18 Facts About Brady Aiken

Brady James Aiken was born on August 16,1996 and is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.

Brady Aiken enrolled at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida as a postgraduate student.

Brady Aiken is one of three players to be drafted first overall in the Major League Baseball Draft and never play in the major leagues, along with Steve Chilcott and Brien Taylor.

Brady Aiken attended Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego, California.

Brady Aiken pitched for the 18U United States national baseball team in 2013 and helped lead the team to gold in the 2013 18U Baseball World Cup.

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Brady Aiken started the gold medal game and pitched seven innings with 10 strikeouts and giving up only one run.

Brady Aiken was considered one of the top prospects heading into the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.

However, when Brady Aiken declined to accept the revised $5 million contract offer, the entire $8 million slotted for the number one pick in the draft was removed from Houston's available bonus pool.

Third player involved in the Brady Aiken fallout was Mac Marshall, the 21st-round pick of the Astros, a high school pitcher from Georgia.

Brady Aiken became the first number one overall draft pick not to sign since Tim Belcher in 1983.

In February 2015, Brady Aiken enrolled at IMG Academy's postgraduate baseball program, which joined him with Nix, who was playing at IMG after not having signed with Houston.

Brady Aiken was removed in the first inning of his first start for IMG, citing elbow discomfort.

On March 26, Brady Aiken announced that he underwent Tommy John surgery after being told he had torn the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow, which was the very ligament Houston was so concerned with that it caused the organization to withdraw their initial offer after drafting him in the 2014 MLB Draft.

Brady Aiken signed with the Indians agreeing to a signing bonus of $2,513,280.

Brady Aiken made his professional debut with the Arizona League Indians in June 2016, and he was later promoted to the Mahoning Valley Scrappers.

Brady Aiken did not pitch in 2018, as he stayed at Cleveland's facility in Arizona to focus on his strength and conditioning, pitching mechanics, and increasing his self-confidence.

Brady Aiken took some time away from the game of baseball afterwards, and the Indians were unsure of his status going forward for the 2020 season.

Brady Aiken spent the entire 2021 season on the injured list of the High-A Lake County Captains.