• Full name Brandon Kyle Belt
  • Born 04/20/1988 in Nacogdoches, TX
  • Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 230 / Bats: L / Throws: L
  • School Texas
  • Debut 03/31/2011
  • Drafted in the 5th round (147th overall) by the San Francisco Giants in 2009 (signed for $200,000).
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    Though Texas won the Big 12 regular-season and conference championships and earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA baseball tournament, it has a young team with few enticing 2009 draft prospects. Besides Wood, the only other Longhorn with a chance to go in the first 10 rounds is first baseman Brandon Belt. He led Texas with a .338 average and eight homers heading into the super-regionals, though scouts don't love his set-up. He bats out of a deep crouch and cuts himself off, reducing his power. A disciplined lefthanded hitter with the size (6-foot-5, 205 pounds) to drive the ball, he led Cape Cod League champion Harwich with five homers last summer. He uses more of an opposite-field approach and doesn't turn on pitches consistently. He's a good defensive first baseman with average speed. Belt has been drafted twice previously, in the 11th round out of high school by the Red Sox in 2006 (as a lefthanded pitcher) and in the same round out of San Jacinto JC by the Braves in 2007.

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  • Rated Best Strike-Zone Discipline in the San Francisco Giants in 2011
  • Rated Best Hitter for Average in the San Francisco Giants in 2011
  • Rated Best Batting Prospect in the California League in 2010
  • Rated Best Defensive 1B in the California League in 2010

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Career Transactions

  • 1B Brandon Belt elected free agency.
  • Toronto Blue Jays activated 1B Brandon Belt from the 10-day injured list.
  • Toronto Blue Jays placed 1B Brandon Belt on the 10-day injured list retroactive to June 11, 2023. Left hamstring inflammation.
  • Toronto Blue Jays activated 1B Brandon Belt.
  • Toronto Blue Jays activated 1B Brandon Belt.
  • Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent 1B Brandon Belt.

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