A.J. Brown playing in Major League Baseball? It almost happened in 2022.
Not many people know that the Philadelphia Eagles star WR was selected in the 19th round of the 2016 MLB Draft as a center fielder by the San Diego Padres, so he had dreams of becoming a two-sport athlete.
In January, Brown tweeted, “Sometimes I think about playing both sports again @Padres all I need is a workout. I still got,” adding an emoji with sunglasses.
Brown was not joking when he made that post.
“I was dead serious,” Brown told DelawareOnline.com. “[The Padres] had reached out to me. They were about to invite me to spring training. They were just waiting on an answer from me.”
However, he added that the Padres wanted his full dedication to be with baseball.
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“They were telling me if I’m [still] going to play football, then I can’t play baseball,” Brown said. “I can’t just play around with [baseball]. So it kind of killed my chances for the moment.”
Brown concluded if he does play, he promises that he will do “better than Michael Jordan in baseball.”
“Who knows? Maybe when I’m done playing football, I’ll go play baseball,” the 25-year-old said.
“Playing baseball definitely helps me with hand-eye coordination,” Brown said. “Tracking the ball over the shoulder. I think tracking the football is much easier than tracking a little small baseball. That helps me in the game I play today. The hand-eye coordination with my hands, looking the catch in.”
This offseason, Brown was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles from the Titans and signed a four-year, $100 million extension.
