Brian Serven #5

Brian Nicholas Serven…Graduated from Palm Desert (Calif.) High School in 2013…Was a three-year letterman in both baseball and basketball...Named CIF Div. 4 Player of the Year in 2021 and First Team All-CIF in 2012 and 2013…Spent three years at Arizona State University, batting .280 in 162 combined games while recording 33 doubles, a pair of triples, 13 homers and 97 RBI…Named First Team All-Pac-12 in 2015 and 2016…Played for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod League in 2014 and 2015, batting .186 across 97 games combined with three doubles, one home run and 12 RBI.

2025

Spent most of the season with Triple-A Toledo, where he batted .232 in 62 games…Also had a seven-game rehab assignment with Single-A Lakeland and combined for a .231 batting average, three home runs and 32 RBI in 69 games overall...Walked a career-high 31 times and added five hit-by-pitches for a .335 on-base percentage...Hit .262 (11-for-42) with a .710 OPS against left-handed pitchers, .223 (40-for-179) with all three of his home runs and a .637 OPS against right-handers...His average improved to .256 with runners in scoring position...Batted under .200 in four different months…Hit .163 in May, .188 in July, .182 in August and .176 in September...Started 64 games at catcher and four at designated hitter…All four of his starts at DH came with Lakeland on rehab…Committed four errors for a .992 fielding percentage…Opponents were successful in 74-of-94 (78.7%) stolen base attempts...Made 30 starts batting ninth, 27 hitting eighth, seven in the three spot, two hitting fifth and one batting seventh.

2024

Made the Opening Day roster for the second consecutive season as he was selected by Toronto on March 28…Batted .159 with four doubles and three RBI in 28 games over three stints with the Blue Jays…Hit .200 with a .564 OPS against right-handed pitchers, .087 with a .290 OPS against left-handers…Batted .241 during the day, .088 at night…Had a .118 average with strikes…Made 19 starts, all at catcher…Committed one error in 27 games total behind the plate (.994 fielding percentage), and opponents were successful in 15-of-17 (88.2%) stolen base attempts...Struck out in his only pinch-hitting appearance…Fifteen of his 19 starts came in the nine spot in the batting order…Spent the balance of the season at Triple-A Buffalo, where he hit .265 with three home runs and 15 RBI in 40 games…Added 26 walks for a .390 on-base percentage…Batted .271 with a .761 OPS against right-handers, .250 with a .786 OPS against lefties…Made 35 starts at catcher and three at designated hitter…Committed one error (.997 fielding percentage), and opponents were 52-for-62 (83.9%) in stolen base attempts with him behind the plate…Struck out in his only pinch-hitting appearance…Started games in each spot in the order from fourth through eighth, including 16 from the six spot and 15 batting fifth…Was selected by Toronto on March 30 and was 0-for-8 in seven games when he was optioned to Buffalo on April 15…Hit safely in 12 of his first 14 games with the Bisons, going 22-for-53 (.415) with a 1.022 OPS…Had six straight multi-hit games from May 9-18 (13-for-26, .500)…Batted .293 in 17 games in May…Hit safely in a Minor League season-high seven straight games from June 6-20…Went 7-for-22 (.318) with eight walks (.500 on-base percentage) during the streak…Was hitting .270 in 34 games with Buffalo when he was recalled by Toronto on July 1…Went 1-for-3 in a start at catcher against Houston on July 3 and was optioned back to Triple-A on July 4…Played in six more games with Buffalo (4-for-17, .235) when he was recalled for his third stint with the Blue Jays on July 28…Went 9-for-52 (173) over his final 20 games…On Aug. 26, he played for the Blue Jays in the completion of a June 26 suspended game at Boston…Was credited as going 1-for-3 on June 26…Was designated for assignment on Sept. 16 and did not play the rest of the season.

2023

Made his first career Opening Day roster...Batted .130 (3-for-23) over three stints with Colorado...Spent 64.0 innings behind the plate...Caught five stealing on 12 attempts (42%)...Between his stints with Colorado, played in 38 contests with Triple-A Albuquerque, hitting .199 (30-for-151) with five doubles, five homers and 20 RBI. 

2022

Became the first player in MLB history to record two multi-run home runs for his first two Major League hits, May 21 vs. New York-NL (G2)...joined Trevor Story as the only player in franchise history to have his first two Major League hits both be home runs...Hit .333 (18-for-54) with one double, one triple, three home runs and nine RBI in his first 18 career games....150 (20-for-133) through his following 44 games to end the season...Caught 10 of 51 attempted base stealers for an 80.4 stolen base percentage...tied for the second-most caught stealings for a Major League rookie and the third-most by a rookie catcher in franchise history...Hit .250/.330/.480 with three doubles, one triple, six home runs and 14 RBI in 35 games at Coors Field against .149/.176/.161 with one double and two RBI in 27 road games...First professional pitching appearance July 28 vs. Los Angeles-NL...faced the minimum, including inducing a Mookie Betts ground ball double play...second Rockies position player to pitch in 2022, along with Randal Grichuk, the eighth in franchise history...Career-high four hits on June 16 vs. Cleveland...became one of eight Rockies, first catcher, to have a four-hit game within his first 17 career contests (last: Rafael Ynoa in 2014)...Charlie Blackmon and Troy Tulowitzki also accomplished this feat...first Major League catcher to do so since Alejandro Kirk on Sept. 21, 2020, and just the 17th in the Wild Card Era (since 1995)...Appeared as a defensive replacement at first base in the first game of a June 1 doubleheader vs. Miami, his first professional experience at first base...Made his Major League debut and his first career start May 18 vs. San Francisco...became the second Rockie to debut in 2022...had his contract selected by the Rockies on May 17, his first time on a 40-man or active roster...Slashed .273/406/.506 with three doubles, five home runs and 11 RBI in 23 games for Triple-A Albuquerque before having his contract selected.

2021

Spent the season with Triple-A Albuquerque where he hit .250 (63-for-252) with 12 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 38 RBI in 73 games... His 16 home runs and .504 slugging percentage were both career highs... Led the Isotopes with 65 starts at catcher... Attended his third Major League Spring Training as a non-roster invitee, going 6-for-17 with two doubles, one triple and three RBI in 15 games... Both of his triples came in the same game on Aug. 6 vs. Oklahoma City, his first multi-triple game... Homered off Clayton Kershaw on Sept. 7 at Oklahoma City.

2020

Named to Colorado’s 2020 player pool and spent the 60-game shortened season at the alternate training site in Denver... Had three at-bats across five Spring Training games (one strikeout).

2019

Spent his first season with Double-A Hartford and batted .202 (49-for-242) with nine home runs and 30 RBI... Attended his first Spring Training and went 2-for-2 with two runs and one strikeout in seven games... Played for Salt River in the Arizona Fall League, going 13-for-46 (.283) with four runs scored, three doubles, one triple, two home runs and nine RBI.