Justice Bigbie #18

Played collegiately at Western Carolina University, where he hit .352/.426/.542 with 45 doubles, three triples, 27 home runs and 154 RBI in 175 games...was named First Team All-Southern Conference as a junior in 2021 and was tabbed Southern Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2019....Selected by the Tigers in the 19th round of the 2021 MLB Draft out of Western Carolina University (signing scout: Matt Zmuda).

2023

Saw action at three different levels of the Tigers organization in 2023, playing in 115 games...Selected to the All-MiLB Prospect First Team and was named a Tigers Organization All-Star by MiLB.com...also earned Eastern League Postseason All-Star honors...Finished the season with a .343 batting average, which ranked third among all full season Minor Leaguers...Named Midwest League Player of the Week for the week ending May 14, going 13-for-21 with four doubles, two home runs and nine RBI in six games...Sidelined from May 24-June 1 with a left shoulder sprain...Voted Tigers Minor League Player of the Month for July, slashing .373/.427/.612 with four doubles, four home runs and 13 RBI...Played in 20 games with Salt River in the Arizona Fall League, hitting .292/.374/.375 with three doubles, one home run and 12 RBI...Ranked as the No. 11 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season.

2022

Spent most of the 2022 season with Single A Lakeland...Drove in six runs on August 9 at Daytona, going 2-for-5 with a double and a home run...Was promoted to Single A West Michigan at the end of the season, hitting safely in seven of the nine games he played with the Whitecaps.

2021

Began his professional career in 2021, playing in 29 games between the FCL Tigers East and FCL Tigers West...Closed the season by hitting .389/.488/.611 with three doubles, a triple, a home run and 11 RBI in 11 games during September.