Dasan Mykah-Anthone Brown (born September 25, 2001) is a Canadian professional baseball outfielder in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is ranked 26th on Major League Baseball's 2024 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.[1]

Dasan Brown
Brown with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in 2024
Toronto Blue Jays
Outfielder
Born: (2001-09-25) September 25, 2001 (age 23)
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Brown attended Abbey Park High School in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the third round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[2][3] He made his professional debut that season with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Blue Jays, recording a .222 batting average, five runs batted in (RBI), and six stolen bases in 14 games.[4]

Brown did not play in 2020, as the Minor League Baseball season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] He returned in 2021 to play for the Low-A Dunedin Blue Jays, hitting .212 with four home runs, 16 RBI, and 22 stolen bases in 51 games.[4] Brown started 2022 with Dunedin before being promoted to the High-A Vancouver Canadians.[6] In 85 total games in 2022, Brown batted .283 with six home runs, 24 RBI, and 24 stolen bases.[4] He played the entire 2023 season with Vancouver, recording a .218 batting average, seven home runs, 39 RBI, and 26 steals in a career-high 107 games.[4] During the offseason, Brown appeared in 20 games for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League (AFL).[4]

References

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  1. ^ "MLB 2024 Prospect Watch". MLB.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Blue Jays draft top-ranked Canadian prospect". MLB.com.
  3. ^ Strong, Gregory (2019-06-04). "Blue Jays make Dasan Brown 1st Canadian taken in 2019 MLB draft". cbc.ca. CBC.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Dasan Brown Minor & Fall League Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  5. ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball season shelved". MiLB.com. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  6. ^ "Trip to MLB all-star game as a youngster still powers Vancouver Canadians outfielder Dasan Brown".
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