Brewer Hicklen #45

Is married...Wife’s name is Reagan...The couple has a son named Harrison...Brewer is his middle name and maiden name of his great-great-grandmother...Graduated from Huntsville (Ala.) High School, where he played football (QB) in addition to baseball...Attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2015-17, where he walked on to play baseball before earning a scholarship in both baseball and football...The football program was shut down after the 2014 season...Is best friends with fellow Brewers outfielder Blake Perkins, a former teammate and roommate in the Royals farm system...Runs a youth baseball camp during the offseason benefiting Boys & Girls Clubs of North Alabama and The Bullpen Foundation...Worked at his grandmother’s Ford dealership in Huntsville during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and did everything from selling cars to doing oil changes...Enjoys golf, hiking and traveling...Has a dog named Bear.

2024

Batted .246 with 22 HR, 72 RBI and 44 SB in 115 games at Triple-A Nashville...Led all Brewers Minor League players in HR (22)…Became the first player in Nashville Sounds history (est. 1978) to produce a season with 20 HR and 40 SB...Led the International League in stolen bases (44) and hit by pitches (18) while ranking among the leaders in HR (tied-eighth, 22) and runs (tied-ninth, 78)…Had one stint with Milwaukee (9/1-9/7) and appeared in three games, including a pair of starts in right field (9/1 at Cincinnati and 9/3 vs. St. Louis).

2023

Batted .236 with 10 HR, 33 RBI and 21 SB in 72 games between Triple-A Omaha (Royals) and Triple-A Lehigh Valley (Phillies)…Was traded by Kansas City to Philadelphia on 8/22 in exchange for cash...Signed as a free agent with Milwaukee on 11/28.

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.