Former Randleman catcher Brooks Brannon has moved up a level within the Boston Red Sox organization.
Brannon was promoted from the Class A Greenville Drive to the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs last week. He had a double in his debut with Portland against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in the Eastern League.
Brannon, 21, is a ninth-round pick from the 2022 draft.
Brannon batted .270 with five home runs and 31 runs batted in across 55 South Atlantic League games with the Drive. Among the highlights was a two-homer, five-RBI home game against the Winston-Salem Dash.
So in less than three years as a member of the Boston organization, Brannon has represented teams from Florida to Maine. He first played for the Florida Complex League club in 2022 following the draft. He was in Salem, Virginia, for chunks of the past two seasons before beginning this season with the South Carolina-based Drive.
The Sea Dogs return home to Maine on Friday for the start of a nine-game homestand, facing the New Hampshire Fisher Cats to begin that stretch.
Brannon played for Class 2A state championship teams with Randleman in 2021 and 2022.
