C Archer Brookman, Signs FA contract with Detroit Tigers -- $5,000
Hometown: Pte-Claire, Que.
Bats/Throws: R-R
Height/Weight: 6’1”, 200 lbs.
Team: Ohio State Buckeyes.
Coach: Greg Beals.
Twitter Handle: @archer_brookman
Previous Teams: Seminole State College Trojans, Les Ailes du Quebec/DBacks Langley Blaze.
Previous Coaches: Sebastian Rivest, Doug Mathieson, Rob Fatal, Richard Emond, Stephane Lepage, Greg Hamilton.
2022 season with Ohio State: Batted .299 with two home runs and 22 RBIs in 29 games . . . Registered 41 hits, including 10 doubles . . . Had 13 walks and 23 strikeouts . . . Finished with 57 total bases, .363 on-base percentage and a .416 slugging percentage.
2021 season with Ohio State: Played in 23 games with 22 starts behind the plate and at DH . . . Hit .211 with two doubles, four home runs and nine runs batted in . . . Had three multi-hit games . . . Made zero errors and had just three passed balls behind the plate . . . Had two hits in his first 20 at-bats before busting out with a two-homer game vs. Purdue on May 1 . . . Followed that with another home run and a double as part of a three-hit game vs. the Boilermakers the next day . . . Had four hits over the four-game weekend vs. Indiana and Nebraska (May 22-24) . . . Capped the year with a hit in each of the three games vs. Northwestern, including a 2-for-2 game with a homer, two walks and three RBI on May 28.
2020 season with Ohio State: Appeared in 11 games, starting six at first base and another at designated hitter . . . Hit .179 (5-for-28) with a double, three runs scored and an RBI . . . Notched a pinch-hit double against Indiana State (2/16) . . . Went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI at Lipscomb (2/29).
2018-19 with Seminole State: Batted .343 with 11 home runs and 51 RBIs in 53 games . . . Had 68 hits, including 16 doubles and six triples . . . Stole nine bases . . . Recorded .418 on-base percentage and a .652 slugging percentage.
2017-18 with Seminole State: Batted .400 with seven home runs and 37 RBIs in 33 games . . . Had 14 hits, including 13 doubles and a triple . . . 16 walks and struck out only 10 times . . . Registered .486 on-base percentage and a .713 slugging percentage.
2017 season with Junior National Team: Dominican trip: Hit .143 (4-for-28) with a triple and eight RBIs with .599 OPS ... Spring trip to Disney: Hit .154 (4-for-26) with two RBIs, .354 OPS ... Spring trip to St. Pete’s: Battted .214 (3-for-14) with a double and an RBI ... Doubled facing the Phillies ... In Cuba: Singled in loss ... Double to left-centre, the first of two doubles ... Arizona trip with Langley: Had a slow start, had a home run facing pros from Milwaukee Brewers ... Caught well, ended the trip on fire.
Scouting report: "Has a short compact swing with strength ... shows solid gap to gap hitter who should hit. Strong catchers body with decent arm strength."
2016 season _ Hit .313 with two doubles, three RBIs to make PG Super25 17u National championship all-tourney team at Jet Blue Player complex in Fort Myers, Fla.
Honours 2016 season _ At PG Super25 17u National championship at Jet Blue Player Complex earned all tourney recognition in Fort Myers, Fla.
Personal: Son of Andy Brookman and Pam Suga . . . Has four siblings