Brandon Bailey


Brandon David Keith Bailey is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball.

Amateur career

Bailey attended Broomfield High School in Broomfield, Colorado, and he pitched for the school's baseball team. As a junior, he had a 10–0 win–loss record and a 1.02 earned run average and 107 strikeouts. During the summer between his junior and senior years, he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow. He underwent Tommy John surgery, causing him to miss his senior year.
Bailey enrolled at Gonzaga University and played college baseball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Oakland Athletics selected him in the sixth round of the 2016 MLB draft.

Professional career

Oakland Athletics

He signed with Oakland and spent his first professional season with both the AZL Athletics and the Vermont Lake Monsters, posting a combined 3–1 record and 2.93 ERA in 12 games between both teams. He spent 2017 with the Beloit Snappers and the Stockton Ports, pitching to a 3–2 record and 3.26 ERA in 24 total games.

Houston Astros

After the 2017 season, the Athletics traded Bailey to the Astros for Ramón Laureano. He split the 2018 season between the Buies Creek Astros and the Corpus Christi Hooks, accumulating a 6–8 record with a 2.80 ERA in 121 innings. He spent the 2019 season back with Corpus Christi, going 4–5 with a 3.30 ERA over 92.2 innings.
On December 12, 2019, Bailey was selected by the Baltimore Orioles with the 2nd selection of the 2019 Rule 5 draft. On March 6, 2020, Bailey was returned to the Astros' organization. With expanded rosters due to Covid-19, Bailey was a member of the Astros opening day roster and made his major league debut on July 26, 2020.