![]() ![]() "They were about to invite me to spring training. "(The Padres) had reached out to me," Brown said back then about playing baseball. Brown then signed a four-year extension worth as much as $100 million, thus ending any desire to return to baseball. As it turned out, the Titans traded Brown to the Eagles a few months later on draft night. He told Delaware Online/The News Journal last fall that he was "dead serious" about attending Padres' spring training. ![]() 2022, he was considering going to spring training with the Padres. ![]() Brown likely would have been drafted much earlier had he not made it clear that he was going to Ole Miss to play football.īrown still has a love for baseball, and when he was at a contract impasse with the Tennessee Titans in Feb. The two were taking batting practice in preparation for DeVonta Smith's charity softball game Saturday in Allentown's Coca-Cola Park, the home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate.īrown was a baseball prodigy growing up in Mississippi, calling the sport his first love. would be more in the three-four slot because he's got that power and he hits the ball all over the place." So he'd be kind of my lead-off guy, and A.J. Jalen is more of a contact, line drive, ground-ball guy. "He hit four or five balls into the seats. "Boy, could (Brown) really swing the bat," Thomson told Audacy's SportsRadio 94 WIP on Wednesday morning. 'Let's get freaky:' Jordan Davis has warning for Jalen Carter, other Eagles from Georgia And let's just say that Brown, who was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 19th round in 2016, can still hit the ball out of the ballpark.īirdseye view: Lane Johnson handicaps Eagles' best starting job competition, how much longer he'll play That's because Brown especially, along with Hurts, put on a show. 3 in the lineup after the two Eagles stars took batting practice with the Phillies on Tuesday before the Phillies' game against the Detroit Tigers. No, Bryce Harper shouldn't be worried about his spot at No. PHILADELPHIA - Phillies manager Rob Thomson got a firsthand look at where he might bat Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and wide receiver A.J. Watch Video: Phillies seek resurgence after slow start to 2023 MLB season ![]()
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