Rutgers slugger becomes one of MLB Draft’s hottest prospects: Is he the next Todd Frazier? Updated Apr 07, 2021; Posted Apr 07, 2021 Rutgers third baseman Chris Brito is off to a torrid start to the 2021 college baseball season for the Scarlet Knights. Facebook Share Chris Brito remembers the incessant clanging from the Thunder sticks, the nonstop fight songs, and the fans dancing to K-Pop songs. His first experience of professional baseball is vividly etched into his mind, and it came from watching his dad play professionally — 7,000 miles from their Perth Amboy, N.J., home. Although Tilson Briton spent two seasons in the majors — playing for the Toronto Blue Jays and Oakland Athletics in 1996 and 1997 — he never had the chance to bring his son to a game in America. Chris Brito, born in 1999, arrived in the world two years too late for that. After Tilson Brito’s stint in the majors ended, he played in the minors for a few years before deciding to play overseas. He bounced between the Mexican leagues and the KBO, the highest level of baseball in South Korea, for more than a decade.