Former Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Domonic Brown faces his former team in a 2016 Spring Training game while playing for the Toronto Blue Jays at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin, Florida. (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia)
Former Philadelphia Phillies top prospect and All-Star Domonic Brown recorded his first two home run game since May 31st of 2013 this week, while playing in a Triple-A game for the Buffalo Bisons.
Brown, who is attempting to revive his baseball career after not making the Toronto Blue Jays roster out of Spring Training, hit a pair of home runs in a Wednesday win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders.
Brown signed a minor-league deal with the Blue Jays in February but failed to make a crowded roster after batting .231 in spring. To his credit, he's attempting to work his way back to the major league level by playing in the minors. Per the team's website, he's batting .250 with four home runs and 10 RBIs in 52 games this year.
As mentioned above, this was Brown's first multi-home run games since May 31st of 2013. That game was actually his second game with two home runs in three days, as he also hit two against the Boston Red Sox two games prior to that.
May 2013, at least thus far, has been the lone shining moment on an otherwise disappointing career for the former top prospect. Brown, who Baseball America once ranked as a better prospect than Mike Trout, hit .303 with 12 home runs and 25 RBIs during that month. His impressive stretch propelled him to the All-Star game in New York that summer.
Since his 27-home run season of 2013, Brown has accumulated 662 big league at-bats, but has hit just 15 home runs. The Phillies removed him from their 40-man roster last October, which allowed him to become a free-agent.
It's unclear if Brown has an opt-out clause in his contract with the Blue Jays, like many veterans who accept early season minor league assignments do, but if he does it would seem he's played well enough that he may consider opting out and attempting to join another organization that would give him a better chance to return to the majors.
