Brewer Hicklen #10

Brewer resides in Huntsville, Ala., with his wife, Reagan...He became the highest player drafted out of UAB when KC selected him in the 7th round in 2017...Hicklen attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2015-17, where he redshirted in 2015…planned to play football and baseball at UAB before the school’s football program was shut down after the 2014 season...Hicklen earned All-Conference USA Second-Team honors in 2017 after batting .328/.422/.586 (61-for186) with 26 extra-base hits, 31 RBI and a conference-best 17 steals in 21 attempts…had a 19-game hitting streak, four games shy of the school record, and ended the season on a 41-game on-base streak...Graduated from Huntsville HS (Ala.) in 2014, where he was named Louisville Slugger High School All-America Catcher Honorable Mention as a senior…earned National High School Invitational All-Tournament honors as the quarterback of the football team.

2022

He appeared in six games with the Royals in 2022, including his Major League debut on May 26 at Minnesota…he had two stints as a replacement player with Kansas City, from May 26-30 and July 14-17...He earned Omaha Player of the Year and MiLB.com Organization All-Star honors after posting a .248/.348/.502 slash line (119-for-480, .850 OPS)...He led all Royals farmhands with 28 HR while also recording 30 doubles and 35 steals, becoming the fourth Royals Minor League player since 2005 to record at least 20 of each in a single season, joining Bobby Witt Jr. (2021), Alex Gordon (2006) and Alan Moye (2005).

2021

Played in 107 games with Double-A Northwest Arkansas, posting a .780 OPS with 15 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs, 57 RBI and 40 stolen bases, the third-most by a Royals minor leaguer, behind only Dairon Blanco’s 41 and Tyler Tolbert’s 55....His 40 stolen bases were the most by any player in Double-A, three more than Somerset’s (Yankees) Michael Beltré...Hit a fourth-inning grand slam in the Double-A Central Championship-clinching Game 3 win over Wichita.