From baseball to chemistry, and back again
By 
Rebecca Trager2026-07-07T13:37:00
With a lifelong passion for baseball and love of science, Jake Bruml began his career in biotech but transitioned to direct scouting for the Boston Red Sox
Jake Bruml has wanted to be a professional baseball player for as long as he can remember. There are pictures of him at two years old with a bat and ball, and videos of him playing on a tee-ball team around age three.
‘I tried to hold on to the dream of being a professional baseball player as long as possible but also recognised that I was not much more than a Division III athlete,’ he says. ‘The odds were absolutely stacked against me.’
Bruml played baseball at Pomona College in California, US, and at the end of his freshman year in 2012 had to decide on a major. With science being his other lifelong love, it came down to either biology or chemistry. He chose the latter.