Marc Brakeman • Boston Red Sox
Round 16 • Pick 471
Year | ERA | W | L | App | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | B/Avg |
2013 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 20 | .268 |
2014 | 3.80 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 36 | 22 | 19 | 33 | 41 | .231 |
2015 | 2.91 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 52.2 | 51 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 35 | .252 |
Total | 3.37 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 117.2 | 109 | 60 | 44 | 50 | 96 | .248 |
STANFORD, Calif. -- The Boston Red Sox selected Stanford pitcher Marc Brakeman in the 16th round of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft with the 471st overall pick. Brakeman was the second Cardinal player selected after Drew Jackson was taken in the fifth round by Seattle.
Brakeman served much of 2015 as Stanford’s No. 2 starter when he was not sidelined with an arm injury. He went 2-4 with a 2.91 ERA in 52.2 innings, despite missing 24 games.
The right-hander turned it on late in the year, finishing the year with four straight outings of at least 6.0 innings pitched, including his first career complete game May 23 at Washington State in his final appearance of the season. Brakeman allowed more than two earned runs in just two of nine starts.
Brakeman’s devastating changeup and low-90s fastball caught the eye of scouts in the summer of 2014 during a stellar campaign in the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was rated as the No. 9 prospect on the Cape by Baseball America after going 3-1 with a 2.19 ERA in 33.0 innings.
The junior struck out 96 batters in 117.2 career innings with 41 punch outs coming in 45.0 innings as a sophomore reliever on Stanford’s 2014 Super Regional team.
Brakeman, an economics major, has one year of eligibility left.