In a 2016 game against the Pepperdine Waves, Brigham Young center fielder Brennon Lund went to the plate against A.J. Puckett. Dozens of scouts were mostly in attendance that game to watch Puckett and then-BYU pitcher Michael Rucker, but it was Lund who stole the show.
Lund, who graduated from Bingham High, rocketed a home run off Puckett’s 96-mph fastball, which caromed off the scoreboard. That play gave the Cougars the push they needed to secure a victory.
Since he was drafted, Lund has climbed the ranks of the Angels’ minor league system, starting with the Orem Owlz and stopping at the Burlington Bees, Inland Empire 66ers and AA Mobile Baybears.