sarah Thomas
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