By Matt Rappa, Sports Talk Philly editor 
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. — Former Philadelphia Phillies top prospect and All-Star outfielder Domonic Brown saw his homerless streak extend to 50 games against right-hander Ben Lively and the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate, Sunday afternoon at Coca-Cola Park.
While with the Phillies in the major leagues, Brown had 15 10-plus-game homerless droughts. Seven of these streaks lasted longer than 20 games, and three lasted longer than 40, with the most being a 45-game drought from Sept. 17, 2014, to July 29, 2015.
Brown, currently with the Toronto Blue Jay's Triple-A affiliate the Buffalo Bisons, has yet to play in the majors this season. His last home run came on May 19 and since then he is batting .238/.311/.296 with just five more hits (45) than strikeouts (40).
The Blue Jays offense currently ranks second in baseball in home runs (134), fifth in runs scored (463) and RBIs (443), sixth in slugging percentage (.438) and eighth in WAR (17.5). More specifically, their outfielders rank second in doubles (69), as well as ninth in home runs (39), runs scored (158) and RBIs (134).
There just isn't a role for Brown, who is batting .234/.310/.335 this season, on the Blue Jays' MLB roster. Especially not at the designated hitter position, where Edwin Encarnacion has 15 home runs and 50 RBIs in 64 games (24 home runs and a MLB-best 81 RBIs overall).
Brown signed a minor-league contract with the Blue Jays on Feb. 25, almost fourth months after he elected free agency on Oct. 26 following his outright to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and subsequent removal from the 40-man roster a week prior.
In 493 games with the Phillies from 2010 to 2015, Brown hit .246/.305/.405 with 73 doubles, nine triples, 54 home runs and 229 RBIs. He had 23 home runs (42.6 percent of career total) and 67 RBIs (29.3 percent) leading up to his first and only career Major League All-Star appearance in 2013.
Before the 2011 season, Brown was ranked as the fourth-best prospect by Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus, according to Baseball-Reference.
