Justin Dean

Bats R Throws R5'8" 185 lbBorn 1996 Mauldin, USADebut 2025Team CHCDraft 2018 R17 #502 Atlanta Braves, Lenoir-Rhyne UniversityContract 1 y (26) 2026: $284,215

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 54.2FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.23 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	50	45	10	2	0	1	4	15	2	0.216	0.292	0.324	0.616	0.108	0.277	29.4	8.6	68.5	-0.04
2027	91	81	17	3	0	1	8	27	4	0.213	0.294	0.315	0.609	0.102	0.275	29.9	9.2	68.1	-0.07

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 162 HIT+ the next season; 1 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Jim Tatum	1996	13.3	did not play
2	Derrick White	1998	17.7	did not play
3	Chris Marrero	2017	27.9	did not play
4	Len Boehmer	1969	15.9	did not play
5	Jesse Garcia	2002	9.4	161.9	10
6	Gus Gil	1967	-0.6	did not play
7	John Somerlott	1911	33.2	did not play
8	Ossie Blanco	1974	30.2	did not play
9	Tommy Nelson	1945	-1.7	did not play
10	Eddie Tucker	1995	13.5	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			91		17	3	0	1		4	8	27	0.213	0.294	0.315	0.609	68.1
2026*	CHN	17	10	3	3	0	1	0		1	2	4	0.375	0.500	0.625	1.125	217.9
2025	LAD	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.4
Career		18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	10	85.7	-0.9	0.0	50.0	33.3	38.1	0.266	0.324	0.345
2025	2	80.4	-39.4	0.0	0.0	60.0	28.6	0.036	0.037	0.035

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAD	OF	17	24	7	0	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	272	3 HR, 19 SB	0.225	0.682
2025	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Bat	347	6 HR, 27 SB	0.289	0.809
2024	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	90	0 HR, 14 SB	0.257	0.691
2024	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	362	3 HR, 47 SB	0.244	0.652
2023	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	199	4 HR, 13 SB	0.164	0.577
2023	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	236	5 HR, 22 SB	0.228	0.698
2022	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	59	0 HR, 5 SB	0.204	0.495
2022	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	322	3 HR, 19 SB	0.234	0.681
2021	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	423	8 HR, 29 SB	0.237	0.709
2019	A	Rome Braves	Bat	503	9 HR, 47 SB	0.284	0.817
2018	A	Rome Braves	Bat	126	0 HR, 9 SB	0.257	0.696
2018	Rk	Danville Braves	Bat	155	1 HR, 7 SB	0.308	0.873

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.000	0.533	0.500	0.450
2025		0.000	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Career	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0