Justin Dean #1

Justin Emmanuel Dean...born on December 6, 1996 in Mauldin, South Carolina...attended Mauldin High School...went to college at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina...in 2018, was named to the First-Team All-South Athletic Conference, D2 CCA Second Team All-Southeast Region and ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Southeast Region...holds the school record for most triples in a single season (seven)...was drafted in the 17th round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft by the Atlanta Braves.

2024

In his final season in the Braves organization, began the season with Double-A Mississippi (92 G) before being promoted to Triple-A Gwinnett (25 G) on Aug. 8...Slashed .247/.338/.321 in 117 games with 14 doubles, three home runs and 38 RBI with a career-high 61 stolen bases.

2023

Split the season between Double-A Mississippi (55 G) and Triple-A Gwinnett (62 G)...Combined to slash .199/.339/.304 with 17 extra-base hits and 33 RBI.

2022

Split the 2022 season between Double-A Mississippi and Triple-A Gwinnett, combining to hit .229 (75-for-328) with 32 RBI and 47 runs scored... Also stole 24 bases and was caught just six times.

2020

Appeared in three spring training games…Had one hit in three at-bats with a strikeout.

2019

Spent the entire season with Single-A Rome, playing in 109 games…Named a South Atlantic League Post-Season All-Star...Led the league in run scored (85), stolen bases (47) and triples (9)…Finished eighth in on-base percentage (.386), slugging percentage (.431) and OPS (.817)…Tabbed by the organization as Rome’s Player of the Year, and as the club’s Player of the Month for August...Hit .311/.387/.462 with four home runs, 12 RBI and 13 stolen bases in 26 games that August...Finished the season as the 23rd-best prospect in the Atlanta’s system, according to MLB.com.

2018

Split his first professional season between Rookie-Advanced Danville and Single-A Rome… Hit .284/.381/.412 (69-for-243) with 20 extra-base hits (10 2B, 9 3B, 1 HR), 23 RBI and 16 stolen bases in 60 games...Ranked in the Top 10 among all Atlanta farmhands (min. 200 at-bats) in on-base percentage (4th, .381), stolen bases (T4th, 16), OPS (7th, .793) and average (10th, .284)…Named Danville’s co-Player of the Month for June…Batted .282/.364/.385 in nine games that month.