Mitch Bratt
Mitchell Eric Bratt is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball.
Career
Texas Rangers
Bratt grew up in Newmarket, Ontario and attended Newmarket High School. After most Canadian baseball leagues were shut down due to COVID-19, he pitched for Georgia Premier Academy in Statesboro, Georgia while completing his final year of high school online. Bratt played summer collegiate baseball after his senior year for the West Virginia Black Bears of the MLB Draft League and had a 2.57 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 28 innings pitched.Bratt was selected by the Texas Rangers in the fifth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. After signing with the team he was assigned to ACL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, where he did not allow an earned run and struck out 13 batters in six innings pitched. Bratt spent the 2022 season with the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A Carolina League, going 5–5 with a 2.45 ERA and 99 strikeouts over innings. Bratt was the recipient of the 2022 Wayne Norton Award, as the top Canadian MiLB player for that season. Bratt missed two months of the 2023 season due to injury. Bratt spent the 2023 season with the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League, going 2–3 with a 3.54 ERA and 73 strikeouts over 61 innings. Following the 2023 season, Bratt played for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League. He split the 2024 season between Hickory and the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League, going a combined 8–6 with a 3.75 ERA and 117 strikeouts over innings. Bratt opened the 2025 season back with Frisco, going 6–3 with a 3.18 ERA and 106 strikeouts over innings.