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baseball operations executives FRONT OFFICE

Dana Brown Vice President, Scouting
• The 2021 season marks Dana Brown’s third with the • Also coached two years
organization as its Vice President, Scouting...Is in his in the minors and played
32nd year in professional baseball. three years, all with the
• Brown joined the Braves on January 11, 2019 after Philadelphia Phillies MANAGER & STAFF
serving as a special assistant to the general manager organization, after being
for the previous nine seasons in Toronto, six of which drafted out of Seton Hall
were under then Blue Jays general manager and University in 1989, where he played with Hall of Fame
current Braves president Alex Anthopoulos. teammate Craig Biggio...He also played with three
other major leaguers on that same team: Mo Vaughn,
• In his role, Brown oversees all of Atlanta’s amateur John Valentin and Kevin Morton.
scouting efforts.
• Inducted into the Seton Hall University Hall of Fame in
• Brown joined the Blue Jays prior to the 2010 season 2008 and the New Jersey Sportswriter Hall of Fame in PLAYER BIOS
and served as one of the club’s top evaluators, 2012 for notable accomplishments in baseball.
contributing to a pair of postseason trips...Toronto’s
2015 A.L. East Championship clinched the club’s first • He is also in the New Brunswick High School Hall of
postseason appearance since 1993, snapping the Fame with high school teammate Eric Young, Sr. who
longest playoff drought in the majors at the time. is the club’s current first base/outfield coach.
• Prior to joining the Blue Jays, Brown was the Director • Brown, 54, resides in Franklin Park, N.J. with his wife,
of Scouting with the Nationals/Expos for eight years, Casandra, and two children, Dana Jr. and Autumn.
drafting over 40 Major League players including seven SEASON IN REVIEW
All-Stars: Chad Cordero, Ian Desmond, Marco Estrada,
Derek Norris, Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann
and Ryan Zimmerman.
• He previously worked with the Pittsburgh Pirates for
eight years as an area scouting supervisor and east
coast cross checker. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

Mike Fast Vice President, Baseball Development
• Mike Fast is in his third season with the Braves, after • Fast joined the Braves
joining the organization in November of 2018...He was from the Houston Astros,
promoted to his current role, vice president, baseball where he spent seven BRAVES HISTORY
development, in March of 2021...Fast spent his first two seasons in the club’s
years in the organization as a special assistant to the front office, finishing his
general manager. Houston tenure as the
• In his role, Fast oversees the evolution of information team’s director of research and development.
feedback processes and technology innovation • Prior to joining the Astros in February of 2012, Fast
in player development and works closely with wrote for Baseball Prospectus, The Hardball Times and
Assistant General Manager Ben Sestanovich in MVN.com.
leading the application of baseball research for player • After graduating from the University of Oklahoma OPPONENTS
improvement. with a degree in engineering physics, Fast worked as a
• Fast also assists General Manager Alex Anthopoulos semiconductor engineer for 17 years.
and Assistant General Manager Jason Paré on • Fast, 48, and his wife, Lori, reside in Kingwood, TX with
all matters relating to the organization’s baseball their four children, Madeleine, Zachary, Amelie and
operations, including roster management and Analise.
transactions, advance scouting, trades, contract
extensions, arbitration, player development and free MISCELLANEOUS
agent signings.

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