Brandon Marsh Mother Sonja Marsh

Brandon Marsh Mother

Meet Sonja Marsh!! She is the gorgeous and amazing mother of MLB player Brandon Marsh, the outfielder currently playing for the Philadelphia Phillies. Marsh previously played for the Los Angeles Angels.

Sonja Marsh

Brandon Marsh mother Sonja Marsh was born Sonja Murray on September 26, 1971. Sonja Marsh originally for Decatur, Georgia, graduated in 1993, from Georgia Southern University with a bachelor of business administration, human resources and personnel administration.

Sonja is a Talent Acquisition ManagerTalent Acquisition Manager at LaunchPad Home Group in Austin, Texas. Before that, she was AVP Talent Acquisition for Kestra Holdings, in 2021, served as Talent Acquisition PartnerTalent Acquisition Partner for iHeartMedia, Corporate RecruiterCorporate Recruiter at Price Industries, senior recruiter for Cox Enterprises, same job position at Dealertrack in 2025 and 2016.

Mrs. Marsh also worked as a Recruitment Consultant for MMH, Inc. in Atlanta, as a Marketing Manager for F.A.B. Inc, and, between 1993 and 1995, was a flight attendant with Delta Airlines.

Sonja Marsh lost her husband Jake Marsh, on April 6, 2021, when he died after a long battle with tongue and sore cancer, he was 50. Mr. Marsh was diagnosed in 2017. The cancer that he had once overcome came back about a year later, this time invading his kidneys and spreading throughout his body, reaching as far as his head.

In his final stages, senior Marsh was unable to walk and could hardly talk, but he never missed a single pitch of his son’s minor leagues journey. In March 2021, Jake managed to fly from Atlanta to Phoenix to witness Brandon play in person one last time. Despite being wheelchair-bound, which made traveling challenging, he was present for the final spring training game.

Aware that his days were numbered, Jake cherished every moment. They spent hours discussing baseball, life, Brandon’s aspirations, and his goals. His father expressed his immense pride in him. About a month later, in April, Jake passed away.

In addition to Brandon, Jake and Sonja Marsh have one more child, a daughter named Erin Marsh.

Brandon Marsh sister

Erin Marsh

5’10 Erin Marsh was born on July 12, 1999, in Decatur, Georgia.

During her time at Buford High School, she was a four-year track and field athlete under coaches Fyrone Davis and Andre Al-Ghani. She earned the title of USATF All-American five times and won the 2017 New Balance Nationals Indoor All-American in the Pentathlon. She also won the USATF Junior Olympic championship in the 400m hurdles in 2014 and was a two-time state champion in the 300m hurdles in 2015 and 2017. She was part of the state champion 4x400m relay team in 2017 and also participated in cross country and cheerleading.

She later attended Duke University where her accolades included being a 2021 NCAA Bronze Medalist (Pentathlon, Indoor), earning first and second team All-ACC honors in multiple events across 2018-2021, and being named to the All-ACC Academic Team in both 2020 and 2021.

How does Brandon Marsh keeps his hair wet?

Brandon Marsh keeps his hair wet throughout the nine innings of a game by dumping water.

I was never able to have it in high school and in the early years of pro ball, and I told myself when I got it, I’m going to let it ride out for a long time,” Marsh declared.

And it’s washed, it’s clean, the beard’s clean, we’re clean,” Marsh goes on to insist. “It’s not dirty. I had to clear that off the record.”

The ballplayer says he dumps water on his hair throughout baseball games to make sure it stays wet and slicked back, just how he likes it. 

“If I don’t wet it, it gets super bristly out there,” he explained to Fox Sports’ Jake Mintz. “I don’t like it that way. I like it wet.”

Brandon Marsh.

Brandon Marsh MLB Career

Minor League

• Brandon Marsh was selected by the Los Angeles Angels in the second round, 60th overall, of the 2016 MLB Draft, straight out of high school. He had initially committed to play college baseball for Kennesaw State Owls.
• Despite initial reluctance, Marsh chose to forgo his college commitment and accepted a $1.07 million signing bonus from the Angels, marking the start of his professional baseball career.
• He was assigned to the AZL Angels, a Rookie-level team within the Angels’ farm system. However, an asymptomatic back injury led him to spend the season on the disabled list.
• Marsh spent the offseason training in the Arizona Instructional League, the Dominican Republic, and the Angels’ minor league spring training facility.
• His professional debut was with the Orem Owlz in 2017, where he had an impressive .533 batting average with eight runs and six RBI in his first three Pioneer League games.
• A thumb sprain sidelined Marsh for a month in June 2017, but he bounced back to finish the season with a .350 batting average, 22 extra-base hits, and 44 RBI in 39 games.
• The 2018 season saw Marsh begin with the Burlington Bees, the Angels’ Low-A affiliate. After a slow start, he went on an eight-game hitting streak, ending April with a .299 batting average.
• Following a .296 batting average with three home runs and 24 RBI in 34 Midwest League games, Marsh was promoted to the Class A-Advanced Inland Empire 66ers on May 18.
• Marsh struggled initially in the California League, going 3-for-41 in his first 10 games. However, after working with hitting coordinators to improve his swing and pitch contact, he ended the season with a .256 batting average in 93 games, along with seven home runs and 46 RBI in 371 at-bats.
• Marsh was invited to the Angels’ spring training in 2019 and started the season in Double-A with the Mobile BayBears, improving his batting average to .347 in May after a rocky start.
• He missed June due to a leg injury but finished the 2019 season with a .300 batting average, seven home runs, and 43 RBI in 96 games. He also received Mid- and Post-Season All-Star honors from the Southern League.
• Marsh played for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League in 2019, where he batted .328 with two home runs and 11 RBI in 19 games.
• A Grade 2 strain in his left elbow during the 2020 spring training delayed his season which was further impacted by the shutdown of MLB and minor league operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• In 2020, Marsh focused on developing his hitting and learning first base at the alternate training site. The Angels added him to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
• A labrum injury in 2020, which worsened during the next year’s spring training, delayed his season debut until May 13, when he joined the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees.
• After a slow start and a shoulder injury, Marsh bounced back with a .382 batting average, two home runs, and six RBI in eight games before his major league promotion.

Los Angeles Angels

• Marsh was promoted to the Los Angeles Angels on July 18, 2021, due to injuries to Mike Trout and Justin Upton. His Major League debut was on the same day.
• Despite initial struggles, Marsh improved as the 2021 season progressed, ending his rookie season with a .254 batting average, two home runs, and 19 RBI in 70 games.
• Marsh started the 2022 season strongly, with a .340 batting average and a .943 OPS by the end of April, however, he struggled during the Angels’ 14-game losing streak in June.

Philadelphia Phillies

• On August 2, 2022, Marsh was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for catching prospect Logan O’Hoppe. He suffered a knee injury and ankle injury later that month but returned to action on August 27.
• His first triple as a Phillie came on August 31 in an 18-2 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
• Marsh ended the 2022 regular season with a .245/.295/.384 batting average between the two teams, with 28 walks and 158 strikeouts in 424 at bats.

Brandon Marsh Contract

On the first day of March in 2023, Brandon Marsh agreed to a one-year, $734,500 contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. This contract doesn’t disclose an average annual salary. For the upcoming 2024 season, Marsh is set to receive a base salary of $770,000; the same amount will be his total earnings for that year.

Brandon Marsh Girlfriend

As of now, Brandon Marsh does not have a girlfriend. While some sources previously linked him to Kaitlyn Pavey and even suggested they were engaged in 2020, there are no credible sources to confirm this.