Brandon Roberts

Infobox MLB player
name = Brandon Roberts


width = 300
caption =
team = Minnesota Twins Advanced A Affiliate
Fort Myers Miracle
number = 9
position = Outfielder
birthdate = birth date and age|1984|11|09
birthplace = city-state|Bakersfield|California
bats = Left
throws = Right
teams =
*Gulf Coast League Reds (by|2005)
*Billings Mustangs (by|2005)
*Sarasota Reds (by|2006)
*New Britain Rock Cats (by|2007, by|2008)
*Gulf Coast League Twins (2008)
*Fort Myers Miracle (2006, 2008)
*New Britain Rock Cats (Present)
awards =
* Pioneer League Year-End All-Star Team (by|2005)
* Florida State League All-Star (by|2006)
* Topps Florida State League Player of the Month (July 2006)
* Florida State League All-Star (2006)

Brandon Roberts (November 9, by|1984, city-state|Bakersfield|California) is an outfielder in the Minnesota Twins organization originally selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the seventh Round (212nd overall) of 2005 First-Year Player Draft. He is six feet tall and weighs 185 lbs. He bats left handed, yet plays his position righty.

Brandon was traded by the Reds to the Twins for Juan Castro, June 15, by|2006. Upon his acquisition, he was assigned to the Twins' advanced A affiliate, the Fort Myers Miracle, with whom he batted .316 with three home runs, 34 RBIs and 40 runs scored in 71 games.

These numbers earned him a promotion to the double-A New Britain Rock Cats for the 2008 season, however, a strained hamstring caused him to be reassigned to Extended Spring Training (he was replaced on the roster by Toby Gardenhire, son of Twins' manager Ron Gardenhire). [cite web|url=http://www.rockcats.com/|title=New Britain Rock Cats|accessdate=2008-07-27]

Brandon collected three hits in nine at bats during his rehabilitation stint with the Gulf Coast League Twins before being promoted back to Fort Myers. With the Miracle, he batted .409 in eight games. On August 10, he was returned to the Rock Cats. [cite web|url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp|title=Minor League Baseball|accessdate=2008-08-16]

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