JUAN MANUEL BRITO (AVILA)...Favorite team growing up was whoever Robinson Canό was playing for...Likes to relax and watch movies during his spare time...Favorite Thing Away From Baseball: traveling and sightseeing; Favorite TV Show: WWE; Favorite School Subject: Math.
2025
Endured an injury-riddled 2025, playing just 31 total games where he hit .256/.357/.463/.821 at AAA…Suffered a right thumb sprain on April 17...Following surgery, the injury sidelined him until June 12, when he played seven games at the Goodyear complex before returning to AAA Columbus on June 25...Brito would play just eight more games before sustaining a left hamstring avulsion on July 4 vs. Toledo…Following a conservative attempt to rehab the injury, surgery was recommended to repair the affected tendon and scar tissue, which was performed by Dr. Mike Scarcella and Mark Schickendantz on Sept. 10 (Cleveland Clinic) with an expected rehab of 8-to-12 weeks...On the year at AAA, he made 16 starts at 2B and five starts at 1B at AAA, reaching in 14 straight games, 4/2-6/26...Hit .500 (10-for-20) w/RISP & .433 (13-for-30) with runners on.
2024
Spent the entire campaign in AAA Columbus, leading the organization and International League with 61 extra-base hits & 40 doubles...Also led the Guardians system in walks (88), runs (92) and total bases (244) while finishing second in HR and hits (third in RBI)....IL League leaders: RBI (third), walks (third), hits (T2nd), total bases (first), runs (second)… Among all Minor League hitters he ranked fourth in 2B, sixth in XBH and eighth in walks...Got better as the year went along, hitting .275/.363/.482/.845 in the second half compared to .236/.366/.402/.768 in first half... Reached in a team-high 25 straight games from Aug. 24-Sept. 22 (.901 OPS) to end the season...Batted .303 (43-for-142, 21 XBH) off LHP (.916 OPS) and .297 (71-for-239) w/men on base...HR in three straight at Iowa from 5/10-5/12 (15AB; 3HR in 120AB prior)...Walk-off, three-run HR in 10th vs. Iowa on 6/12; Trio of doubles on 7/3 at Toledo...Had three R, 2B, HR, two SB, three RBI on 7/31 vs. Syracuse.
2023
Reached the Triple-A level in just his second full season and spent time at all three levels of the Cleveland system in 2023 (earned MiLB.com Org. All-Star honors)...Ranked second among the system’s full-season qualifiers with a 126 wRC+...Led system in walks; was second in the system in OB% and OPS, fifth in HR, RBI, AVG....Promoted to Akron from Lake County on May 26, posting a 17-game on-base streak in April...Switch-hitter had splits of .874 OPS vs. RHP and .649 vs. LHP...Batted .305 with an .855 OPS in his first 60 games at AA and hit in 14 straight games, July 16-Aug. 1...Reached in 24 straight games from July 8-Aug. 11 (41X)...Assigned to AAA Columbus on Sept. 19 to finish up the season...On the year between the three levels he made 74 starts at second base, 30 at third and 18 at SS.
2022
Spent the season at Low-A Fresno of the California League, earning Postseason All-Star honors at second base in his first year of full-season affiliate action (second season domestically)…Finished the campaign fourth in a single season in franchise history in walks (78) and recorded more walks (78) and strikeouts (71)…Finished among California League leaders in nearly every offensive category: runs (91, T-third), OBP (.407, sixth), triples (6, sixth), extra-base hits (46, T-sixth), walks (seventh), hits (115, T-seventh), RBI (72, eighth), OPS (.877, eighth), slugging (.470, ninth) and total bases (189, ninth)…Finished second in the Rockies farm system in on-base pct. and walks, fourth in OPS and runs...Appeared in 102 games at second base, four games at SS...Enjoyed similar splits, hitting .287/.415/.485/.900 vs. RHP and .283/.379/.424/.803 vs. LHP...Enjoyed on-base streaks of 17 and 14 games…Missed two weeks in June with a right hamstring injury.
2021
Spent year in the Arizona Complex League...Limited to just one game between 7/31-9/5 due to a hamstring injury...Slashed .412/.524/.647 from the leadoff spot in 16 games.
