Boston, MA
Randleman C Brooks Brannon signs with Boston Red Sox after draft, turns pro
Randleman, N.C. — Randleman catcher and two-time state champion Brooks Brannon has advised HighSchoolOT that he has signed with the Boston Pink Sox after being picked within the ninth spherical of the 2022 MLB Draft.
It was an extended wait than anticipated for Brannon, who had been ranked as excessive as a second-round caliber prospect.
“It was nerveracking,” he admitted. “The third and fourth spherical got here alongside… it was very intense, it was a really stressed time I assume you possibly can say. God rewards people who find themselves affected person… All of it labored out in the long run.”
It might have taken extra time than he would have favored, however Brannon received the end result he hoped for, as he’d constructed familiarity with the 2 Pink Sox space scouts within the Southeast.
“Main as much as the draft, if I might have picked any staff it could have been the Pink Sox,” he stated. “They did the perfect so far as establishing a relationship… All the pieces may be very household oriented… the truth that they’ve that’s big. I am simply glad to be part of a company that values that like they do.”
The stress of the wait was eased by the presence of his father Paul, with whom he shares the single-season state residence run report.
Paul went by way of the draft course of in 1990, and his expertise and experience has been an enormous asset to Brooks all through his flip.
“No matter how a lot it is modified, the truth that you have got any individual that is been there’s at all times a assist,” Brannon stated. “We received an thought of what method it could be totally different… he’s the most important a part of my success, and I can not thank him sufficient for all the pieces that he is finished.”
Brannon’s determination to signal signifies that he won’t be enrolling at UNC and can head to the academic league for the rest of the 12 months earlier than going to his first spring coaching in 2023.
Whereas his taking part in time at Randleman has come to an finish, Brannon makes it clear that he’ll perpetually be a Tiger and that the group is crucial to him.
“They’re at all times gonna be part of me,” he stated. “The 4 years I spent at Randleman are the perfect 4 years of my complete life. It is such a small city, and the truth that that many individuals would present up for a highschool baseball sport and assist us is ridiculous… I am by no means going to overlook Randleman, as a result of I am at all times going to be again at Randleman in some unspecified time in the future. I am at all times going to come back again.”