Brett Lee (baseball)

Brett Cody Lee (born September 20, 1990) is an American baseball player currently in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.

He attended the West Florida High School of Advanced Technology, whence he was drafted in the 40th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. He did not sign, instead going to Bishop State Community College for 2010. The Los Angeles Dodgers took him in the 33rd round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, but again he did not sign. In 2011, he pitched for St. Petersburg College,^[1] going 4-8 with a 5.06 ERA in 19 games. The Minnesota Twins took him in the 10th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft and he signed a contract. His signing bonus was $150,000.

In his first professional season, 2012, spent with the Elizabethton Twins, Lee was 4-0 with a 2.68 ERA in 43.2 innings, striking out 48 batters. He went 8-4 with a 2.95 ERA in 23 games for the Cedar Rapids Kernels. In 2014, he was a Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star,^[2] going 10-5 with a 2.46 ERA in 21 games for the Fort Myers Miracle. In 2015, he pitched for Fort Myers and the Chattanooga Lookouts, going 7-7 with a 3.16 ERA between them; with the Caracas Lions in the Venezuelan Winter League that year, he had a 5.68 ERA in two starts. He began 2016 with the Lookouts, but after posting an 8.59 ERA in six appearances, he was released. The Milwaukee Brewers signed him on May 10 and assigned him to their Double A club, the Biloxi Shuckers. Through his first three appearances with the club, he had a 0.00 ERA.^[3]

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