Background
Brazelton was born in Tullahoma, Tennessee and graduated from Tullahoma High School in Tullahoma.
Brazelton was born in Tullahoma, Tennessee and graduated from Tullahoma High School in Tullahoma.
He played professionally for the Tampa Bay Rays and the San Diego Padres. He last pitched in the major leagues in 2006. While pitching in high school, Brazelton had knee surgery in 1995, then Tommy John surgery in 1996.
He played college baseball at Middle Tennessee State University.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays selected him with the third overall draft pick in the first round of the 2001 MLB amateur draft, and Brazelton made his MLB debut September 13, 2002. After Stuart Sternberg took over as principal owner of the Devil Rays, Brazelton was traded during the 2005 annual baseball winter meetings to the Padres for third baseman Sean Burroughs.
In spring training of 2006, Brazelton appeared impressive, going 1–0 with a 1.77 European Research Area in 5 starts and earned the position of fourth starter in the Padres"s four-man rotation, behind Jake Peavy, Chris Young, and Shawn Estes. However, Brazelton"s first two starts were disastrous, taking the loss for both while pitching a combined 61⁄3 innings and giving up 17 hits and 17 earned runs.
Brazelton was then moved to the bullpen and used as a spot reliever where between March 8 and April 19, he pitched 11.1 innings with a 2.31 European Research Area. However, on May 11 against the Milwaukee Brewers, Brazelton came in relief of Jake Peavy in the 8th inning with an 8–0 lead and gave up 4 runs on 3 hits and a walk without recording an out.
Brazelton was promptly demoted to the Padres" American Automobile Association affiliate the following day and has not pitched in the major leagues since. On December 4, 2006, the Kansas City Royals signed Brazelton to a minor league contract, only to be released from their Triple-A Omaha affiliate on April 27, 2007. On June 2, 2007, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Brazelton to a minor league contract and assigned him to their Double-A affiliate, the Altoona Curve.
After becoming a free agent, following the conclusion of the 2007 season, the Saint Louis Cardinals signed Brazelton to a minor league contract, but he was released during spring training.
Brazelton signed with the Camden Riversharks on April 4, 2009. On April 13, the Kansas City T-Bones of the Northern League signed Brazelton to a contract for the 2010 season.
He pitched in just two games for them before being granted free agency.