Written by Joe Lucia at Bloguin
On Monday, the Philadelphia Phillies seemingly excised one of the most disappointing prospects in recent memory when they outrighted Domonic Brown off of their 40-man roster. The 28-year old Brown isn’t a free agent yet – he could still accept an assignment to the minor leagues and stay in the Phillies organization. But the more likely scenario is that Brown will reject his assignment and become a free agent, opening his market up to the other 29 teams in the league.
There’s been some (but not much) chatter about Brown being a buy low option this winter, thanks in part to a 2013 season in which Brown hit 27 homers, made the NL All-Star Team, and looked like every bit the future star that the Phillies expected. But digging in a little bit, some of that optimism may be a bit unrealistic – Brown might not even be worth a non-roster invitation this winter.
That 2013 season was pretty good overall for Brown. In his age 25 year, he hit .272/.324/.494 with those 27 homers, adding eight stolen bases for the hell of it too. But while I really, really hate playing the arbitrary endpoints game, almost all of the success in Brown’s career can be tied to a hot two month stretch in 2013.
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