Brinson agreed to a contract Jan. 11 with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, Sports Hochi reports.
Brinson spent the 2022 season in the Houston and San Francisco organizations. His lone big-league action came with the latter club, with the 28-year-old slashing .167/.211/.472 with three home runs and a stolen base in 39 plate appearances before being pushed off the 40-man roster. Rather than settling for a minor-league deal this winter after electing free agency in October, Brinson opted to head overseas for the first time in his career on what's presumably a more lucrative deal with Yomiuri.
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Giants' Lewis Brinson: Outrighted to Triple-A
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Brinson cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Sacramento on Saturday.
Brinson was cast off the Giants' 40-man roster Wednesday, and he'll remain in the organization after going unclaimed on waivers. The 28-year-old has slashed .296/.354/.571 with 22 home runs, 63 RBI, 61 runs and five stolen bases over 85 Triple-A games this year.
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Giants' Lewis Brinson: Designated for assignment
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Brinson was designated for assignment by the Giants on Wednesday, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
Brinson has a respectable .766 OPS with the Giants this season over 35 plate appearances, but his .235 OBP is far below what they were hoping to get from him and he now faces more time in the minors should he go unclaimed. The move comes as a direct consequence of San Francisco adding Jason Vosler to the major-league roster.
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Giants' Lewis Brinson: Records first steal
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Brinson went 0-for-2 with two walks, a stolen base and a run scored in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Cubs.
Brinson's hitless stretch extended to 0-for-11, but he picked up his first walk and stolen base as a Giant in this contest. He hit three home runs in his first five games with San Francisco, but he's since cooled off and remains unlikely to see more than a short-side platoon role down the stretch. He's added four RBI, four runs scored and a .192/.250/.577 slash line through 29 plate appearances.
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Giants' Lewis Brinson: Leadoff blast in loss
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Brinson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Dodgers.
Brinson hit his third homer in the last two games as he continues to thrive against left-handed pitching. He's now batting .333 through five games as a Giant, adding four RBI and three runs scored. He could find himself locked into the short side of a platoon in center field going forward as long as his bat remains steady.
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Giants' Lewis Brinson: Hits first two homers with new team
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Brinson went 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI in Monday's 7-4 win over the Dodgers.
Brinson got the Giants on the board with a two-run blast in the third inning and added a solo shot in the ninth as insurance. He's started the last two games in center field, and the right-handed hitter could continue to get looks early this week against a Dodgers rotation that's heavy on southpaws. Brinson has gone 4-for-11 with three extra-base hits (two homers, one double) through his first four games as a Giant.
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Giants' Lewis Brinson: Traded to Giants
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Brinson was traded from the Astros to the Giants on Thursday in exchange for cash considerations, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
Brinson failed to win a spot on the Astros' Opening Day roster this year after serving as a non-roster invitee during spring training. He's slashed .296/.354/.571 with 22 home runs, 63 RBI, 61 runs and five stolen bases over 85 games at Triple-A Sugar Land this year and will now join the Giants' major-league roster as outfield depth after active rosters expanded to 28 players Thursday.
Brinson was reassigned to minor-league camp Saturday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Brinson was in camp on a minor-league deal, and while he managed an .842 OPS in six spring games, that evidently wasn't enough to convince the Astros to select his contract. A career .199/.248/.323 hitter in parts of five seasons in the majors, Brinson will have to show some growth in the minors before earning his next opportunity.
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Astros' Lewis Brinson: Signs minor-league deal with Astros
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Brinson joined the Astros on a minor-league deal Saturday, freelance reporter Michael Schwab reports.
Brinson was once a big enough prospect to headline a trade for Christian Yelich, but he simply hasn't come close to putting things together at the big-league level. In 341 career MLB games, he's hit just .199/.248/.323. While he did manage a career-best 24.8 percent strikeout rate last season, he still hit an uninspiring .226/.263/.376. Now 27 years old, Brinson faces an uphill battle, but it's possible the Astros coax enough out of him for him to earn a bench spot.
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Lewis Brinson: DFA'd by Miami
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Brinson was designated for assignment by the Marlins on Tuesday.
Brinson was a highly-touted prospect when acquired from the Brewers in January of 2018, but he's failed to live up to that potential. The 27-year-old appeared in 89 games for the Marlins last season and hit .226/.263/.376 with nine home runs, 33 RBI and 24 runs in 89 big-league contests. The move creates room on Miami's 40-man roster for Joey Wendle, who was acquired from Tampa Bay on Tuesday.
Brinson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies.
Miami has little at stake in its season finale, so manager Don Mattingly will extend a breather to Brinson and a few of the team's other everyday players. Unless he makes a cameo off the bench as a pinch hitter, Brinson will wrap up the season with a .226/.263/.376 slash line to go with nine home runs, a stolen base, 33 RBI and 24 runs across 290 plate appearances.
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Marlins' Lewis Brinson: Connects for two-run homer
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Brinson went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run Thursday in a 12-3 loss to the Mets.
Brinson got the Marlins on the board in the third inning when he took New York starter Rich Hill deep to left-center field for his ninth homer of the season. It was just the second extra-base hit in the last 12 games for Brinson, who is hitting .195 since the start of September.
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Marlins' Lewis Brinson: On bench for afternoon game
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Brinson will sit for the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Mets, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
Brinson sits after starting nine straight games, a stretch in which he hit .194/.216/.222. Bryan De La Cruz shifts to left field, with Magneuris Sierra starting in center.
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Marlins' Lewis Brinson: Sits again Friday
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Brinson remains on the bench for Friday's game against Atlanta, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
Brinson briefly provided reason to believe that he'd finally figured things out at the plate, as he hit .338/.395/.649 over his first 23 games since the All-Star break. He's crashed hard since then, hitting .143/.213/.214 over his last 17 contests. Bryan De La Cruz will start in center field.
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Marlins' Lewis Brinson: Remains on bench
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Brinson isn't starting Thursday's game against the Mets.
Brinson hit .238 with a home run, three RBI, two runs and three walks across his last six starts but will be out of the lineup for a second straight game. Magneuris Sierra will start in center field and bat eighth.
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Marlins' Lewis Brinson: Takes seat Wednesday
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Brinson isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Mets, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
Brinson has gone 3-for-11 with a homer, two runs, two RBI and two walks across the last three games, and he'll get a day off Wednesday. Bryan De La Cruz will shift to center field while Alex Jackson enters the lineup at catcher.
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Marlins' Lewis Brinson: Plays hero with clutch homer
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Brinson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk Saturday versus the Phillies in a 3-2 win.
The outfielder came up with the biggest hit of the night, smacking a two-run home run off Archie Bradley in the bottom of the eighth inning to put the Marlins in the lead. The long ball broke a 16-game homerless streak for Brinson, during which he batted a paltry .127.
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Marlins' Lewis Brinson: Good to go Tuesday
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Brinson (thumb) is starting in left field and batting third in Tuesday's regularly-scheduled game against the Mets, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
Brinson didn't make an appearance off the bench during the resumption of the suspended game Tuesday afternoon, but he'll rejoin the starting nine for the nightcap after sitting out the past few days with a sprained left thumb. The 27-year-old is 2-for-34 in his past 10 contests and will attempt to get back on track now that he's healthy.
