Brent Lee Honeywell Jr. (born March 31, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
He has previously played in the Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
After 1,298 days and four arm surgeries between professional appearances, Honeywell made his MLB debut on April 11, 2021.
The elder Brent Honeywell was a high school teacher and former Minor League Baseball player from Michigan who settled in Georgia after playing for the Augusta Pirates.
[1] He went undrafted out of high school and attended Walters State Community College for one year, where he went 10–3 with a 2.81 earned run average (ERA), 102 strikeouts and only 15 walks.
[3] The Tampa Bay Rays selected Honeywell in the second round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.
[13] In 26 total starts between Montgomery and Durham, he posted a 13–9 record with a 3.49 ERA along with 172 strikeouts in a career high 136.2 innings pitched.
[2] On April 10, 2021, Honeywell was promoted to the major leagues for the first time and announced as the opener for the Rays’ game the next day.
[20] In the game, he recorded two perfect innings and his first two MLB strikeouts, punching out Giancarlo Stanton and Gleyber Torres.
[37] He pitched in 10 games for the Dodgers, working 20+1⁄3 innings, with a 2.21 ERA, 12 strikeouts and picked up his first big league save against the San Francisco Giants on July 25.
[39] Honeywell cleared waivers and was outrighted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Baseball Club on August 20.
[22] Honeywell was added to the National League Championship Series roster, after missing the first round of the playoffs, due to an injury to Alex Vesia.
[5] His father is a cousin of two-time All-Star and 1974 NL Cy Young Award winner Mike Marshall.