Education
Brett attended Highline High School in Burien, Washington.
Brett attended Highline High School in Burien, Washington.
He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the third round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. Brett made his professional debut that season for the Gulf Coast Rays. He played 2011 with the Princeton Rays and started 2012 with the Bowling Green Hot Rods.
In August 2012, Brett along with two other Rays minor leaguers were suspended 50 games for testing positive for methamphetamine.
He returned in 2013 and started the season with the Charlotte Stone Crabs. After hitting.340 he was promoted to the Montgomery Biscuits.
He returned to Montgomery in 2014. The Rays promoted Brett to the major leagues on April 18, 2015.