Name Michael Brady | Role Baseball | |
Michael J. Brady (born March 21, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Brady attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School and after graduating, attended the University of California, Berkeley, and played for the California Golden Bears baseball team. He was drafted as a shortstop by the Florida Marlins in the 24th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft.
Brady made his professional debut with the Class A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers and, later, the Rookie league Gulf Coast Marlins in 2009. Between the two teams, he played 8 games at third base and 3 games at second base.
He returned to the Jammers in 2010, but this time as a pitcher. In 49 games out of the bullpen, Brady accrued a 1–1 win–loss record with 3 saves and a 1.59 earned run average (ERA). He advanced to the Class A Greensboro Grasshoppers and Double-A Jacksonville Suns in 2011. In 2012, he pitched for the Class A Jupiter Hammerheads and also participated in the Arizona Fall League. His 2013 season was entirely spent at Double-A Jacksonville, where he went 2–2 with 23 saves and a 1.53 ERA.
Brady was added to the Marlins' 40-man roster after the 2013 season, but designated for assignment before the start of the 2014 season. He was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Angels who assigned him to the Double-A Arkansas Travelers. He went back and forth between Double-A and the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees in 2014.
On December 10, 2015, the Angels traded Brady and fellow pitcher Trevor Gott to the Washington Nationals for Yunel Escobar and cash considerations. The Nationals invited Brady to Spring Training as a non-roster invitee. He started 2016 with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs, going back and forth between there and the Double-A Harrisburg Senators. He elected free agency after the season.
Brady signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics for 2017 that included an invitation to Spring Training. He was assigned to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds where he had a 3–1 record with 42 strikeouts and a 3.67 ERA through June 11.
He was called up by the Oakland Athletics on June 17 to work as a long-reliever out of the bullpen. He made his major league debut on June 20 pitching one inning of relief against the Houston Astros.