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Seth Brown launched a career-high 25 home runs in 2022 and also surprised with a double-digit stolen base total, but he predictably regressed across the board last season as the Athletics stumbled to a record of 50-112. The 31-year-old has a decent amount of power, enough to ensure him a prominent lineup spot on a perpetually-rebuilding A's team, but he enters the 2024 campaign with a rough .227 career batting average and .295 career on-base percentage in a sample size of nearly 1,400 major-league plate appearances. Brown is a drain in too many fantasy categories to warrant draft-day consideration in any standard mixed league, though he could maybe bounce back into 20-homer territory and offer AL-only appeal.

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2023 210.51.9 33 14 52 30 3 .222
2022 3512.3 55 25 73 51 11 .230
3y Avg. 2612.1 44 20 58 35 6 .224
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Pair of hits in return

    Brown (back) started in right field in a Cactus League loss to the Brewers on Saturday and went 2-for-3 with a run. Brown's near two-week absence due to lower-back tightness did nothing to cool off his bat. The power-hitting outfielder's multi-hit effort was his third straight in Cactus League play and pushed his spring average to an impressive .444 across 19 plate appearances.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Back in lineup

    Brown (back) will start in right field and bat cleanup in Saturday's Cactus League game against the Brewers. Brown hasn't played since March 3 due to lower-back tightness, but the issue has seemingly subsided and he's been cleared to return to the field. Brown was on a tear at the plate before getting hurt, going 6-for-15 with a homer and five RBI across six games.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Not playing this weekend

    Brown, who was scratched from Thursday's Cactus League game against the Guardians due to back tightness, won't return to game action until Monday at the earliest, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports. The Athletics are playing it safe with the slugging outfielder at this stage of spring. Gallegos notes Brown's injury isn't considered serious, but it is particularly ill-timed considering he's hitting .400 over his first six Cactus League games.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Scratched with back tightness

    Brown was scratched from the lineup ahead of Oakland's spring training game Thursday against Cleveland due to lower-back tightness, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports. Brown has had an impressive spring thus far, going 6-for-15 with a home run and five RBI across six games. The A's didn't specify the severity of Brown's injury, but the 31-year-old outfielder will presumably sit out a few games as he recovers.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Continues hot hitting Sunday

    Brown went 3-for-3 with an RBI single and a two-run home run in a Cactus League win over the Rangers on Sunday, pushing his spring average to .400. The slugging outfielder pushed his weekend RBI total to five with his trio of hits Sunday. Brown had opened spring in a 1-for-9 funk prior to his current surge, and this coming season, he'll be looking to bounce back to the 20-homer threshold he'd hit in both 2021 and 2022 before slugging 14 round trippers in a 112-game campaign in 2023.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Avoids arbitration

    Brown agreed to a one-year, $2.6 million contract with the Athletics on Thursday, avoiding arbitration, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports. This makes Brown the second-highest paid position player on Oakland's roster, behind Aledmys Diaz. The former was a replacement-level player (0.0 fWAR) in 112 games last season, slashing .222/.286/.405 with 14 home runs.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Out again with oblique injury

    Brown (oblique) is not in Sunday's lineup against the Angels. Brown sustained a left oblique injury in Thursday's game, and he was unable to return for the season finale. JJ Bleday enters the lineup, batting fifth.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Remains out Saturday

    Brown (oblique) isn't in the Athletics' lineup Saturday against the Angels. Brown had to leave Thursday's game due to oblique soreness, and the injury will now keep him from playing in a second consecutive game. Brent Rooker start in right field while Brown recovers, allowing Carlos Perez to serve as Oakland's DH and bat seventh.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Out with sore oblique

    Brown (oblique) is out of the lineup Friday versus the Angels. It's unclear what Brown's availability might be over the final weekend of the regular season after he departed Thursday's series finale against the Twins due to left oblique soreness. JJ Bleday, Lawrence Butler and Esteury Ruiz will start across the outfield for the Athletics on Friday as Brent Rooker fills the DH role.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Exits with injury

    Brown was removed from the Athletics' game against Minnesota on Thursday due to left oblique soreness, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports. The Athletics haven't yet indicated how severe Brown's injury is, but with just three games left in the season, the 31-year-old will need to make a quick recovery in order to play again in 2023. Brown had gone 4-for-15 with a homer and three RBI across his last five games entering Thursday.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Snaps homer drought

    Brown went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 11-3 loss to Minnesota. Brown had been homerless across his last 20 games -- his longest drought of 2023 -- but he snapped the streak in the seventh inning against Chris Paddack. Over his last 11 games, Brown is 6-for-33 (.182) with only two extra-base hits.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: On bench versus southpaw

    Brown is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Tigers. Lefty Eduardo Rodriguez is taking the mound for Detroit, so it's not a surprise Brown will open Sunday's contest on the bench. Brent Rooker will man right field while Shea Langeliers rests his legs as Oakland's designated hitter.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Records third steal of season

    Brown went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in a win over the Tigers on Saturday. The swipe was only his third of the season, while the single marked the fourth time in the last five games Brown reached safely. The veteran has enjoyed a productive September overall -- he's carrying a .286 average and .801 OPS across 62 plate appearances this month -- but he uncharacteristically has only one extra-base hit, a double, over his last 10 games.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Sitting against lefty

    Brown is out of the lineup Thursday versus the Tigers. Brent Rooker will play right field and bat third as the Athletics take on left-hander Tarik Skubal. Carlos Perez will fill the DH role and hit sixth. Brown is slashing just .146/.242/.200 with zero home runs in 62 plate appearances this year against southpaws.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Benched versus lefty

    Brown isn't in the Athletics' lineup Friday against the Rangers. The lefty-hitting Brown will take a seat Friday with southpaw Jordan Montgomery taking the mound for Texas. Brent Rooker will handle right field, allowing Jordan Diaz to serve as the DH.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Stays hot Tuesday

    Brown went 2-for-4 with a double and a run in a loss to the Blue Jays on Tuesday. Brown crossed the plate with the Athletics' only run of the night while posting his first multi-hit effort since Aug. 18. The 31-year-old has hit safely in five of his last seven games, a stretch during which he's laced five extra-base hits (three doubles, two home runs) and kept his strikeout rate at a minuscule 8.3 percent.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Comes through as pinch hitter

    Brown entered Sunday's win over the Angels as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning and remained in the game in left field, going 1-for-1 with a two-run home run, a walk and an additional run. Brown started the game in the dugout with southpaw Tyler Anderson on the hill for Los Angeles, but he became an integral part of the Athletics' sixth-inning comeback from a 3-0 deficit with his two-run homer. The slugger would eventually cross the plate again in the seventh inning with Oakland's penultimate run of the game courtesy of a Shea Langeliers double. Following a recent 14-game homerless drought, Brown has now left the yard twice in the last four games. With 13 round trippers on the season, he has an outside chance of hitting the 20-homer mark for the third straight year if his power stroke remains hot over the final weeks of the campaign.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Takes seat Sunday

    Brown is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels. The lefty-hitting Brown will retreat to the bench for the series finale while southpaw Tyler Anderson takes the hill for Anaheim. With Brown and fellow left-handed hitters Tony Kemp and Lawrence Butler also riding pine Sunday, the Athletics will roll out a starting outfield of Aledmys Diaz, Esteury Ruiz and Brent Rooker from left to right.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Out against left-hander

    Brown is not in the lineup for Wednesday's contest against the Royals, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports. It's Oakland's second day in a row facing a lefty and also the second straight day the left-handed-hitting Brown will begin on the bench. Aledmys Diaz will patrol left field.
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  • Athletics' Seth Brown: Out against lefty

    Brown is not in the lineup Tuesday versus the Royals. Brown will be on the bench with lefty Angel Zerpa on the mound for the Royals. Aledmys Diaz will take his spot in left field and bat fifth.
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